You want to eat healthier, but can’t stop reaching for junk food every time you’re hungry. You want your kids to fold and put away their clothes, but you’re sick of asking—and reminding—them 27 times ...

British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is credited with the adage "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Disraeli died in 1881 but his quote lives on and has entered the ...

For the past two decades, scientists have found a number of easy ways to make significant changes in people’s behavior. To get voters to the polls, for example, researchers found that sending them ...

Physician organizations are applying behavioral nudges to influence physician behavior; however, their use is limited to a narrow range of clinical applications. Objectives: Because physicians’ ...