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Habit Formation

Habit Formation is a psychological process within the domain of behavior change theory whereby repeated execution of a behavior in a consistent context leads to the development of an automatic response, distinguished from other behavioral learning mechanisms by its reliance on contextual cues and incremental reinforcement to establish durable, non-conscious routines.

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Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior

Karen A. Miller, Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1988 · 15.4K citations

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The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit‐formation

Robert M. Yerkes, John Dodson · Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology · 1908 · 6.8K citations · Full text

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Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

Paul Steidlmeier, Robert Ν. Bellah, Richard Madsen et al. · Review of Religious Research · 1986 · 5.1K citations

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The Theory of Planned Behaviour

Mark Conner, Brian McMillan · Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) · 2004 · 4.5K citations

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Habit and intention in everyday life: The multiple processes by which past behavior predicts future behavior.

Judith A. Ouellette, Wendy Wood · Psychological Bulletin · 1998 · 3.3K citations

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  1. BG
    Benjamin Gardner

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    25 publications · 3K citations

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  2. BV
    Bas Verplanken

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 9.6K citations

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    Wendy Wood

    University of Southern California, United States

    24 publications · 8.9K citations

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  4. TW
    Trevor W. Robbins

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 3.7K citations

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  5. HA
    Henk Aarts

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    16 publications · 5.1K citations

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    88 publications

    23.6K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    104 publications

    17.6K citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    25 h-index

    67 publications

    8.9K citations

  4. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    23 h-index

    52 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    20 h-index

    33 publications

    5.5K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    19 h-index

    73 publications

    6.7K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    18 h-index

    41 publications

    10.5K citations

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  1. Psychological Review

    32 publications · 6.9K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 28 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    30 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Neuroscience

    19 publications · 3.5K citations

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