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JEAB: Behavior Insensitive to Consequences in Major League Baseball

July 28, 2015 bsci21 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A research team lead by Alan Poling of Western Michigan University sought to determine how well the behavior of major-league baseball players matches up to consequences […]

Society

An ACT-guided analysis of elite athlete behavior.

February 28, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Over the last few decades Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), pronounced “ACT” as one word, has […]

Lifestyle

Behavioral Science and Art: The Defusing Effects of EDM

June 8, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Angela Cathey, M.A. Ignite STEAM Labs & bSci21Media, LLC The effects of our verbal symbolic behavior are pervasive. Our ability, as humans, to relate one thing to another verbal […]

Lifestyle

Replacement Behaviors to Helicopter Parenting

September 8, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Helicopter parenting — the phenomenon by which parents hover over their children at all times, for every life decision — has gained increased media attention as […]

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What is a metacontingency?

February 5, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org There are contingencies and then there are metacontingencies. The prefix “meta” suggests something that subsumes operant contingencies to include something more. This “something more” refers to […]

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Supporting Lean Learning with Behavioral Skills Training and ACT

June 26, 2020 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA President, bSci21Media, LLC According to the Harvard Business Review, corporations spend over $350 Billion each year on staff training. Yet, only a small fraction of employees believe their trainings […]

Society

Harry Potter and Dragon Training for a Better World

August 16, 2015 1

By Chelsea Wilhite, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer I cannot wait until my infant son is old enough to understand chapter books, especially fun, exciting ones with positive moral messages… you know, like Harry Potter. […]