Revolutionizing Habits: Interventions Disrupting Environmental Cues for Behavior Change
Interventions to change habits focus on disrupting environmental cues that trigger automatic behaviors. Two types of interventions are suggested: "Downstream-plus" interventions target moments when habits are vulnerable to change, like during life transitions, while "Upstream" interventions disrupt old cues and establish new ones before habit performance. Policy interventions can help change established habits and form new ones.