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Making Sense of New Year’s Resolutions: A Q&A with Dr. Amanda Reba

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Making Sense of New Year’s Resolutions: A Q&A with Dr. Amanda Reba Summary Dr. Amanda Reba, an associate professor of psychology, explains the differences between resolutions and habits and suggests ways to make resolutions that stick. She emphasizes the importance of focusing on behavior rather than outcomes, finding satisfying and fun ways to change behavior, …

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The Contagious Spread of Behaviors Through Social Networks

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The Contagious Spread of Behaviors Through Social Networks Summary In this article, we explore the research of physician and social scientist Nicholas Christakis on the way social behaviors spread contagiously among people. Christakis and his collaborator, James Fowler, used data from the Framingham Heart Study to create a network of people and study how behaviors …

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Unlocking the Power of Networks for Behavior Change: A Q&A with a Public Health Expert

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Unlocking the Power of Networks for Behavior Change: A Q&A with a Public Health Expert Summary In this blog post, we interview a public health expert who discusses the use of network mapping to target public health interventions to specific locations within the network in order to change and accelerate certain behaviors. They emphasize that …

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