Symposium 'Psychological Science Meets Policy'
From the very first day of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that it would not merely become a physical health crisis. In order to control the spread of the virus, a massive behavioral shift was demanded from the population almost overnight, touching people at their very core: their freedom was drastically curtailed, and their social contacts had to be minimized. It was immediately apparent that this would also become a psychological and motivational crisis.