Play is phylogenetically widespread, and there are many proposed theories and fitness
benefits of play. However, we still need a theoretical framework that unifies our …

The present paper presents a systematic analysis from a behavior analytic perspective of
procedures termed feedback. Although feedback procedures are widely reported in the …

This conceptual, interdisciplinary paper will start with an introduction to the new-networked
knowledge-based global economy and the importance of intellectual and, specifically …

Behavior analysis has often simultaneously depended upon and denied an implicit,
hypothetical process of reinforcement as response strengthening. I discuss what I see as …

The idea that stimuli might function as conditioned reinforcers because of the information
they convey about primary reinforcers has a long history in the study of learning. However …

Behavior analysis and neuroscience are disciplines in their own right but are united in that
both are subfields of a common overarching field—biology. What most fundamentally unites …

Randomness is a fundamental property of human behavior. It occurs both in the form of
intrinsic random variability, say when repetitions of a task yield slightly different behavioral …

Three rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) performed a simultaneous chaining task in which
stimuli had to be sorted according to their visual properties. Each stimulus could vary …

In computational neuroscience, spiking neurons are often analyzed as computing devices
that register bits of information, with each action potential carrying at most one bit of …

Mounting evidence indicates that adolescents exhibit heightened sensitivity to rewards and
reward-related cues compared to adults, and that adolescents are often unable to exert …