Psychology says people who drink water from the refrigerator and never refill the bottles are not necessarily selfish, lazy, ...

Terraforming Mars has crossed from science fiction to a structured scientific research agenda, according to a peer-reviewed ...

For a lot of us, modern life can be one hectic day after another. In a new paper published in Behavioral Sciences, social ...

Why do some people crave spicy food while others love sweets? It turns out there's an explanation, and it has more to do with ...

Learn to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based strategies that foster meaningful behavioral change. Equip individuals with autism and developmental disabilities with essential life skills ...

Why did you choose your major?: I took an introductory nutrition course and absolutely fell in love with the fact that nutrition is the basis for preventing chronic diseases. Serving as a teaching ...

ABSTRACT: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are markedly overrepresented in correctional populations and reflect the convergence of neurobiological vulnerability, trauma exposure, psychiatric comorbidity ...

Behavioral economics studies how psychological tendencies influence economic decisions and outcomes. Concepts such as loss aversion and bounded rationality explain why people evaluate outcomes ...

As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and ...

We argue that while profound dietary change and systemic transformation are widely acknowledged as urgent, current behavioral science approaches remain too incremental and hesitant to meet the scale ...

The Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences welcomes new faculty member Devon Tapp as an assistant professor and director of the Health Coaching program for the spring 2026 semester. From ...