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Rick Doblin had come to believe that psychedelic experiences are the "common core" of all religions, and he wanted to test ...

Operant conditioning (behavior modification) is a metaphor for accountability. B.F. Skinner was an experimental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in the 1940s whose name and work came to ...

An unexpected WW2 experiment by behaviourist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.

An unexpected WWII experiment by behaviorist B F Skinner proved that pigeons could be used for missile guidance.

She was so successful at training dolphins that she began applying the same techniques to other creatures, including dogs — ...

January was a tough month but we made it through. For many of us, it felt like the longest month of the year except January, ...

Functional analysis is an old concept within psychology. Recent scientific advances in understanding human language can put it at the center of psychotherapeutic interventions.

Originally borrowed from mathematics (Ponte, 1992), it is the central concept in behavior analysis, the perspective on psychology created by B. F. Skinner. The term refers to a core phenomenon ...

Jeremy P. Shapiro does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Fifteen years ago, as a private psychologist, I predominantly saw women in therapy, but now my practice has a fifty-fifty split of men and women aged 35 and older seeking support. I increasingly ...