Nicholas Epley
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Nicholas Epley

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Nicholas Epley is the John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science and Director of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies social cognition—how thinking people think about other thinking people—to understand why well-meaning people so routinely misunderstand each other. He teaches an ethics and wellbeing course to MBA students called Designing a Good Life.

His research has been featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Wired, and National Public Radio, among many others, and has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Templeton Foundation. He has been awarded the 2008 Theoretical Innovation Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the 2011 Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association, the 2015 Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science, and the 2018 Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Epley was named a "professor to watch" by the Financial Times, one of the "World's Best 40 under 40 Business School Professors" by Poets and Quants, and one of the 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics by Ethisphere.

He is the author of Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want (2014), and A Little More Social: How Small Choices Create Unexpected Happiness, Health, and Connection (2026). He lives with his family in Chicago.
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    • Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
    • By: Nicholas Epley
    • Narrated by: Nicholas Epley
    • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-2014
    • Language: English
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    • The Unexpected Power of Choosing To Connect
    • By: Nicholas Epley
    • Narrated by: Nicholas Epley
    • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 21-05-2026
    • Language: English
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