Under the Dome Interview with Dr. Susan Schneider
2 Summer 2018 has brought sweltering heat to much of the Northern Hemisphere, highlighting the growing concern that much of the scientific community has expressed regarding our shifting global …
Beware Pseudoscientific Treatments
Working at an early intensive behavioral intervention clinic, you see firsthand the impact autism has on the life of the diagnosed child and their whole family. Simple things like going …
El Autismo va en aumento — ¿Qué podemos hacer?
El Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) recientemente publicó un estimado actualizado de la prevalencia del Trastorno del Espectro Autista (TEA) en los Estados Unidos (el …
When Logic Meets the Cruelty of Withdrawal
If you surveyed current smokers, I’m willing to bet that many would say they wished they had never started. That they don’t want to be a smoker. A quick google …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Autism on the rise — What to do?
The CDC recently released an updated prevalence estimate of ASD among the children in the United States (full report can be found here). Despite this increase in the number of individuals diagnosed, …
Under the Dome Interview with Dr. Mark Mattaini
With the largest behavior analysis oriented conference of the year quickly approaching, Dr. Mark Mattaini is likely busy preparing for the delivery of his Presidential Address and his upcoming role …