Educational theories downplaying external stimuli have inadvertently reduced clarity and equity in education. Effective ...

The next series by Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichiro Watanabe will be released in a few weeks, with an intriguing plot about a ...

Discover why observable behavior provides the clearest, fairest, and most effective approach to assessing what students learn ...

It sounds like science fiction, but in the 1940s, B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to guide missiles by pecking at screens to keep them on target. While the project showed promise, it was ultimately ...

Why Superstitions Persist: Unraveling the Human Need for Certainty ...

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Jesper Bratt had a goal and two assists for his second straight three-point game and the New Jersey Devils rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 ...

Its creator, Jonathan Badeen, was partly inspired by studying the 1940s experiments of psychologist BF Skinner, who conditioned hungry pigeons to believe that food delivered randomly into a tray ...

B.F. Skinner, 86, died of leukemia last month in Cambridge, Mass. The noted behaviorist had received a lifetime achievement award two days earlier from the American Psychological Association at its ...