Use caution when applying behavioural science to policy
2020/10/09 by Hans IJzerman, Neil A. Lewis, Andrew K Przybylski +11 · 246 citations
Engineering · Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #2019-20 coronavirus outbreak #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Behavioural economics #Behavioural sciences #COVID-19 and Mental Health #Community Health and Development #Computer science #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #Data science #Ecology #Economics #Engineering #Engineering ethics #Management science #Medicine #Political science #Positive economics #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Public administration #Public relations #Science policy #Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) #Taxonomy (biology)
paper · open access · doi:10.1038/s41562-020-00990-w
published in Nature Human Behaviour 4(11), 1092-1094 (Nature Portfolio)
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