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Elliot Berkman

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Elliot Berkman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. His research is about the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure real-world goals, as well as the neural systems that support goal pursuit. In addition to studying how goal pursuit works, Dr. Berkman’s research also seeks ways to facilitate health behavior change goals such as cigarette smoking cessation and dieting. His research combines the distinct strengths of several research methods including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), cross-sectional and longitudinal survey methods, laboratory experiments, and translational neuroscience randomized controlled trials. Click here for more information about his research. He teaches courses in statistics, neuroimaging, and social psychology. His research and teaching have been recognized with the Social-Personality Health Network Early Career Award, the Joseph A. Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award, the UCLA Social Psychology Dissertation Award, the Arthur J. Woodward Peer Mentoring Award and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. He received his PhD in 2010 from the University of California, Los Angeles. His blog, The Motivated Brain, is located at Psychology Today, and he tweets as @Psychologician. -Check out the SANLab website here Show Notes:  What is autonomous regulation and how do we set goals for ourselves? Are we at risk for being too passive with medical interventions, leaving an untapped level of autonomy and engagement on the table? The influence of language and transparency of choice Some key takeaways from a persons own narrative and gain deeper understanding about their decision making process Navigating a subjective story of tragedy and framing a story or plan of success What is an internal locus of control and how do external influences consume us Bucking against perceived restraint The future of behavior in our society and the influence of technology on our perception of reality Read about the awesome work of Jeremy Bailenson here: https://comm.stanford.edu/faculty-bailenson/ 

Elliot Berkman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. His research is about the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure real-world goals, as well as the neural systems that support goal pursuit. In addition to studying how goal pursuit works, Dr. Berkman’s research also seeks ways to facilitate health behavior change goals such as cigarette smoking cessation and dieting. His research combines the distinct strengths of several research methods including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), cross-sectional and longitudinal survey methods, laboratory experiments, and translational neuroscience randomized controlled trials. Click <a href="http://sanlab.uoregon.edu/research/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here </a>for more information about his research. He teaches courses in statistics, neuroimaging, and social psychology. His research and teaching have been recognized with the Social-Personality Health Network Early Career Award, the Joseph A. Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award, the UCLA Social Psychology Dissertation Award, the Arthur J. Woodward Peer Mentoring Award and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. He received his PhD in 2010 from the University of California, Los Angeles. His blog, <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-motivated-brain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Motivated Brain</a>, is located at Psychology Today, and he tweets as <a href="https://twitter.com/Psychologician" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Psychologician</a>. -<a href="https://sanlab.uoregon.edu/people/berkman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out the SANLab website here</a> Show Notes: <ul> <li>What is autonomous regulation and how do we set goals for ourselves?</li> <li>Are we at risk for being too passive with medical interventions, leaving an untapped level of autonomy and engagement on the table?</li> <li>The influence of language and transparency of choice</li> <li>Some key takeaways from a persons own narrative and gain deeper understanding about their decision making process</li> <li>Navigating a subjective story of tragedy and framing a story or plan of success</li> <li>What is an internal locus of control and how do external influences consume us</li> <li>Bucking against perceived restraint</li> <li>The future of behavior in our society and the influence of technology on our perception of reality</li> <li>Read about the awesome work of Jeremy Bailenson here: <a href="https://comm.stanford.edu/faculty-bailenson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://comm.stanford.edu/faculty-bailenson/</a></li> </ul>

The Psychology of Health Behaviors featuring Dr. Elliot Berkman

In this week's episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Elliot Berman, Ph.D, Neuroscientist from the University of Oergon's Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory. Dr. Berkman conducts research on understanding behavior change and is also a blogger for PsychologyToday.com where writes The Motivated Brain Blog. Links Mentioned in this Episode:   Follow Elliot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Psychologician   The Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory https://sanlab.uoregon.edu/   The Motivated Brain Blog https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-motivated-brain   Dr. Elliot Berkman, Ph.D. Interview Show Notes    0:45 Dr. Berkman’s Introduction and Background   2:20 Dr. Berkman’s current research regarding behavior change (and a cameo from baby Jonah :) )   4:13 How has our analysis and approach to studying behavior change changed over the past decade?   6:34 How do we study genomic effects and predispositions when it comes to our behaviors and habits?   10:34 Why is it so important to study these big picture questions of behavior change?   12:45 How does Dr. Berkman define motivation? Is the phrase, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”, true?   20:20 Dr. Berkman’s take on motivational interviewing and the power it can wield   22:41 Dr. Berkman’s perspective on the “scalability” of behavior change beyond 1:1 care   24:36 How do we balance internal motivation vs. public regulation?   26:26 Dr. Berkman explains the “nudge” phenomenon   28:46 How does a neuroscientist and behavior change researcher handle being a parent?   34:45 The science of making decisions   36:00 Dr. Berkman explains the “decoy effect”   41:24 How do we make short-term changes into lasting changes?   42:17 Understanding the formation of habits   46:00 Why have we placed health so low on our value scale in society?   50:33 Dr. Berkman’s personal favorite behavioral change studies…

In this week's episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Elliot Berman, Ph.D, Neuroscientist from the University of Oergon's Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory. Dr. Berkman conducts research on understanding behavior change and is also a blogger for <a href="http://PsychologyToday.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PsychologyToday.com</a> where writes The Motivated Brain Blog. Links Mentioned in this Episode: Follow Elliot on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Psychologician" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Psychologician</a> The Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory <a href="https://sanlab.uoregon.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sanlab.uoregon.edu/</a> The Motivated Brain Blog <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-motivated-brain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-motivated-brain</a> Dr. Elliot Berkman, Ph.D. Interview Show Notes  0:45 Dr. Berkman’s Introduction and Background 2:20 Dr. Berkman’s current research regarding behavior change (and a cameo from baby Jonah :) ) 4:13 How has our analysis and approach to studying behavior change changed over the past decade? 6:34 How do we study genomic effects and predispositions when it comes to our behaviors and habits? 10:34 Why is it so important to study these big picture questions of behavior change? 12:45 How does Dr. Berkman define motivation? Is the phrase, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”, true? 20:20 Dr. Berkman’s take on motivational interviewing and the power it can wield 22:41 Dr. Berkman’s perspective on the “scalability” of behavior change beyond 1:1 care 24:36 How do we balance internal motivation vs. public regulation? 26:26 Dr. Berkman explains the “nudge” phenomenon 28:46 How does a neuroscientist and behavior change researcher handle being a parent? 34:45 The science of making decisions 36:00 Dr. Berkman explains the “decoy effect” 41:24 How do we make short-term changes into lasting changes? 42:17 Understanding the formation of habits 46:00 Why have we placed health so low on our value scale in society? 50:33 Dr. Berkman’s personal favorite behavioral change studies…

The Science of Behavior with Dr. Elliot Berkman

Elliot Berkman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab. He studies the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure at health goals such as cigarette smoking cessation and dieting. His work uses knowledge of brain function, structure, and connectivity to design and improve interventions on health behavior and wellbeing. What you’ll learn in this podcast:  Achieving goals is not as important to well-being as striving for them Why habits are hard to break and how you can create better habits How to overcome temptations to create lasting change 

Elliot Berkman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab. He studies the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure at health goals such as cigarette smoking cessation and dieting. His work uses knowledge of brain function, structure, and connectivity to design and improve interventions on health behavior and wellbeing. What you’ll learn in this podcast: <ul> <li>Achieving goals is not as important to well-being as striving for them</li> <li>Why habits are hard to break and how you can create better habits</li> <li>How to overcome temptations to create lasting change</li> </ul>