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Maria Konnikova was born in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], to [[Jewish]] parents.<ref name="TEDx">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0pib5DLXrw|publisher=TEDx|date=9 August 2014|time=0:00 to 1:30|website=youtube.com|last1=Konnikova|first1=Maria|title=Maria Konnikova:TEDxColumbiaCollege|access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> Her family emigrated to the United States and settled in [[Massachusetts]]<ref name="the-scientist">{{cite web|title=It's Elementary|url=http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33945/title/It-s-Elementary/|work=[[The Scientist (magazine)|The Scientist]]|publisher=LabX Media Group|accessdate=28 February 2023|first=Joss|last= Fong|date=10 January 2013}}</ref> when she was four years old.
 
Konnikova attended [[Acton-Boxborough Regional High School]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerbic |first=Susan |date=2017-09-25 |title=An Interview with CSICon Speaker Maria Konnikova {{!}} Skeptical Inquirer |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/an-interview-with-csicon-speaker-maria-konnikova/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="office">{{cite web|title=The Open-Office Trap|url=http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-trap|accessdate=28 February 2023|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=7 January 2014|author=Maria Konnikova}}</ref> After graduating from high school she attended [[Harvard University]] and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in psychology and [[creative writing]] where she was mentored by [[Steven Pinker]].<ref name="OutLoud">{{bettercite sourceweb|url=https://www.gsas.columbia.edu/news/alumni-profile-maria-konnikova|title=Alumni neededProfile: Maria Konnikova|reasondate=This11 citationOctober comes2021|publisher=[[Columbia asUniversity]]|website=soundcloud.com|access-date=28 anFebruary aside2023}}</ref> inShe anearned articlea writtenPh.D. byin Konnikovapsychology from [[Columbia University]] in the2013<ref>{{cite Newthesis|url=https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac:161161|title=The YorkerLimits of Self-Control: Self-Control, Illusory Control, and Risky Financial Decision Making|last=Konnikova|first=Maria|website=[[Columbia University]]|date=2013|doi=10.7916/D8QR54B5|access-date=June28 2017February 2023}}</ref> under [[Walter Mischel]].<ref name="the-scientist" />
After graduating from high school she attended [[Harvard University]] and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in psychology and [[creative writing]]. At [[Harvard University|Harvard]] she was mentored by [[Steven Pinker]].<ref name="OutLoud">{{cite web|url=https://www.gsas.columbia.edu/news/alumni-profile-maria-konnikova|title=Alumni Profile: Maria Konnikova|date=11 October 2021|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|website=soundcloud.com|access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> She earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University in 2013<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac:161161|title=The Limits of Self-Control: Self-Control, Illusory Control, and Risky Financial Decision Making|last=Konnikova|first=Maria|website=[[Columbia University]]|date=2013|doi=10.7916/D8QR54B5|access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> under [[Walter Mischel]].<ref name="the-scientist" />
 
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