How Positive Are Addictions, and Does Coffee Taste Good?
I smoked a cigarette for the first time when I was 15 years old. Looking back, I’m actually surprised I held off that long – so many factors in my …
Behaviorally Educated Goes to Italy
In the last 20 years, behavior analysis has seen tremendous growth in Italy and has realized better recognition as both a science and discipline. Italy has, for example, been the …
Looking Outside Our Field: What We Can Learn from Medicine
Looking Outside Our Field highlights areas of science outside of behavior analysis that are of relevance for advancing behavior analytic research and improving clinical practice. In a previous post, I discussed neuroscience …
Meaning has Arrived: An Example of Skinnerian Analysis of Verbal Behavior in Pop Culture
GUEST BLOG by: Einar T. Ingvarsson, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA Virginia Institute of Autism The movie Arrival (2016) tells the story of an alien life form visiting Earth for the …
Understanding Cognition: A Behavior Analyst’s Research Story
Guest Blog by Dr. Ian Tyndall: Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Chichester, UK Thank you to Ruth Anne Rehfeldt for the kind invitation to write this …
Taking a Bite out of Bullying with Behavior Analysis
All 50 states have passed anti-bullying laws in the past 15 years; yet the results of a 2011 survey suggested that nearly 30% of US students in grades 6 through …
The Rational Addict
The American dream. The idea that one can be successful through hard work and determination, that good choices will lead one to upward mobility and financial stability, and that society …