To better explain daily fluctuations in physical activity and sedentary behavior, investigations
of motivation are turning from social cognitive frameworks to those centered on affect …

The concept of motivation is broad and multi-faceted. In health psychology, motivation has
been conceptualized as cravings, urges, or desires for unhealthy behaviors, such as …

Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and
possibly promote economic growth. The last decade has seen a surge in field experiments …

Despite widespread conviction that neediness should be a top priority for charitable giving,
this research documents a “charity beauty premium” in which donors often choose beautiful …

New technologies increasingly enable consumers to track their behaviors over time, making
them more aware of their “streaks”—behaviors performed consecutively three or more times …

Drawing on people's motivation to whet their curiosity, we tested a previously unexplored
solution to reconciling want/should conflicts. Past work has shown that people are motivated …

The literature on serious games and gamification suggests that game elements have a
positive influence on learning and performance in cognitive tasks. However, the …

Numeric labeling of calories on restaurant menus has been implemented widely, but
scientific studies have generally not found substantial effects on calories ordered. The …

Across all domains of human social life, positive perceptions of conversational listening (ie,
feeling heard) predict well-being, professional success, and interpersonal flourishing …

Recent large-scale randomized experiments find that helping people form implementation
intentions by asking when and where they plan to act increases one-time actions, such as …