Behavioral Posology: A Novel Paradigm for Modeling the Healthy Limits of Behaviors

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Behavioral Posology: A Novel Paradigm for Modeling the Healthy Limits of Behaviors

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Auckland University of Technology

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One of the challenges faced by behavioral scientists is the lack of modeling methodologies for accurately determining when a behavior becomes problematic. The authors propose “behavioral posology” as a novel modeling paradigm for quantifying the healthy limits of behaviors through the concept of behavioral dose. As an example of this paradigm, a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model of a hypothetical digital behavior is presented, based on opponent process theory. The generic model can be ada...

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2023-07-03

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Henry, N / Pedersen, M / Williams, M / Donkin, L

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/16436

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34 Chemical sciences / 40 Engineering / 51 Physical sciences

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