The Science of Behavior Change Network (SOBC) offers a pragmatic "experimental medicine" approach for advancing mechanisms of change regarding behavior. The key promise of the SOBC is to facilitate more effective knowledge accumulation about not only whether behavior change occurs in response to an intervention, but also how and why behavior change occurs. This work is being advanced during a time of rapid evolution on scientific best practices, particularly "open science" practices, which at their core, seek to increase the trustworthiness of science. The purpose of this commentary is to facilitate a broader discussion on opportunities and challenges involved with conducting mechanistic science related to behavior change (i.e., SOBC) via open science practices. The 10 studies published in this special issue highlight the considerable complexity involved in a mechanistic science of behavior change. Conducting this type of science will require a rich, multifaceted "team science" approach that can match that level of complexity, while constantly striving toward being as straightforward or as simple as possible, no simpler. Effective open science practices, which involve the sharing of resources whenever possible, can facilitate this type of team science. Moving to this new future would benefit from careful shifts in our scientific culture and financial models toward better supporting team and open science. In addition, there is also need for continued advancements in methods and infrastructure that can support the inherent complexities involved in advancing a mechanistic science of behavior change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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向行为改变的开放机制科学迈进。

行为改变网络科学（SOBC）提供了一种实用的“实验医学”方法来推进关于行为的改变机制。SOBC的主要承诺是促进更有效的知识积累，不仅有关行为变化是否因干预而发生，而且还涉及行为变化的方式和原因。在科学最佳实践（尤其是“开放式科学”）实践迅速发展的时代，这项工作正在不断发展，这些实践的核心是寻求增加科学的可信度。本评论的目的是促进就通过开放科学实践进行与行为变化相关的机械科学（即SOBC）所涉及的机遇和挑战进行更广泛的讨论。在本期特刊中发表的10项研究突显了行为改变的机械科学所涉及的相当大的复杂性。进行这种类型的科学将需要一种丰富的，多方面的“团队科学”方法，该方法可以与那种复杂性相匹配，同时不断地努力做到尽可能简单明了，而不是简单。有效的开放式科学实践（只要可能就需要进行资源共享）可以促进此类团队科学。迈向新的未来将得益于我们科学文化和财务模式向更佳的团队支持和开放科学的谨慎转变。此外，还需要在方法和基础架构方面的持续改进，以支持推进行为改变的机制科学所涉及的内在复杂性。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。