With so much research to wade through, it’s hard to know what to trust — and I say that as someone who makes a living researching what types of interventions motivate people to change their behaviors.
Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard|Neil Lewis Jr. (nlewisjr@cornell.edu)|September 14, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Researchers have rightly realized that individual variation is just as important as the average response to an intervention.
Why Altitude Training Helps Some but Not Others|Alex Hutchinson|September 11, 2020|Outside Online
He will try to avoid using his military for an overt intervention, fearful that this would provoke another round of Western sanctions.
Poison, Protest and the Power of Putin|Tracy Moran|September 4, 2020|Ozy
That kind of legal intervention would take unprecedented advocacy.
Eight case studies on regulating biometric technology show us a path forward|Karen Hao|September 4, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The ability to measure and detect it could help identify those at risk and pave the way for new kinds of interventions.
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers.|Amy Nordrum|September 4, 2020|MIT Technology Review
But South Koreans have a troubled history with American intervention in Korean markets.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
American intervention in Korea has frequently sparked protests, especially over film.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My family is ready to mount an intervention, and cancel my streaming accounts.
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second intervention was much more blatant and actually occurred in the middle of an election campaign.
The Inside Story of U.S. Meddling in Israel’s Elections|Aaron David Miller|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was an intimate and somber plea, like a parent opening an intervention with a wayward child.
How to Run a Statewide Campaign on $38|Michael Ames|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soul rarely speaks to soul without the intervention of interpretative art.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
It had never occurred to her that the lawyers would not "manage it" without her intervention.
The Glimpses of the Moon|Edith Wharton
To supply vessels with crews without the intervention of any shipping-master should it become necessary.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life|James D. McCabe
My preaching of the National Egyptian cause had been almost everywhere well received, and the talk of intervention had subsided.
Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt|Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
It is not the frequency of the intervention, but its purpose and consequences that make it socialistic.
Contemporary Socialism|John Rae
British Dictionary definitions for intervention
intervention
/ (ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃən) /
noun
the act of intervening
any interference in the affairs of others, esp by one state in the affairs of another
economicsthe action of a central bank in supporting the international value of a currency by buying large quantities of the currency to keep the price up
commercethe action of the EU in buying up surplus produce when the market price drops to a certain value