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A Behavioral Scientist’s Tips For Not Gaining Weight or Over-Eating This Holiday Season
With the holiday season quickly approaching, food is the centerpiece of most social gatherings. We love our holiday feasts, but this causes an annual pattern of extended binge eating that, for most Americans, is…
Health, Health Management, Eating, Self-Control / NOVEMBER 16 2017
Exercise Blog Series, Part 4: Exercise Fights Fibromyalgia Symptoms with You!
By: Michelle Zong and Zachary Zenko, PhD This is the fourth post in a series designed to review some of the many benefits of exercise in an accessible manner. Previous posts can be found here,…
Health, Health Management, Exercise / OCTOBER 13 2017
Exercise Blog Series, Part 3: Exercise as if Your Mind Depends on It
Part 3 of a Series By: Michelle Zong, Jamie Foehl and Zachary Zenko, PhD Exercise has been called a “polypill” (3) because of its plethora of benefits4. This is the third post in…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health, Health Management, Exercise / AUGUST 28 2017
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Cheat Codes: Calling all Artists
Artists from around the world are invited to attend a discussion about behavioral economics, dishonesty and cheating at the Center for Advanced Hindsight on October 25 at 7:30 PM EST. (Artists who do not…
Partisans Don’t Know How the Middle Feels
Ten minutes into the Presidential debate, my democratic friends were sure it was a failure. They tweeted, “Nothing he is saying is making me feel anything.” A lot of Democrats have walked away from…
Part 2: The Amorality of Drunk Driving
I want to share with you what appears to me like one of the most ill-advised anti-Drunk Driving campaigns ever created. Ironically, I was walking across the Duke quad on my way to the…