Down on your luck? How behavioural neuroscience could help The latest research suggests there’s far more to good fortune than mere accident

Down on your luck? How behavioural neuroscience could help #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #BehavioralScience

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🎙️ Catch Amy Bucher on Episode 36 of An N of 1, with Matt Wallaert! 🗓️ Coming out on Monday, Mar 30 at 8 am PT!
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Leverage temporal landmarks to reset motivation. New dates help us shed past failures and start fresh. 🚀 #SelfImprovement #PersonalGrowth #Mindset #Motivation #GrowthMindset #BehavioralScience #Psychology #FreshStart #HabitBuilding #Science #Reset

Research Roundup: 5 JCBS Papers Worth Your Attention Authored by Nataliia Kulynych The field of contextual behavioral science continues to evolve rapidly, and the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS) regularly publishes work that expands how contextual approaches are understood and applied. With the steady flow of new research, it can be ea

We’ve curated a selection of “hidden gem” articles from #JCBS—studies that may have flown under the radar but offer powerful insights for therapists, researchers, and practitioners working to advance psychological flexibility.

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Excited to announce Dr. Déborah Ducasse at #ACBSWC26 this July! Join her talk on Who Accepts, Who Acts? Self-Processes in ACT for Suicidality and Borderline Personality Disorder. Register now! https://ow.ly/PzCo50YvtWA

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A computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users - Nature Mental Health This study investigated the computational mechanisms linking momentary craving and decision-making in people with moderate to high addiction risk levels for alcohol or cannabis use, uncovering differe...

Excited to share our new paper proposing a new computational model accounting for the dynamic interaction btw drug #craving and #decision-making, led by Kaustubh Kulkarni, MD/PhD

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Profiles of maternal beliefs about physically aggressive behaviors, parenting practices and child externalizing behaviors during the preschool years Parental beliefs about physical aggression are one of the socialization factors that may be associated with children's externalizing behaviors during early childhood. Using multidimensional and per...

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🎙 Episode 36 of An N of 1 with Matt Wallaert and Amy Bucher is out Monday morning, Mar 30 at 8 am PT! 🗓️
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Insights from Dr. Dingle Spence on the limits of medical metrics.

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From data to desire: How Pharma learned to win the Super Bowl Pharma marketing exec on how health brands are trading clinical claims for cultural currency—and what the FDA's latest warning means for the future.

Pharma traded clinical claims for cultural currency at this year’s Super Bowl—but the FDA’s warning to Novo Nordisk shows emotional resonance has limits. Behavioral science is the new frontier in health marketing. #PharmaMarketing #SuperBowl #HealthTech #BehavioralScience #FDA

From data to desire: How Pharma learned to win the Super Bowl Pharma marketing exec on how health brands are trading clinical claims for cultural currency—and what the FDA's latest warning means for the future.

Pharma traded clinical claims for cultural currency at this year’s Super Bowl—but the FDA’s warning to Novo Nordisk shows emotional resonance has limits. Behavioral science is the new frontier in health marketing. #PharmaMarketing #SuperBowl #HealthTech #BehavioralScience #FDA

Neuroscientists just upended our understanding of Pavlovian learning Published in Nature Neuroscience, new research reveals that timing, not repetition, drives associative learning. By showing the brain prioritizes the delay between rewards, the study upends century-old assumptions and suggests new ways to understand habit formation.

Neuroscientists just upended our understanding of Pavlovian learning #Science #Biology #Neurobiology #Neuroscience #PavlovianLearning #BehavioralScience

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Today, we’re proud to celebrate World Behavior Analysis Day at Daemen University! 💙

👏 Join us in recognizing the incredible work of behavior analysts everywhere!

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🪰 #Researchers from Nagoya University supported by Japan 🇯🇵 #NREN #NICT transferred courtship behavior between fruit fly species by activating the fru gene, rewiring neural connections in the brain.

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Why You’ll Probably Freeze in a Disaster (And How Not To) Is Your Own Brain Your Deadliest Enemy? Think your high-end survival gear and literal 'prepper' pantry will save you when the world goes sideways? Think again. Most disaster victims don't perish from the fire, the flood, or the falling debris—they die because their brain literally refused to update its reality. In this episode, we dive deep into the neuroscience of survival to uncover why cognitive failures are statistically more dangerous than any external force. We’re breaking down the seven survival archetypes that dictate how humans react in a crisis. Are you the 'Mannequin' paralyzed by a lethal normalcy bias? Or perhaps the 'Armchair General' blinded by a fatal overconfidence bias? What You’ll Learn Today: - 🧠 The 'Freeze' Query: Why humans instinctively stand still during emergencies instead of running. - 🛠️ Metacognition for Survival: Why your 'Internal Threat Assessment' is the ultimate Everyday Carry (EDC). - 📉 Disaster Sociology: Real-world case studies from 9/11 to COVID-19 that prove the 'Myth of Panic.' - 🛡️ Crisis Decision-Making: How to train your brain for situational awareness before the sirens start. Stop focusing on external gear and start mastering cognitive safety. We explore how mental resilience training and understanding your human behavior patterns are the only tools that actually matter when every second counts. Whether you're interested in behavioral science or just want to make sure you're not the one standing still when the building starts shaking, this episode is your survival blueprint. Ready to outsmart your biology? 🎧 Listen now to find out which archetype you really are—it might just save your life. ✅ Subscribe and share this with someone who thinks they're ready for anything. Let’s build your psychological preparedness together.  

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Thanks to @bescipol.bsky.social for sharing “Cancel You Gym Membership…” (above) in their weekly roundup email!

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New paper! We find that people perceive AI as reason-driven and humans as emotion-driven, and that this belief shapes decision-making. In an economic game, those facing an AI made more rational choices than those facing a human. #AI #DecisionMaking #BehavioralScience

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Artificial intelligence often behaves in a surprisingly human way when evaluating performance: it tends to be lenient and avoid negative judgments, especially when objective standards are lacking 🤖📊

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🎙️ Episode 35 of An N of 1 with Matt Wallaert and Peter McNally is out now! ✨

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Digital Phenotyping of Pain Modulation and Associations Among Personality, Attachment, and Behavioral Signatures: Cross-Sectional Study Background: The transition from acute to chronic pain often reflects a persistent dissociation between physical tissue damage and subjective reports. In alignment with the 2020 International Association for the Study of Pain definition, pain is a personal experience filtered through a latent “susceptibility architecture.” While clinical assessment currently relies on static, text-based questionnaires, these are often confounded by linguistic interpretation bias and cognitive literacy. We hypothesized that an individual’s internal psychological substrate—traditionally captured via text—can be characterized through real-time behavioral signatures during physical challenge. Objective: This study aimed to demonstrate that the “pain-prone” phenotype can be identified through high-frequency digital assessment of pain ratings. By correlating established psychometric traits with dynamic behavioral signatures, we sought to establish a foundation for “digital phenotyping” that moves beyond the limitations of linguistic self-reports. Methods: A cohort of 534 healthy volunteers (mean age 38.62, SD 22.35 years; n=336, 62.9% male and n=198, 37.1% female) underwent a controlled thermal stimulation protocol (36 °C, 44 °C, 46 °C, and 48 °C). Continuous pain intensity was recorded via a high-frequency (1000 Hz) digital visual analog scale (VAS). To establish a psychological baseline, participants were profiled using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and the Relationship Questionnaire. Two behavioral indexes were then derived from the digital VAS: the temporal augmentation index (TAI), reflecting within-stimulus physiological sensitization, and the cognitive contrast effect (evaluative instability). Statistical significance was adjusted using the false discovery rate. Results: Repeated-measure multivariate ANOVA confirmed a highly significant main effect of time for all noxious conditions (P

JMIR Formative Res: Digital Phenotyping of Pain Modulation and Associations Among Personality, Attachment, and Behavioral Signatures: Cross-Sectional Study #PainManagement #DigitalHealth #ChronicPain #MentalHealth #BehavioralScience

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🎙️ Catch Peter McNally on Episode 35 of An N of 1, with Matt Wallaert! 🗓️ Coming out on Monday, Mar 16 at 8 am PT!
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Excited to have Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., speak at #ACBSWC26! Join his talk on The Place of Poetics in Contextual Behavioral Science: Lessons from “A Case History in Scientific Method". Register now! https://ow.ly/8eLz50YsESm

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🎙 Episode 35 of An N of 1 with Matt Wallaert and Peter McNally is out Monday morning, Mar 16 at 8 am PT! 🗓️
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