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Behavioural Science

Random Acts of Medicine: Book Review

Random Acts of Medicine explores a range of fascinating case studies detailing the authors’ natural experiments revealing the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health all through behavioural heuristics. In natural experiments, allocation to conditions is not controlled by researchers, but is expected to be unrelat...

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Mentoring at Google: A Day in the Life of a Behavioural Scientist

As one of the leading healthcare market research agencies, we have had the chance to speak at industry leading events li...

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Conferences

The Power of Language in Healthcare

“Words matter” – a short yet powerful opening sentence by keynote speaker Anantha Shankar (Senior Vice Chancellor ...

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Implicit Bias: The Hippocampus and Pattern Completion

The hippocampus is a part of the brain that is involved in memory formation and retrieval, spatial navigation, and emoti...

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Battle of the Bots: Which AI Gives the Best Behaviour Change?

Recommendations from generative AI tools like ChatGPT are always just a few clicks away. But should we give into temptat...

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Novelty Bias

To help us survive, humans have evolved to quickly identify changes in our environment, aiding us in avoiding danger and...

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Behavioural Science in the Wild: HRW Shift Book Club

Academic research into the value and efficacy of using behavioural science to encourage positive behaviour change has sh...

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Getting to the Heart of it: Lessons from Two Books on Overcoming Tricky Biases in Customer-Centric Research

We all know that understanding and meeting customer needs is key to business success, but what are some of the obstacles...

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Events

Key Reflections from The European Conference on Mental Health

Alex and Rhiannon had a fantastic time listening to and meeting so many speakers. However, they were also there to give ...

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Behind the Booth: The Psychology of Persuasion in Pharma Oncology Conference Exhibits

As our members of OR:BIT (Oncology Research Business Insights Team) reflect on a memorable experience at ASCO (American ...

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Patient Research

Through the Eyes of a Clinical Trial Patient

At every clinical conference, investigators and the pharmaceutical industry are consistent about recognizing the importa...

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