Almost everyone struggles to act in their individual and collective best interests, particularly
when doing so requires forgoing a more immediately enjoyable alternative. Other than …

Conflicts between immediately rewarding activities and more enduringly valued goals
abound in the lives of school-age children. Such conflicts call upon children to exercise self …

We examine the effectiveness in field settings of seven healthy eating nudges, classified
according to whether they are (1) cognitively oriented, such as “descriptive nutritional …

From failures of intelligence analysis to misguided beliefs about vaccinations, biased
judgment and decision making contributes to problems in policy, business, medicine, law …

Even though there are policies in place, and safe and effective vaccines available, almost
every country struggles with vaccine hesitancy, that is, a delay in acceptance or refusal of …

Traditionally, research on superstition and magical thinking has focused on people's
cognitive shortcomings, but superstitions are not limited to individuals with mental deficits …

This paper studies alcohol consumption among low-income workers in India. In a 3-week
field experiment, the majority of 229 cycle-rickshaw drivers were willing to forgo substantial …

Lack of physical activity is a severe health concern in the United States with fewer than half
of all Americans meeting the recommended weekly physical activity guidelines. Although …

Many psychological theories suggest a link between self-regulation and identity, but, until
now, a mechanistic account that suggests ways to improve self-regulation has not been put …

The ways that people set, pursue, and eventually succeed or fail in accomplishing their
goals are central issues for consulting psychology. Goals and behavior change have long …