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A habit is basically a learned association between a stimulus or cue in the environment and a behavioral action or set of actions (a routine).

Programs designed to increase engagement have often been based on the classical economic idea that patients are completely rational decision makers.

Which is more important? A study out this week by Katharina Bernecker (University of Zurich) and Daniela Becker (Radboud University) suggests the capacity to experience short-term enjoyment or pleasure contributes at least as much to well being as effectively exercising self-control.

In a now famous behavioral experiment, Mischel and colleagues (1972) measured children’s ability to delay gratification by asking them to hold off on eating a marshmallow placed in front of them.