Nicholas Epley
Behavioral scientist and professor
Nicholas Epley is a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business who studies why people misread one another. He wrote Mindwise.
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American Born in Waterloo, United States
About Nicholas Epley
Nicholas Epley teaches behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and directs its Center for Decision Research. He studies social cognition, meaning how people think about the minds of others, to explore why people with good intentions so frequently fail to understand each other. He completed his psychology PhD at Cornell University in 2001 and later worked as an assistant professor at Harvard University. His work has received funding from the National Science Foundation, and in 2011 he received the American Psychological Association's early career award for distinguished scientific contribution. Epley wrote Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want, published in 2014. He also teaches an MBA course called Designing a Good Life, and he lives in Chicago with his family.