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- Behavioral Targeting 101 http://blog.targeterapp.com/post/26066367763/behavioral-targeting-101 6 comments
- Behavioral Ad Targeting Not Paying Off for Publishers, Study Suggests https://www.wsj.com/articles/behavioral-ad-targeting-not-paying-off-for-publishers-study-suggests-11559167195 75 comments
- Optimizely (YC W10) launches super simple behavioral targeting for A/B testing http://blog.optimizely.com/optimizely-launches-behavioral-targeted-ab-te 5 comments
- "Target can tell if you're pregnant before you do." How Companies are using your data and analyzing your behavior. http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/living/buzzfeed-data-mining/index.html?iid=article_sidebar 4 comments technology
- Trump’s niece has an ax to grind, but she seems on target about his bullying behavior | Opinion https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article245504865.html 8 comments politics
- Arizona woman who destroyed Target mask display in viral video says she regrets behavior https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/07/30/mask-mandates-target-viral-video-arizona-tirade/5541401002/ 10 comments nottheonion
- China targets individual behavior with 'green living' campaign https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-environment/china-targets-individual-behavior-with-green-living-campaign-iduskbn1xh03q 3 comments worldnews
- Exclusive: TSA 'Behavior Detection' Program Targeting Illegal Immigrants, Not Terrorists https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/06/exclusive-tsa-behavior-detection-program-targeting-immigrants-terrorists/ 13 comments politics
- Manipulating Morals: Scientists Target Drugs That Improve Behavior http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/04/morality-drugs-improve-ethical-behaviour 6 comments worldnews
- New Right To Repair Bill Targets Obnoxious Auto Industry Behavior https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220222/07245148520/new-right-to-repair-bill-targets-obnoxious-auto-industry-behavior.shtml 22 comments stallmanwasright
- Tunisian Olympians targeted by Islamist radicals for behavior and dress deemed un-Islamic http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-33747_162-57492866/tunisian-olympians-targeted-by-islamist-radicals-for-behavior-and-dress-deemed-un-islamic 192 comments worldnews
- Redskins’ Hall says he’ll target Tony Romo’s ribs (What do you guys think of this type of behavior?) http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-cowboys-injuries 85 comments nfl
- [from @damiankust] This is insane - someone sent Jules Marie (#2 alternate for US Open qualifying) a fake e-mail that he's in the draw. But when Jules tried to confirm, it turned out the tournament knew nothing about it. Awful behavior, targeting players who are desperately waiting for a withdrawal https://x.com/damiankust/status/1825965352083505607?s=46&t=wNqwG31tmUAWKSl8PzRjOw 15 comments tennis
- Study shows that those who need it most benefit least from school-based interventions targeting prevention of emotional and behavioral problems: a cluster randomized trial [open access] https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckac143/6762956 7 comments science
- A future target for the development of treatments for cocaine use disorder: researchers have found that blocking certain acetylcholine receptors in an area of the brain that balances reward and aversion, made it harder to resist seeking cocaine in a rat model of impulsive behavior https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-scientists-identify-new-brain-mechanism-involved-impulsive-cocaine-seeking-rats 3 comments science
- Scientists identify common personality traits of complete assholes: University of Georgia research shows targets of common insult are middle-aged, male and seen as uninterested in changing behavior https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/8/1/32552/120248/They-Are-Such-an-Asshole-Describing-the-Targets-of 318 comments science
- Scientists have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance using infrared light. This could be a way to flexibly test the functions of particular brain cells and circuits deep in the brain during normal behavior https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/researchers-control-brain-circuits-distance-using-infrared-light 5 comments science
- Woman arrested in Brussels for suspected Iranian plot against Israeli targets. According to security sources, woman suspected of planting a bomb threat at Brussels Airport to collect intelligence on place's security protocols and behavior of Israeli airline's staff at behest of Tehran https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1fq2g8to 4 comments worldnews
- Mapping high-cost patients into clinically meaningful and actionable categories that incorporate medical, behavioral, and social factors could help health systems target interventions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2019.100406 5 comments science
- Personality traits such as extraversion and conscientiousness are thought to be largely stable for life. But new evidence suggests that sustained effort at the right age can change these traits. This suggests that traits that influence a wide range of behavior could be targets for policy changes. https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/can-you-change-your-personality-scientists-say-maybe 13 comments science
- Apple says its App Store is ‘a safe and trusted place.’ We found 1,500 reports of unwanted sexual behavior on six apps, some targeting minors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/22/apple-says-its-app-store-is-safe-trusted-place-we-found-reports-unwanted-sexual-behavior-six-apps-some-targeting-minors/ 70 comments technology
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a clarion call for a "global people's movement" to bring about a behavioral change to deal with climate change as he made a path-breaking pledge to more than double India's non-fossil fuel target to 450 gigawatts. http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2019/sep/23/time-for-talking-is-over-world-needs-to-act-now-pm-modi-on-climate-change-2038027.html 8 comments environment
- A Neo-Nazi Blogger Should Pay $14 Million To A Woman Targeted In A Racist "Troll Storm," A Judge Says -- The judgment against Andrew Anglin included $10 million in punitive damages for what the judge called "particularly egregious and reprehensible" behavior. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/neo-nazi-blogger-andrew-anglin-lawsuit-judgement-troll-storm 9 comments politics
- New study finds that cannabis decriminalization policies appeared to reduce arrest rates for possession much more effectively than full legalization policies, likely because the legalization policies targeted adult behavior without explicitly addressing youth possession. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2735638 14 comments science
- Behavioral ad targeting not paying off for publishers. In one of the first studies of the impacts of behaviorally targeted advertising on publishers’ revenue, researchers suggest publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn’t. https://weis2019.econinfosec.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/05/weis_2019_paper_38.pdf 6 comments science
- Tom Steyer on being a target of the MAGAbomber: "There’s a win-at-all-costs lawlessness to Trump's behavior that gives implicit license to other people to behave the same." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tom-steyer-2020-749806/ 101 comments politics
- Cluster randomized controlled trial of a consumer behavior intervention (targeting menu labeling, healthy food availability, placement, and prompting) to improve healthy food purchases from online canteens http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2017/09/27/ajcn.117.158329.abstract 4 comments science
- Obamacare-facilitated expansions of Medicaid increased insurance coverage and access to care among the targeted population of low-income childless adults, with modestly improved self-assessed health, finds the first study on the impact of the ACA expansions on preventive care and health behaviors. http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2017/01/medicaid-expansion-boosts-preventive-care.shtml 317 comments science
- Where to get an in-depth analysis of millenials as target group, especially digital behavior? https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/4watmc/where_to_get_an_indepth_analysis_of_millenials_as/ 6 comments marketing
- The Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism: "The game is no longer about sending you a mail order catalogue or even about targeting online advertising. The game is selling access to the real-time flow of your daily life –your reality—in order to directly influence and modify your behavior for profit." http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/the-digital-debate/shoshana-zuboff-secrets-of-surveillance-capitalism-14103616-p2.html?printpagedarticle=true 1269 comments technology
- Rude behavior spreads like a disease - Scientists study the contagion of obnoxiousness: In a series of studies, researchers demonstrate that being the target of rude behavior, or even simply witnessing rude behavior, induces rudeness [xpost from /r/psychology] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rude-behavior-spreads-like-a-disease/ 5 comments science
- A novel compound that targets an important brain receptor has a dramatic effect against a host of cocaine addiction behaviors, including relapse behavior http://www.parentherald.com/articles/4499/20140423/novel-compound-halts-cocaine-addiction-and-relapse-behaviors.htm 17 comments science
- Novel compound halts cocaine addiction and relapse behaviors: A novel compound that targets an important brain receptor has a dramatic effect against a host of cocaine addiction behaviors, including relapse behavior, an animal study has found http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2014/04/048.html 35 comments science
- Intervention efforts curb violent youth behaviors: Violent behavior and beliefs among middle school students can be reduced by implementing targeted violence intervention program, a new study shows Findings led to a single, evidence-based conflict resolution program, evaluated in a pilot study http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/04/intervention-efforts-curb-violent-youth-behaviors/ 4 comments science
- A new study says that ads targeted toward men promote "hypermasculinity," including negative attitudes toward women and violent behavior http://www.healthline.com/health-news/mental-masculine-ads-distort-mens-perceptions-030313 4 comments science
- Using Precisely-Targeted Lasers, Researchers Manipulate Neurons in Worms' Brains and Take Control of Their Behavior. In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a major threshold. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hu-utb092212.php 43 comments science
- Researchers have shown that insects are capable of challenging neuronal tasks like visually targeted reaching. The researchers say the fact that insects can perform these behaviors challenges the idea that sophisticated behavioral capabilities necessarily require large numbers of neurons. http://www.sciencespacerobots.com/blog/70720122 4 comments science
- Obama Preparing For War With Syria - "The brutal violence used by the govt of Syria against its people is completely deplorable. The US is pursuing a range of possible policy options, including targeted sanctions, to respond to the crackdown and make clear that this behavior is unacceptable." http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/65422/us-mulls-targeted-sanctions-on-syria 25 comments politics
- Cork City Council targeting Disabled Drivers? This is entirely unacceptable behavior from an organisation that is funded by us, the tax-payers and I for one am furious that my tax money is wasted in this way. What do you think, Are Cork City Council, Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/09/cork-city-council-corrupt-discriminatory-or-incompetent/ 3 comments reddit.com
- U.S. prisons are too punitive and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behavior, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression and prevent recidivism, a researcher told the American Psychological Association on Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news168967098.html 226 comments science