by Chelsea Wilhite, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer The Office of National Drug Control Policy recently honored Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine researcher Kenneth Silverman for his work with drug addiction recovery programs. Silverman, a professor of psychiatry…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC NBC News recently ran a story on the tragic Germanwings crash that occurred earlier this week. One of the pilots, Andreas Lubitz, locked his fellow pilot out of the cockpit and…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Does your company have a Chief Behavioral Officer? John Balz, CBO of Opower, makes a case for one. According to his article, the position is on the rise in Fortune 500…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC You probably didn’t know, but since 2007 Behavior Detection Officers have been watching you. The officers are part of the TSA’s SPOT program, which stands for Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques. …
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC “Eat all of your vegetables and you can have dessert.” That’s Grandma’s Rule, and everyone grows up hearing it. Turns out Grandma’s Rule has its base in a…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC The more you use Facebook, the worse you feel. That is the conclusion from a study published in the journal PLOS One. Researchers from the University of Michigan followed 82 participants…
The January issue of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is a special issue devoted to delay discounting. What is delay discounting you might ask? Delay discounting describes the process by which an individual forgoes a larger later…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC According to Google, asceticism refers to “severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.” Nearly every religion has ascetic sects, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The Sacramento Bee recently reported on a program across area schools that produced notable decreases in student suspension and expulsion rates. Under the new program, the harshest punishments are reserved for…
bSci21 contributing group “Saving the world” with behavior analysis has been an ambitious dream since the science of behavior was founded. The field of behavior analysis has been type-casted over the past 20 years for being narrowly focused and…