Lasting change, therefore, has always been a holy grail of sorts for intervention research, whether we’re talking about study skills, hand washing, diet and exercise, alcohol use, or sleeping habits.

Suppose you want to eat healthier, exercise more, or avoid getting in arguments with your partner. Each of these requires behavior change, but changing behavior can be challenging. An important first ...

Scientists have studied human behavior change for decades, and there are hundreds of theoretical models designed to explain the many factors that influence decision making. My favorite model is the ...

Starting and sticking with a healthy lifestyle is tough. It's a complex proposition with multiple dimensions. There are the challenges associated with behavior change and the difficulty of altering ...

Pandemics, global warming, and rampant gun violence are all clear lessons in the need to move large groups of people to change their behavior. When a crisis hits, researchers, policymakers, health ...

During the pandemic, arming the C-suite with employee data was never more critical. Executives needed insights on employee health, well-being and sentiment to make fast decisions since working ...

Operant conditioning is a theory that explains how behaviors are influenced by their consequences or results. It’s often used today to help people adopt new behaviors or change old habits. If you’ve ...

The most successful organizations have leaders who understand how to implement strategies in ways that align with how people think, decide and act.

Behavioral change is essential in healthcare, especially with the influx of advances and technologies the promise to transform the system. But how should hospitals go about motivating change? BJ Fogg, ...

Behavioral health practices focus on the ways that your thoughts and emotions influence your behavior. “Behavioral health” is a term for a wide-reaching field that looks at mental health, lifestyle, ...

A 6-year-old in Leila Lubin’s classroom wouldn’t budge from his seat. The rest of his peers had filed off to their enrichment classes but he refused to move. He wasn’t done with his work and he didn’t ...

A collaboration between Surrey academics and more than 100 professionals across the water sector has revealed a major knowledge gap: despite government targets to cut household demand, the sector ...