The Nine Interventions

The Nine Interventions

Article  Change Models   When it comes to behavioural change we normally want to think very quickly about what we can do – be that as an individual or as an organisation. There are basically only nine types of intervention though each of these can be...
Two Types of Willpower

Two Types of Willpower

Quick HitsBrief research updates from the cognitive sciences Willpower is certainly a useful thing to have and in everyday life this often means overcoming temptation. But many of us fall short on willpower at least some of the time – but mostly very often. However,...
Mask-Wearing Makes You Better Behaved

Mask-Wearing Makes You Better Behaved

Quick HitsBrief research updates from the cognitive sciences This is a fascinating study that shows that wearing masks changes behaviour in subtle but important ways. There were reports at the start of the pandemic that mask wearing increased social distancing most...
Behavioural Change Theories

Behavioural Change Theories

Article  Change Models There have been multiple models of behaviour and behavioural change proposed over the years. These have taken different viewpoints of behaviour. For example from the individual viewpoint of intentionally changing behaviour, but also from a...
Behavioural Change Wheel

Behavioural Change Wheel

Article  Grouping The behaviour change wheel is the result of a systematic review of change models, frameworks, and theories, followed by the subsequent realisation that they were not aligned and describing different things. This therefore gives a nice summary of...