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Browsing: Behavioral Science
Behavioral science is the interdisciplinary study of how humans and animals behave, make decisions, and interact with their environments. Drawing from psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, and neuroscience, it seeks to understand the cognitive, emotional, social, and environmental factors that drive behavior. Researchers in this field explore everything from habits and motivation to group dynamics and decision-making processes. Behavioral science plays a vital role in areas such as public health, education, marketing, and policy design, helping to craft strategies that influence behavior in positive, evidence-based ways. New findings continue to shed light on why we act the way we do—and how behavior can be changed for better outcomes.
MIT Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao, who will direct the new MIT Mobility Initiative, brings behavioral…
No matter how close parks are to home, perceptions of park-centered crime may keep New…
Infralimbic cortex prioritizes offspring over drugs, promotes maternal behavior in rats. Motherhood takes over the…
On balance, a third of people in the UK have been enjoying the lockdown, while…
With graduation ceremonies, weddings, funerals, annual parades, and many other gatherings called off in the…
Businesses should look to the values of their stakeholders to predict the effects of taking…
The neural computations of human and non-human primates shed new light on the evolution of…
A Second COVID-19 Wave Could Be Avoided if Social Distancing and the Use of Face…
Serving police inspector and Huddersfield PhD researcher Dan Jones warns against police forces adopting an…
Young children understand dinosaurs and The Wiggles are (or were!) real, and that fictional characters…
Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)…
In a study published today (June 15, 2020) in Addiction, University of Bristol researchers have…
Feeling disconnected from others is reflected by how the brain represents relationships. Social media sites…
Study finds funny stuff reduces credibility and support. Political candidates’ use of humor on social…
It’s not just heavy drinking that’s a problem — even consuming alcohol within weekly low-risk…
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as…
People who feel more threatened by COVID-19 and rank highly on scales of emotionality and…