Motivating patients to make lasting lifestyle changes is one of medicine’s biggest challenges; health coaching can improve patient outcomes and reduce provider burnout.

A group of media psychologists at the University of Cologne, led by Professor Dr. Kai Kaspar has examined the effects of ...

Behavior change is far more complex than medical adherence—it requires motivation, consistency, and long-term effort. How do we help patients make the changes they need to heal? One answer is to ...

ABSTRACT: Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance (1957) has long served as a cornerstone in understanding psychological conflict arising from contradictory beliefs and behaviors. However, in ...

When a man lacks direction in life, for instance, it often manifests in a variety of behaviors – some of which he might not ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — New research on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that new rules of synaptic plasticity best explain how brain activity continually reshapes the way ...

Navigating conversations with narcissists can be a complex and challenging terrain. The subtle phrases they use when losing ...

American students have been falling behind in math for decades—with test scores that consistently rank in the bottom 25% ...

Many obese people report losing pleasure in eating rich foods -- something also seen in obese mice. Scientists have now discovered the reason. Long-term high-fat diets lower levels of neurotensin in ...

One of the most effective ways to break a bad habit is to swap it with something better. Instead of just quitting cold turkey ...

Published in Nature, the study reveals a surprising discovery: long-term consumption of high-fat foods may dull the brain’s ...

Researchers from Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative, along with their collaborators, carried out am megastudy to ...