A native of Australia, Alter’s research focuses on how people reach the judgments and make the decisions that shape their lives, the intersection of behavioral economics, marketing, and psychology. He has lectured at numerous institutions, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, and the University of Chicago. Alter’s work has been widely published, including in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, and has been featured on PBS, and BBC, as well as in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Economist. He is also a guest blogger on the Psychology Today website. Alter received his BSc in Psychology from the University of New South Wales, where he won the University Medal in Psychology, and his MA and PhD from Princeton, where he held a Fellowship in the Woodrow Wilson Society of Scholars.