Because as economists have found and explained through signaling theory and conspicuous conservation, making your socially-focused choices visible can motivate long-term behavior change.

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They plan an additional 18-month study, starting next year, to explore the drug's long-term effectiveness and safety, as well as risk behavior and pill-taking practices.

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What was lost in the transition between these two economic worldviews in the last 30 years was a recognition that business is embedded in society, a society ruled by laws that govern behavior and set long-term economic priorities and goals, often to the benefit of corporate America.

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He also is credited with reviving the field of animal behavior after discovering that both instinctive and learned behavior is necessary for long-term species survival.

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Moreover, forcing Democrats to account for their behavior will have a salutary long-term effect on their party and on the US as a whole.

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While she knows of no research examining the long-term impact of reality TV, a several decades-long study shows people who watched aggressive and violent behavior on TV as kids were more likely to be aggressive, hit their spouses and engage in other inappropriate behavior later in life.

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And long-term brain studies have demonstrated that the structure of the brain can change based on behavior and environment.

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An accurate understanding of behavior helps parents figure out appropriate responses that have a positive long-term impact on healthy social, emotional and cognitive growth.

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