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Behavioral Science, Gaming and Zombies: 6 Behavioral Science Technologies to make you Successful in the New Year and Beyond

January 17, 2016 bsci21 2

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer What are your goals for the year? If you are like many, you have a few nebulous aims peppered with good intentions. Lacking in the mix, however, […]

ABA Practice

When behavior persists during extinction…

November 15, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Intermittent schedules of reinforcement make behavior more resistant to extinction, right? Maybe not. According to a study published by MacDonald, Ahearn, Parry-Cruwys, Bancroft, and Dube in […]

Lifestyle

How to Reduce Public Tantrums

October 12, 2016 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Behavior BFF, “If a child starts crying to their mum to have more sweets whilst on a busy train, what should the mum do? As someone […]

Society

An Incentive System to Reduce Smoking During Pregnancy

July 22, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A team of UK researchers lead by David Tappin recently published a Randomized Controlled Trial in the BMJ evaluating the effectiveness of financial incentives in a smoking cessation […]

Society

A New Token Economy in Professional Soccer

September 3, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Many in the world of professional soccer feel that players are disrespecting the game with various displays of unsportsmanlike conduct, such as taking dives just to […]

Society

Netflix’s Queen’s Gambit a Motivating Operation for Chess

December 7, 2020 0

Dr. Todd Ward In behavioral science, we have a concept known as a motivating operation. It is something that increases the incentive value of something else, and makes it more likely that we will seek […]

Business/OBM

Profiting from Global Behavioral Systems via Foreign Exchange Markets

March 11, 2019 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC In my talk titled ABA Beyond Autism: How to generate novel business ideas, I discuss Skinner’s grand vision for taking behavioral science to the world, and provide a […]