Ryan Hauser

Ryan Hauser received a B.S. in Marketing from SUNY Buffalo and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management. He has worked in consumer behavior at 3M, Mattel, and Paramount Pictures, and as a researcher for the Behavioral Research Lab at Darden (UVA) and the MIT Sloan Neuroeconomics Lab. He is interested in conversation, impression management, and mental biases of all varieties. His research has been published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and has been featured by NPR’s Hidden Brain podcast.

Journal Articles

• Hauser, Ryan, and Norbert Schwarz. "Score Blending: How Scale Response Grouping Biases Perceived Standing." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 32, no. 2 (April 2019): 194–202. View Details
• Anik, Lalin, and Ryan Hauser. "One of a Kind: The Strong and Complex Preference for Unique Treatment from Romantic Partners." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 86 (January 2020). View Details

Research Summary

Overview

Keywords: Conversation; Decision-making; Impression Management; Consumer Behavior; Biases

Area of Study

• Marketing

Areas of Interest

• consumer behavior
• consumer psychology
• decision-making
• social interactions
Industries
• consumer products
• marketing industry