
Behavior
Why We Think We Can Keep Those New Year's Resolutions
When we think about taking action sometime in the future, we tend to neglect the constraints we’ll face when the future actually arrives
Benjamin A. Converse is an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the University of Virginia, in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Department of Psychology. His research focuses on self-regulation, social judgment, and decision making.
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