How are your New Year’s resolutions going? According to conventional wisdom, it takes 21 days for a habit to form, and so those habits put into practice at the beginning of the year should have sunk ...

A popular piece of self-help folklore might be more complicated than we thought. New research finds that it takes significantly more than a month for a new habit to form. Scientists at the University ...

We’re now just about a month into the new year and, although it isn’t sentient, I’m acutely aware that my notes app list of ‘resolutions’ is laughing at me from the other room. The truth is, I still ...

A recent study suggests that 65 percent of our daily behaviours are done on “autopilot,” meaning that we do them without thinking. These automatic behaviours occur because they are the result of a ...

ADELAIDE, Australia — If you’ve ever tried to start a new healthy habit — whether it’s going to the gym, flossing regularly, ...

At the start of every year, millions vow to get fit, save money, or finally learn French, armed with the dubious belief that 21 days of sheer willpower will transform them into gym rats, financial ...

Humans are social creatures. Behavior spreads through social networks, and being observed encourages consistency—as does ...