The science behind keeping (and breaking) New Year’s resolutions

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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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