The compulsive habit of cars

  • The car dependence of people living in contemporary cities is a major concern for policy makers, who often find it difficult to persuade people into more sustainable transport modes. By contrast, recent insights from neuroscience have shown that a broad spectrum of behaviors can become habitual and, thus, resistant to change. Here, we outline the potential of collaboration between neuroscience and human geography aiming at a better understanding of habits that determine everyday commuting routines.

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Author:Yavor Vasilev YalachkovORCiDGND, Marcus J. Naumer, Anna PlyushtevaORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-770351
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.01.008
ISSN:1364-6613
Parent Title (English):Trends in cognitive sciences
Publisher:Elsevier
Place of publication:Amsterdam
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2014/04/23
Date of first Publication:2014/04/23
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/06/12
Volume:18
Issue:5
Page Number:2
First Page:227
Last Page:228
HeBIS-PPN:520897404
Institutes:Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0