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person1974–

Charles Duhigg

Disciplines:
psychology
journalism
writing
new york times

Summary

American journalist and author — New York Times — Pulitzer Prize winner — author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators — who writes narrative nonfiction about the science of behavior.

Core Contribution

Creates The Power of Habit as the definitive popular account of habit science — Duhigg's cue-routine-reward framework (derived from MIT's basal ganglia research) is the most widely used popular model for understanding and changing habits; it is the primary popular synthesis of habit psychology research.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Power of Habit

Smarter Faster Better

Supercommunicators

Historical Influences

Ann Graybiel William James BJ Fogg

Intellectual Lineage

New MexicoYale Harvard Business School New York Times The Power of Habit Pulitzer Prize

Contemporaries & Peers

James Clear BJ Fogg Nir Eyal

Minds Influenced

Popular habit psychology

Intellectual Posterity

The Power of Habit Cue-routine-reward loopKeystone habits Supercommunicators

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