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Why This New Year’s Will Be Different: How Behavioral Science Can Help You Keep Your Resolution
A version of this post originally appeared on the Envolve Blog. The holiday season is a beloved time across America when we fill our houses with family, friends and laughter, and fill our bellies…
Health, Health Management, Eating, Exercise / DECEMBER 20 2018
Birds of a feather don’t just flock together. They also influence each other’s behavior.
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your beliefs don’t always predict your behavior While it’s true that your beliefs may spur action when you’re particularly passionate about something…
Health, Health Management / NOVEMBER 19 2018
Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
Health, Medical Decision-Making / NOVEMBER 13 2018
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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…