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Do habits really take 66 days to form? Should you rely on willpower? How does a psychologist approach overcoming their own bad habits and starting good ones? Professor Ben Gardner leads me through the intricate world of habits, exploring their definitions, the distinction between habits and routines, and the psychological mechanisms behind habitual behaviour. Find out more about Ben's work at: Send us Fan Mail You can watch the video of this episode on YouTube at
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if you treat habit as an association that can trigger behaviours, well, then you know that even though the behaviour may have changed, there may still be something there. You've still got that association and that can trigger kind of relapse in the future.
“it showed that people who had been subject to a kind of environmental manipulation, when they were asked to explain their behaviour, explained it in a way that didn't acknowledge the environment at all.”
“build in a natural decay over time so that they do not rely on the app. But the app has brought things to them, which are going to stay with them for life.”
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