January 2015 – Behavioral Science in the 21st Century

Twitter Predicts Heart Disease – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Can Help

January 31, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The Washington Post recently reported on a new study claiming that Twitter predicts heart disease better than the combined factors of diabetes, education, income, and smoking. […]

Dream Research in Applied Behavior Analysis

January 30, 2015 bsci21 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Lucid dreaming — we’ve all done it at some point in our lives. That’s the type of dreaming in which you realize you are dreaming inside […]

A Behavior-Based Sustainability Project at Lake Tahoe

January 28, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Continuing in the trend of our recent sustainability-related article “Applied Behavior Analysis Reduces Electricity Use in Northern Ireland,” we report here on another sustainability project from […]

Applied Behavior Analysis and Counterterrorism

January 27, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If one had to describe global events of the 21stcentury in one word, it would likely be this — terrorism. Terrorism may be thought of […]

bSci21 Exclusive Interview: Criss Wilhite and the Fresno State Sustainability Project

January 26, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background in behavior analysis? I received a Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology in 1986 from […]

Abduction Prevention in Children with Autism

January 24, 2015 bsci21 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A recent study by Bergstrom, Najdowski, and Tarbox (2014) in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis successfully taught children with autism how to respond to strangers’ […]

Predictive Policing and Applied Behavior Analysis

January 22, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to CBS News in San Francisco, police are cracking down on bike theft in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system with predictive policing. BART […]

bSci21 Exclusive Interview with Carolyn Brayko, Editor of the OBMN Newsletter

January 21, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background in behavior analysis and could you tell us about your position at editor of the OBMN […]

How To Predict Your Driving Patterns and How OBM Can Help

January 20, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to PychCentral, Ola Benderius at Chalmers University of Technology has developed a mathematical model that accurately predicts how drivers move steering wheels moments before they […]

How ABA Can Get You Off the Couch

January 18, 2015 bsci21 5

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If obesity doesn’t kill you, a sedentary lifestyle will. That is the message of an LA Times article discussing new research study that followed hundreds […]