KERA's Think

The Science Behind Your Bad Habits


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It’s New Year’s Eve and you pledge that this year you’ll go to the gym. Six weeks later you’re binging on TV instead. But your neighbor? She hits the gym every day. How does she do it and why can’t you? Wendy Wood, provost professor of psychology and business at the University of Southern California, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about her research into the science of making better choices from her book, “Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes.”
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