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

Operant learning is a process by which a specific behavioural response (such as a lever press) is associated with a biologically salient stimulus known as a reinforcer (such as food). The dorsomedial ...

Operant conditioning uses rewards and punishments to change behaviors. Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement increase the chance of a behavior happening again. Operant conditioning can ...

Stian Lydersen dr.ing. and professor of medical statistics at the Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare (RKBU Central Norway) at the Department of Mental Health, ...