Reflecting on rumination: Consequences, causes, mechanisms and treatment of rumination

ER Watkins, H Roberts - Behaviour research and therapy, 2020 - Elsevier
We review research showing that rumination has multiple negative consequences:(a)
exacerbating psychopathology by magnifying and prolonging negative mood states …

Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health

S Whitmee, A Haines, C Beyrer, F Boltz, AG Capon… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural
systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly …

The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

N Chater, G Loewenstein - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2023 - cambridge.org
An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long
subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and …

Nudgeability: Mapping conditions of susceptibility to nudge influence

D De Ridder, F Kroese… - … on Psychological Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Nudges are behavioral interventions to subtly steer citizens' choices toward “desirable”
options. An important topic of debate concerns the legitimacy of nudging as a policy …

Increasing vaccination: putting psychological science into action

NT Brewer, GB Chapman, AJ Rothman… - … Science in the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Vaccination is one of the great achievements of the 20th century, yet persistent public-health
problems include inadequate, delayed, and unstable vaccination uptake. Psychology offers …

[HTML][HTML] Why is changing health-related behaviour so difficult?

MP Kelly, M Barker - Public health, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To demonstrate that six common errors made in attempts to change behaviour
have prevented the implementation of the scientific evidence base derived from psychology …

Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health

N Watts, WN Adger, P Agnolucci, J Blackstock, P Byass… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been
formed to map out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, in …

Psychology of habit

W Wood, D Rünger - Annual review of psychology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
As the proverbial creatures of habit, people tend to repeat the same behaviors in recurring
contexts. This review characterizes habits in terms of their cognitive, motivational, and …

[HTML][HTML] Eating with our eyes: From visual hunger to digital satiation

C Spence, K Okajima, AD Cheok, O Petit, C Michel - Brain and cognition, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the brain's key roles is to facilitate foraging and feeding. It is presumably no
coincidence, then, that the mouth is situated close to the brain in most animal species …

Habit and physical activity: Theoretical advances, practical implications, and agenda for future research

MS Hagger - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Understanding habits may inform intervention development aimed at promoting
physical activity maintenance for long-term health. In the present article, I review theory and …