Jesse D’Agostino
With Status Symbols, Let Someone Else Do the Bragging
Designer suit? Ivy League cufflinks? Flaunting your status can backfire. Let others notice first.
Researchers: Jesse D'Agostino and Derek D. Rucker
May 1, 2026
When Persuading a Group, Beware the Allure of Consensus
We tend to favor strategies that win broad-but-weak support over narrow-but-strong support—and this preference can lead us astray.
Researchers: Derek D. Rucker, Jesse D'Agostino, Mark Dyer and Zakary L. Tormala
March 8, 2024
