A Repository of Aline
I’m an applied behavioral scientist, specializing in digital health research and scientifically informed product design. My training in psychology and business — and my experience working in research and healthcare — have given me the interdisciplinary lens necessary to appreciate the complexity of decision-making in the real world. I’m passionate about applying the methods and findings of behavioral science, and sharing my insights from the field with anyone who will listen. Here is a compilation of (some of) those insights.
I am co-host of the Behavioral Design Podcast with Samuel Salzer, brought to you by Habit Weekly and the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University.
Here are some of my publications
- The Three Laws of Human Behavior in behavioraleconomics.com
- Applying Behavioral Science to Health and Financial Decisions in the 2020 BE Guide
- Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science in Health Tech magazine
- How Much Money Will You Really Spend in Retirement? Probably a Lot More Than You Think in the Wall Street Journal
- The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Text While Driving in Behavioral Scientist
- Insights from behavioural economics for effective leadership during the pandemic in BMJ Leader
- The Price of Greed: How Economic Selfishness Harms Us All in Scientific American
- The choice architecture of privacy decision-making in Health Technology
- Irrational Attachment (Why We Love What We Own). In Critical Mindfulness
Deep Dives in Refind (10 articles delivered over 10 days)
- Understanding Humans Like A Behavioral Scientist
- The Behavioral Science of COVID-19
- How to Live Healthier, Using Behavioral Science
Articles on Forbes
- Does Mindset Matter?
- How The Pandemic Flipped The Default In Healthcare
- How To Actually Hire For Diversity
- Remote Work Is (Mostly) Here To Stay
- Equity In The Workplace Requires Equity In Caregiving
- Bias Is Built Into Our Brains. But There’s Still Hope
- 2020 In Review: Behavioral Science Edition
- 10 Behavioral Scientists You Should Know
- 9 Ways To Improve Your Quarantine Well-Being
- Here’s How To Design Your Quarantine Fresh Start
- Social Norms Can Spread Like A Virus
- 16 Ways To Promote Handwashing With Behavioral Science
- Aim High, But Plan For Slips
- Changing Your Reference Point Can Drastically Improve Your Commute
- How To Design Your Interview Based on Behavioral Science
- The Best Way To Increase Shareholder Value Is To Stop Focusing On Shareholder Value
Articles with Pattern Health
- A Practical Framework for Encouraging Positive Health Behavior in Heart Failure Patients
- The global pandemic has brought us together
- Emergency reserves can prevent a small lapse from turning into a big lapse
- Don’t settle for engagement if you’re looking for impact
- To achieve goals, focus on behavior
- How motivational fuel can help us avoid the fate of Aesop’s grasshopper
- Making a doctor’s appointment should be easy. (It isn’t.)
- Decrease friction and add fuel for health behavior change
- Make plans, not resolutions
- Birds of a feather don’t just flock together. They also influence each other’s behavior
- How commitment devices can help people stick to their health goals
- Grandma’s not just on Facebook anymore
- All you need is a little encouragement from your friends
- The power of precommitment
- Implementing our best intentions
- A how-to guide for setting better goals
- If social media is bringing you down, you’re probably not doing it right
Other blog posts
- How Self-Care Fits into a Model of Generosity in Give and Take
- How can you optimize incentives with behavioral insights? in SetSail Technologies
- What’s so hard about lunch yoga? on Medium
- A Surprising Way to Protect Yourself from This Year’s Nasty Flu on advancedhindsight.com
- Two Compelling Reasons (Among Many) to Get a Flu Shot This Year on advancedhindsight.com
- Making Exercise Meaningful on advancedhindsight.com
- Beginning at the End on danariely.com
- Rapture Me Not on advancedhindsight.com
Here are some of my radio and podcast appearances
- Using Behavioral Science in Healthcare on the Brainy Business podcast
- Changing Digital Health Behavior on the Behavioral Design Podcast
- Digital Healthcare on the Human Risk podcast
- Digital Health on the Questioning Behaviour podcast
- Real World Behavioural Science from the Behavioural Science and Policy Network
- Behavioral Grooves: COVID-19 Crisis: Aline Holzwarth on our Behavioral Immune System
- It’s All a Bunch of BS with Nick Hobson: A Healthy Outlook on Behavior Change
- Action Design Network on Improving Healthcare with Behavioral Science and Technology
- Radio Sputnik (on behavioral science in digital health)
- Katie Elliott’s Little Challenges podcast (about digital health and pleasant activities)
- Your Life Your Wealth Radio Show (on saving for retirement)
- The Financial Exchange Radio Show (on saving for retirement)
Here are some of my live appearances
- Digital Behavior Change in Health with Jennifer La Guardia & Aline Holzwarth at Habit Day
- Framing in Health, Financial and Environmental Decisions talk at the BE Guide launch with the Think Forward Initiative and BehavioralEconomics.com (video here)
- Digital Tools talk at the NeuroU conference (video here)
- Digital Tools for Behavior Change talk at the Behavioral Science in Policy and Application conference (video here in the “health” section; pw 2020BSPA)
- Using Behavioral Health Science to Drive Digital Health Engagement and Outcomes at Duke Digital Health Week (covered by Duke Research Blog)
- A Practical Guide to Creating Effective Digital Health Programs with Behavioral Science Seminar at the Society for Behavioral Medicine conference
- Digital Tools for Behavior Change: Findings from Research at Health Experience Design Conference
Here are some courses or programs I’ve created
Here are some apps I’ve product-managed
Here are some things others have written about me
- So What? The Writer’s Argument, with Readings by Kurt Schick & Laura Miller (featuring The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Text While Driving)
- Money on the Mind interview with Merle van den Akker
- Expert Spotlight: Lightning Interview in Health Care Nudge Coalition
- Department Spotlight: Center For Advanced Hindsight in Duke Today
- 3 Tips for Managing Your Email Inbox in Duke Today
- This mental trick can help you accomplish your most challenging goals in CNBC
- How One Incubator Is Using Behavioral Science to Encourage the Products Customers Really Want in Entrepreneur
Here are some videos I’ve directed or produced
- About the Startup Lab
- Startup Lab FAQs
- Irrationally Yours Reader Responses
- Pocket Ariely to the Rescue (V1)
- Pocket Ariely: make sense of life (V2)
- Commencement Speech
- Restraining Order: The Art of Self-Control
- Cureall
- When Expectations Override our Senses (Tedx Tunali)
- Would you like to downsize that meal?
Related to A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior class on coursera
- A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior vimeo collection
- Dan pranks Aline during Office Hours (April 1st)
- Cross-Coursera Dishonesty Debate
- Office Hours: Self-control
- “On Air” with Dan Ariely: Taxes
- “On Air” with David Pizarro
- “On Air” with Peter McGraw
- “On Air” with Hedy Kober and Leslie John
- “On Air” with Lalin Anik
- “On Air” with Peter Ubel and Nina Mazar
- “On Air” with Michael Norton
- Hangout with Dan Ariely
Here is my bio:
Aline is an applied behavioral scientist, specializing in digital health research and scientifically informed product design. Her training in psychology and business, and her experience working in research and healthcare have given her the interdisciplinary lens necessary to appreciate the complexity of decision-making in the real world. Aline is Head of Behavioral Science at Pattern Health, a digital health platform designed to inspire and accelerate innovation and deliver more impact with less hassle. She also co-founded the Behavior Shop, a behavioral science advisory company, and is Principal of the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University, which is Dan Ariely’s applied behavioral science lab that helps people be happier, healthier and wealthier.
