🌟🧠💪📝 #BOOSTING: Empowering citizens with behavioral science New, freely available paper in Annual Review of Psychology. PDF: tinyurl.com/boosting2025 For more: scienceofboosting.org @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social #policy #behavioralscience 1/ 🧵👇 - ThreadSky

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#BOOSTING: Empowering citizens with behavioral science

New, freely available paper in Annual Review of Psychology.
PDF: https://tinyurl.com/boosting2025

For more: https://scienceofboosting.org

@arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social

@annualreviews.bsky.social
#policy #behavioralscience

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stefanherzog.bsky.social•35 days ago

2/ The #boosting approach uses behavioral science to empower individuals by improving their judgment and decision-making competences.

The article (written by myself & Ralph Hertwig) highlights the untapped potential of behavioral science for public policy.

#behavioralscience #publicpolicy

stefanherzog.bsky.social•35 days ago

3/ #Boosting differs from #nudging by focusing on fostering competences rather than altering choice architectures. It equips individuals with tools and knowledge to make better decisions independently. See the table and https://scienceofboosting.org for examples.

Why is this distinction important?

stefanherzog.bsky.social•35 days ago

4/ #Nudges work by subtly influencing choices (e.g., defaults, framing) without requiring much effort or awareness from individuals.

#Boosts, in contrast, are skill-based interventions (e.g., teaching rules of thumb to deal with uncertainty or self-control problems).

stefanherzog.bsky.social•35 days ago

5/ When to consider #boosting or #nudging? See the box below for guidance.

stefanherzog.bsky.social•35 days ago

6/ Here's a summary of the main points of our #boosting paper:

stefanherzog.bsky.social•35 days ago

7/ And here's a summary of future issues that should be tackled to move the science and practice of boosting forwards.

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