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What I Was Doing vs. What I Did: How Verb Aspect Influences Memory and Behavior
If you want to perform at your peak, you should carefully consider how you discuss your past actions. In a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists William
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Why We Procrastinate and How To Stop
Research suggests that people who thought about a task in abstract terms were more likely to put it off.
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NIH To Enhance Interdisciplinary Research with Behavioral a Science
One of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) leading initiatives is the Roadmap for Medical Research, which is designed to promote trans-NIH research. In an era of tightening budgets, the Roadmap is one of the
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Does Onscreen Violence Beget Real-World Violence?
Research reveals unequivocal evidence that exposure to media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long-term contexts.
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CDC Arms With Behavioral Science in War on Disease and Injury
Of the ten leading causes of death in the United States today, seven are directly tied to human behavior (e.g., tobacco smoking, poor eating habits, lifestyle). What is more, half of all premature deaths are
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Behavioral Research at NIA
From its inception in 1974, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has made behavioral and social research an integral part of the Institute’s effort to understand and improve the second half of life. The importance
