9 Best Articles in 2021
UX Planet
7 Principles That Influence Our Behaviour
UX Planet
5 min read · 61 saves · From 2018 · Eugen Eşanu · Understanding human behaviour
BBC News (World)
Why some people are always running late
BBC News (World)
4 min read · 518 saves · 2019-12-22 · It’s not always rudeness or scatter-brained behaviour – it can be something much deeper, writes Laura Clarke
In Data Science
information-age.com
Using data science to predict consumer behaviour during a pandemic
information-age.com
4 min read · 56 saves · 2020-05-22 · Kayla Matthews · In times of crisis such as the current pandemic, data science is ideal for predicting consumer behaviour and monitor changes
Farnam Street
The Code of Hammurabi: The Best Rule To Manage Risk
Farnam Street
7 min read · 74 saves · From 2017 · King Hammurabi of Babylon, created Hammurabi’s Code. The laws were more effective at containing risk than today's laws. Here's why they were effective.
Aeon+Psyche
Is neuroscience getting closer to explaining evil behaviour?
Aeon+Psyche
~15 min read · 37 saves · From 2018 · Why some people choose to do evil remains a puzzle, but are we starting to understand how this behaviour is triggered?
blog.lightcat.io
How to Analyse What Customers Want
blog.lightcat.io
2 min read · 184 saves · 2019-08-12 · Customer behaviour and opinions contain a lot of data. This blog covers how analysing it the right way can unlock great insights about what customers want.
The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
The Guardian
589 saves · From 2018 · Harriet Griffey · We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button
Aeon+Psyche
Our behaviour in bulk is more predictable than we like to imagine
Aeon+Psyche
~11 min read · 29 saves · 2019-07-09 · Despite the vagaries of free will and circumstance, human behaviour in bulk is far more predictable than we like to imagine
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
The scientists who make apps addictive
The Economist’s 1843 magazine
~18 min read · 273 saves · From 2016 · Silicon Valley’s most successful tech companies use the insights of behaviour design to pump us with dopamine and keep us returning to their products. But, as Ian Leslie learns, some of the…
Trending
In Media
Reuters Institute
Women and news: an overview of audience behaviour in 11 countries
Reuters Institute
35 saves · 2020-12-21 · This report, authored by Meera Selva and Simge Andı, looks at how women get their news around the world.
LSE
Political Behaviour
LSE
Jan 7th · The Political Behaviour research group brings together faculty and students from across the LSE to share research on public opinion, voting and elections.
The Guardian
Priti Patel is all for 'personal responsibility'
The Guardian
3 min read · 26 saves · 2020-11-20 · Marina Hyde · Her behaviour has prompted the prime minister’s adviser on standards to quit. Maybe he’s the only one who has any? says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The BMJ
World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
The BMJ
2020-11-26 · Objectives To describe new WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
Methods The guidelines were developed in accordance with WHO protocols. An expert Guideline Development Group reviewed evidence to assess associations between physical activity and sedentary behaviour for an agreed set of health outcomes and population groups. The assessment used and systematically updated recent relevant systematic reviews; new primary reviews addressed additional health outcomes or subpopulations.
Results The new guidelines address children, adolescents, adults, older adults and include new specific recommendations for pregnant and postpartum women and people living with chronic conditions or disability. All adults should undertake 150–300 min of moderate-intensity, or 75–150 min of vigorous-intensity physical activity, or some equivalent combination of moderate-intensity and vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, per week. Among children and adolescents, an average of 60 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic physical activity across the week provides health benefits. The guidelines recommend regular muscle-strengthening activity for all age groups. Additionally, reducing sedentary behaviours is recommended across all age groups and abilities, although evidence was insufficient to quantify a sedentary behaviour threshold.
Conclusion These 2020 WHO guidelines update previous WHO recommendations released in 2010. They reaffirm messages that some physical activity is better than none, that more physical activity is better for optimal health outcomes and provide a new recommendation on reducing sedentary behaviours. These guidelines highlight the importance of regularly undertaking both aerobic and muscle strengthening activities and for the first time, there are specific recommendations for specific populations including for pregnant and postpartum women and people living with chronic conditions or disability. These guidelines should be used to inform national health policies aligned with the WHO Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018–2030 and to strengthen surveillance systems that track progress towards national and global targets.
More like this
In Psychology
Nature
What’s next for psychology’s embattled field of social priming
Nature
9 min read · 121 saves · 2019-12-11 · Tom Chivers · A promising field of research on social behaviour struggled after investigators couldn’t repeat key findings. Now researchers are trying to establish what’s worth saving.
Jake Archibald
The future of loading CSS
Jake Archibald
6 min read · 111 saves · From 2016 · Chrome is intending to change the behaviour of in , which allows for better ways to load CSS
In Brain
BBC Breaking News
People don't become 'adults' until their 30s
BBC Breaking News
1 min read · 74 saves · 2019-03-19 · Experts say people aged 18 are still going through changes in the brain that can affect behaviour.
Moz
User Behaviour Data as a Ranking Signal
Moz
17 saves · From 2015 · Do search engines collect and utilise user behaviour data for ranking purposes?
dejanseo.com.au
How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s websites
dejanseo.com.au
5 min read · 84 saves · From 2018 · I spoofed the back button in Chrome and sent people to my version of search results and competitor websites where I recorded everything with Lucky Orange.
Nature
Machine behaviour
Nature
2 min read · 15 saves · 2019-04-24 · Understanding the behaviour of the machines powered by artificial intelligence that increasingly mediate our social, cultural, economic and political interactions is essential to our ability to…
Bob Apollo - Inflexion-Point
Understanding B2B Buying Behaviour
Bob Apollo - Inflexion-Point
3 min read · 16 saves · 2019-11-26 · Bob Apollo of Inflexion-Point - the B2B value selling experts - explains four key aspects of modern B2B buying behaviour
medium.com
An FBI Behaviour Expert Explains How to Quickly Build Trust With Anyone
medium.com
5 min read · 60 saves · 2019-08-16 · Thomas Oppong · It’s not always about you!
The Walrus
The Benefits of Solitude
The Walrus
~12 min read · 70 saves · From 2017 · Our society rewards social behaviour while ignoring the positive effects of time spent alone