stimulus functions

Stimulus Preference Is Not Stimulus Function

June 9, 2017 bsci21 0

By Shelley McLean, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer The phrase, “It is what it is,” seems to be increasingly popular in daily conversation, which may not be surprising, since it seems to apply in a […]

Society

Teaching Robots with Positive Reinforcement at Johns Hopkins University

November 20, 2020 0

Dr. Todd A. Ward bSci21.org Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are successfully using positive reinforcement procedures to help robots learn. Reinforcers in the form of points are given to the robots upon the successful completion […]

Business/OBM

Preventing Credit Card Fraud with Goal Setting and Prompting

October 3, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Chris Downing Jr., Nicole Capriola, and Scott Geller recently published a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management on the effects of goal-setting and prompting to increase the likelihood […]

Lifestyle

How To Get Your Child To Fall Asleep

August 25, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In a recent Huffington Post article, Sarah Kupferschmidt, M.A., BCBA provided four simple tips for parents struggling to get their kids to sleep. When appropriate, examples from […]

Society

Would you pay me to be healthy?

July 7, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Aaron Carroll of the New York Times recently wrote an article describing a growing body of research supporting the idea of paying people to be healthy. He […]

Business/OBM

Designing Corporate Culture with 21st Century Behavioral Science

April 17, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. ENSO Group Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC The definition of “corporate culture” varies depending on who you ask. According to Entrepreneur, culture is “a blend of the values, beliefs, taboos, […]

Society

Eight Presentation Tips to Surprise and Inspire Your Audience

July 7, 2017 0

By Barbara Bucklin, PhD and Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writers This is the second article in our Presentation Skills series intended to help behavior analysts increase their presence in the public eye, which is […]