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SOBC 101: Measuring the Mechanisms of Behavior Change
NIH’s Science of Behavior Change initiative aims to support research on the mechanisms underlying health behaviors.
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Inside Grants: National Institute of Mental Health R15 Research Enhancement Award
Cognitive neuroscientist Kimberly Chiew shares insights on the R15 mechanism.
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The U.S. Is Opening Up. For the Anxious, That Comes With a Cost.
When the pandemic narrowed the world, Jonathan Hirshon stopped traveling, eating out, going to cocktail parties and commuting to the office. What a relief. Mr. Hirshon suffers from severe social anxiety. In the past, casual
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Growing Places: Children in Their Material Environments
Science examines how physical surroundings affect children’s development.
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Pandemic Got You Down? Psychologists Suggest Time Travel — Sort of.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could peek into the future to reassure ourselves? That’s not actually possible, but there is a psychological technique for regulating emotions that employs this idea. It’s called “temporal distancing,”
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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing
At first, I didn’t recognize the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. Colleagues reported that even with vaccines on the horizon, they weren’t excited about 2021.