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Four areas of research on how people think, feel and decide about money.

Behavioral Finance2 articlesThe research explaining how people actually handle money.
Cognitive Biases1 articleThe mental shortcuts that quietly bend financial decisions.
Emotional SpendingFirst articles in progressWhat buying feels like, and what feeling drives the buy.
Money ScriptsFirst articles in progressWhere a person's money beliefs were written, and by whom.

Why your brain spends the way it does. What behavioral research has observed about money, sourced and explained.

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