It is time for animal behavior to become its own academic discipline. The Animal Behavior Society argues that animal behavior ...

Thought of the Day Today December 30: Understanding B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning This perspective is deeply aligned with Skinner’s scientific work. In operant conditioning, behavior is shaped ...

ABSTRACT: Motivation is formed by a breadth of elements, including biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental influences, and is characterised as a key component of students’ ...

A clear breakdown of the four quadrants of operant conditioning and how they apply to effective dog training. Trump Makes Major Anti-Cartel Announcement Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t ...

Eunice Framm, senior keeper of barnyard animals at the Cincinnati Zoo, has taught pigs to bowl, goats to paint, and red pandas to receive vaccines. She, and all other keepers, do so through the zoo’s ...

As heat waves batter Europe, the need (or not) for air-conditioning has become part of the political tug of war in France between the right and the left. By Aurelien Breeden and Josh Holder Aurelien ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way. By Carl Zimmer Consciousness may be a mystery, but that doesn’t mean that ...

Summary: Classical and operant conditioning compete in the brain, preventing simultaneous learning of conflicting actions. Using fruit flies, researchers demonstrated that attempting to teach both ...

From speculation that JFK's assassination was an "inside job" to claims that vaccines contain microchips, the world is awash with conspiracy theories. The term was coined in the 1860s, appearing in a ...

Contingency Management (CM) is a behavioral treatment model that is based on operant conditioning and uses positive reinforcement to modify behavior. Developed in the 1980s and 1990s for substance use ...