Whether you’ve had your pet for a long time, or are just welcoming a new addition to the family, pet behavior training can be incredibly helpful. Most of the time, animals aren’t trying to annoy us, ...

Childhood is a time of growth, learning, and development. Your child is increasing in height and weight, learning new physical and social skills, and laying the foundations of adulthood. If you have ...

Operant conditioning is a theory that explains how behaviors are influenced by their consequences or results. It’s often used today to help people adopt new behaviors or change old habits. If you’ve ...

Walk through a grocery store with a child, and you will see it instantly. Candy bars line the checkout aisle, placed exactly at eye level. That placement is not random; it is deliberate stimulus ...

What do animal behaviorists—ethologists—mean by the word “behavior?” It turns out that this is a nontrivial question, and one that ethologists have grappled with for some time. Early ethologists like ...

Positive punishment means giving an undesirable consequence after an unwanted behavior to make it less appealing. It aims to stop the behavior from happening again. However, long term, there may be a ...

Noozhawk’s 3rd Annual Four-Legged Friends and More is here! This section features articles covering aspects such as health, comfort, training, exercise, and the overall well-being of your beloved ...

Behavioral health practices focus on the ways that your thoughts and emotions influence your behavior. “Behavioral health” is a term for a wide-reaching field that looks at mental health, lifestyle, ...

Mike Benz on government science and censorship. "You can go to YouTube right now and search the term psychological vaccination. Which is a concept or a nudge technique that is being funded by the tune ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced a bill to ban weather modification on Saturday, following claims that it contributed to the Texas floods. Weather modification, or efforts to change or ...

An excerpt from author Jaron Lanier's new book. Excerpted from "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" by Jaron Lanier. Published with permission. ARGUMENT ONE - YOU ARE ...

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