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Ten tips for lockdown from a specialist psychologist.
Forget being super self-critical and whipping yourself into shape. There are ways to set yourself up for success that are far kinder and work better.
Recent experimental results suggest that distortions in the perception of wealth are linked to fast, inattentive thinking.
Everybody wants more self-control, but it’s proven difficult to beef up through training. New research suggests that what your social group does might be key to enhancing your own self-control skills.
Could your resolution resilience use a little science to back it up? A new study suggests practice can help your self-control – but don’t push it too far.
According to a new study, there’s a big gap between how much we think we spend on eating out and how much we’re actually spending.
As we struggle to avoid temptations throughout the day, we often rely on willpower and self-control to back impulses. New research suggests a different way to think about this internal battle.
Bombarded with unhealthy offerings by the food industry, we blame and shame ourselves for gaining weight. But is it really our fault, or are we being “entrapped?”
Ontario’s investment in a unique two-year, full-day and play-based kindergarten program is paying off. Could similar results happen elsewhere?
Effective organisations encourage self-control, good process, proper discussion and are more driven by growth mindsets than unrealistic performance metrics.
Engineered to exploit human compulsions, the Internet competes for our attention, while teaching us to need it.
A new study highlights how the condition of your kitchen may affect unhealthy snacking.
Every year, millions of people around the world make New Year’s resolutions. And every year, the great majority of us break and abandon those resolutions. Psychology research can help.
Does the definition of self-control – choosing long-term over short-term outcomes – even make sense for people who are short on time, money or both?
When it comes to food, believing that you have no self-control can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Self-control improves if we are able to find pleasure in the small things, especially those that we have to do. Self-control…
Few people would argue with the idea that sleep is good for us, but not many of us know that a lack of sleep can cause weight gain. The health benefits of sleep are extremely well-documented. It provides…
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
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Senior Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Appetite and Obesity, University of Liverpool
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Professor, Hospitality Finance, Director, Food Decisions Research Laboratory, Penn State
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Ph.D. candidate in Psychology, Stanford University
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Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
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Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Professor of Business Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Management, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Post-doctoral Researcher in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director Human Behavior Laboratory, Texas A&M University
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Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University
