The science behind keeping (and breaking) New Year’s resolutions
Gained five pounds when you wanted to lose ten? Started smoking again after swearing you wouldn’t? Not eat vegetables at every meal? Forget to not watch television? Who hasn’t had a New Year’s resolution fail? The Takeaway’s science contributor Jonah Lehrer joins the show to tell us why our brain actually prevents us from changing everything at once.
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