Operant conditioning is B.F. Skinner’s name for instrumental learning: learning by consequences. Not a new idea, of course. Humanity has always known how to teach children and animals by means of ...
To evaluate the influence of an initial heroin experience under a modified two-chained training schedule on drug-seeking behavior after a long abstinence period. In the present study, we aimed to ...
I have written previously about the fact that in today’s increasingly digital world, not every person who is compulsive with pornography is a traditional (trauma-driven) compulsive person. (See my ...
Operant-conditioning techniques were employed to produce organized behavior during sleep as defined by the electroencephalographic record. Patterned responding was found in so-called "light" and ...
Scientists at Scripps Research identified an unusually active region of the brain linked to alcohol withdrawal symptoms in ...
Six rats, working in a 2°C ambient temperature, were trained to depress a lever to receive a brief period of heat. Four rats were then moved into the 2°C environment to live, while the others ...
School of Education and Health Sciences: Counselor Education and Human Services Liddon, C. J., Kelley, M., Rey, C., Abel, A., & Ribiero, A. (2018). A translational ...