What can you find out about a friend, a colleague, a lover, or yourself by inspecting everyday objects? Snoopology is the study of what the stuff we own reveals about our psychological truths. Sam Gosling is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You. Daniel R. Ames is Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School.

Event: Sam Gosling will be speaking and signing books

Weigh in: If you’re at your desk or at home, look around you. What do you see, and what do you think it reveals about who you are?