<sod>Konnikova was born in [[Moscow]], Russia in 1984,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Konnikova|first1=Maria|title=Maria Konnikova|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0pib5DLXrw|website=TEDxColumbiaCollege|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> and arrived in the United States with her parents when she was four years old. Her family left the [[Soviet Union]] after the former nation's borders were opened to allow Jews to move to [[Israel]]; however, the Konnikovs chose to settle in the state of [[Massachusetts]], outside of [[Boston]],<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|publisher=LabX Media Group|accessdate=30 March 2014|author=Joss Fong|date=10 January 2013}}</ref> where she attended [[Acton-Boxborough Regional High School]].<ref name="office">{{cite web|title=The Open-Office Trap|url=http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-trap|accessdate=18 September 2014|magazine=The New Yorker|date=7 January 2014|author=Maria Konnikova}}</ref> Affected by the propaganda experienced in the Soviet Union, Konnikova's parents decided to live without a television following their emigration.<ref name="New">{{cite news|title=Don’t Quote Me on This|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/opinion/sunday/dont-quote-me-on-this.html?_r=2|accessdate=30 March 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 March 2014|author=Maria Konnikova}}</ref><eod>
<sod>nan<eod>