ALICE RAP Addiction and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe Reframing Addictions Project

Changing Behaviour without Talking: automatic processes and the regulation of behaviour. (European Society for Prevention Research)

Prevention has until recently been dominated by approaches that assume that humans always act rationally, make informed and free decisions, and are consciously aware of the motives of their own behaviour. However, it is clear that such approaches only partly explain health and social behaviours. Crucially, non-conscious and automatic processes are important in determining human behaviour.

This year’s EUSPR conference invites researchers, policy makers and prevention professionals to discuss the ethical, neurobiological, developmental and implementation aspects of the theme and to explore findings of research that have examined the effectiveness of such approaches.