It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

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Is there a central concept that pervades and frames modern empirical natural science? Could a single idea weave throughout natural scientific inquiry and frame the essential fabric of our objective ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

Nothing raises eyebrows faster than the idea that science can find “laws” of human behavior. Human differences are too vast for generalizations that apply with any exactitude to individuals. Yet hard ...

The term “behavioral health” refers to the connection between a person’s habits, actions, and emotional well-being, which affect their overall health. Behavioral health encompasses mental health ...

The EAST framework captures more than a decade’s worth of science on how to actually change people’s behavior. Whether you want to change your own behavior or your customers’, or encourage a loved one ...

Over the course of four sessions, my patient, Stacey, and I worked toward her goals of sleeping more, checking her email less and spending more quality time with her family. She successfully developed ...

Student behavior problems continue to plague schools, and educators say they’ve actually grown more serious, according to a recent survey by the EdWeek Research Center. Nearly half of teachers, school ...