Trying to engage your users? You might want to infer how they are feeling first.

Kushlev, K., Cardoso, B., & Pielot, M. (2017). Too tense for candy crush: affect influences user engagement with proactively suggested content. Proceeding of Mobile HCI, 2017. Download

Looking for directions? Ask a stranger: the convenience of Google Maps may undercut human connection and trust.

Kushlev, K., Proulx, J., & Dunn, E. W. (2017). Digitally connected, socially disconnected: The effects of relying on technology rather than other people. Computers in Human Behavior, 76, 68–74.Download/Preregistration/Materials/Data

What is a good society? See our analysis of income taxation and happiness in the U.S. in press at American Psychologist

Oishi, S., Kushlev, K., & Schimmack, U. (in press). What is a good society? Analysis of income taxation and happiness in the U.S. American Psychologist. Data/Materials

Hungry for some theory? Read this piece presenting an integrated model for the costs and benefits of digital media technology, from TV to phones.

Kushlev, K. (2018). Media technology and well-being: A complementarity-interference model. In E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds.), Handbook of well-being. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers.DOI:nobascholar.com Download/Theoretical Model

In the era of mobile connectedness, good old face-to-face interactions might still be the best way to feel good; digitally mediated interactions interfere with these mood benefits.

Kushlev, K., & Heintzelman, S. J. (in press). Put the phone down: Testing a complement–interfere model of computer-mediated communication in the context of face-to-face interactions. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Download/Materials/Data