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New study challenges ‘pop psychology’ myths about habits
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New study challenges ‘pop psychology’ myths about habits

JUNE 6, 2024 by University of Surrey Habit disruption mechanisms, mapped to the process through which habit translates into habitual behavior. Credit: Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2024). DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12975By ditching “pop psychology” myths about habits, we can better understand our habits and take more effective action, according to researchers at the University of Surrey....

Turning resolutions into habits
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Turning resolutions into habits

by Amy Rosenberg,  Tufts University Credit: Shutterstock Ayanna Thomas is an avid gym-goer. She works out multiple times a week, and she doesn’t even really think about it—she goes because going has become automatic for her. It hasn’t always been that way. Thomas, a professor of psychology and the dean of research at Tufts School of...