As January looms, so does the adage “New Year, New You.” Despite all good intentions, the adage's call to action seldom lasts beyond a few weeks. While statistics vary, the most common resolutions ...

What is the neuropsychological basis for the brain's ever-changing contextualized goals? I explore this question from the perspective of the Affect Management Framework (AMF).

However big or small, goals motivate everyone in virtually everything they do. A goal may be as simple as "buy milk" or as complex as "develop a sustainable 10-year business plan." In either case, you ...

To begin a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support program, schools start with five goals: maximizing the classroom’s physical space, teacher engagement with students, and explanations and use of ...

Human interactions that stir any emotion can go terribly wrong when we’re insensitive to their shadow workings. Lurking in the shadows are pre-conscious, implicit judgments, and behavior goals (what ...

Setting development goals is easy; achieving them is hard. For this article, let's define a development goal as any desired behavior change, perspective, or approach that would only happen with direct ...

New Year’s resolutions are an annual ritual of setting intentions for self-betterment, and health behavior goals—such as improving healthy eating and physical activity—are among the most popular.

Getting report cards once every six, eight, or 10 weeks is probably too often for some students. How about every day? So-called “daily report cards ” appear to improve the behavior of students with ...

The New Year presents an opportunity to reset eating habits, but success depends on sustainability. Setting realistic, ...