Wendy Wood
Provost Professor of Psychology and Business
My research addresses how we form and change our habits, along with the ways we explain habitual behaviors.
213 740 5504
wendy.wood@usc.edu
Dept of Psychology & Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
For prospective graduate students: I will not be accepting a new student this year.
Media Links:
Have you ever wondered...
"How Habits Shape Who We Are — And Who We Become" Listen to the Hidden Brain Podcast here
"What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines." Read the New York Times article here.
"Why Breaking a Streak Feels So Awful." Read the Cut article here.
"How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution." Listen to Freakonomics Radio here.
"Trade In Bad Habits for Better Ones." Listen to People's Pharmacy Podcast here.
"5 Myths About Our Habits." Read the Washington Post article here
"What Vietnam Taught Us About Breaking Bad Habits." Read the NPR article here
"Mindless behavior applies to healthy habits, too" - Read the Huffington Post article here
"It's not all smoking and booze: Stress can trigger HEALTHY behaviour, too" - Read the dailymail.co.uk article here
"Think it will take 21 days to make your resolution a habit?" -- Read the NBC News article here
"When it comes to weight loss, bad habits die hard" - Read the op-ed in the LA Times here
"Study finds that women aren't run by their periods. Scientists everywhere are confused." - Read the Slate magazine article here
"How to make healthy habits stick." - Read the article from Life Reimagined here
"This wristband will shock you into good behavior." - Read the Slate magazine article here
"Turning a New Year's Resolution Into Action With the Facts." - Read the New York Times article here.
Additional Links:
Students who wish to apply to the social psychology graduate program at USC should go to the Social Psychology Admissions Page.
To visit Wendy Wood's USC Faculty Website, click here.
To visit the Social Behavior Lab Website, click here.
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- Phone: (213) 740 - 5504