Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

The primary purpose of this study was to characterize operant learning performance of young foals. For each of 26 foals, aged 6–20 weeks, learning performance was quantitatively evaluated in a single ...

After a hiatus, I am resurfacing to tell you about a new project that I have been working on. Believe it or not, this psychoanalyst has been on a mission to learn about behaviorism. I have been ...

Operant training of animals is a widely accepted practice for training or conditioning animals to cooperate with technical procedures or perform certain tasks in a laboratory setting. This type of ...

In her new book, Reaching the Animal Mind ($25, Scribner), Karen Pryor offers a lively, wide-ranging overview of the use of operant conditioning for training, well, nearly any animal you can think of.

After a hiatus, I am resurfacing to tell you about a new project that I have been working on. Believe it or not, this psychoanalyst has been on a mission to learn about behaviorism. I have been ...