Little Things To Be Thankful For: “I Taught Rats To Drive A Car” (BBC)
On the joy of positive reinforcement.
Origins of the Concept of the Autoclitic
1 Despite the suspicions of vulgar-minded behavior analysts, Skinner’s term “autoclitic” has distinguished antecedents. The “enclitic,” is a long-established grammatical term for a morphological unit that does not stand alone …
Creating Graphs for Single-Case Research Designs
One central aspect of becoming an informed consumer of science or scientist-practitioner is developing analytical skills. These analytical skills are problem-solving skills related to understanding data; practitioners must be able …
A Great Interdisciplinary Conference on Behavior and Climate Change That Can Use More Behavior Analysts
The world climate crisis demands all hands on deck, and that includes us. Calling all behavior analysts… We’ve had the science and technology needed to address the climate crisis for …
(A Lot) More Cumulative Loveliness
20,000 cumulative behavior functions in ONE GRAPH. Really.
2024 Dissemination Impact Report: Behavior Analysis Articles That Got Noticed During the Past Year
Behavior analysis articles that non behavior analysts gave a damn about during the last 12 months.
The Cutting Edge of Symbolic Language and Thought: An Upcoming Special Issue of The Psychological Record
2 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! This month we will take a short break from our regularly scheduled programming of hearing about the fantastic research stories of individuals in …
The Hall of Really Good People in Behavior Analysis: Shahla Alai-Rosales
A mentor who’s got students’ backs in just about every way possible.
Forgotten History of Behavior Science #6: The Brief, Tumultuous Trash-Panda Interlude in Animal Learning Research, Part 2
What behavior science lost when the “lab raccoon” faded into obscurity.
Forgotten History of Behavior Science #6: The Brief, Tumultuous Trash-Panda Interlude in Animal Learning Research, Part 1
Why “lab rats” instead of “lab raccoons”?