How Are Habits Formed: Modelling Habit Formation in the Real World
This research study investigates the process of habit acquisition in daily life, tracking participants as they attempted to adopt a new health-related behavior. Using longitudinal data, the authors modeled the relationship between repetition and automaticity, finding that the...
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