Following some recent discussion of what makes us uncomfortable or even indignant as people of faith in a complicated culture, let alone a fallen world, I was reading last week in an online periodical ...

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, ...

Jaye Hernandez is a well-seasoned reality TV features writer for Collider. After studying journalism and psychology, she began her career as a freelance writer. In the last 10 years, she's expanded ...

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Suppose you want to eat healthier, exercise more, or avoid getting in arguments with your partner. Each of these requires behavior change, but changing behavior can be challenging. An important first ...

A new study of treatments for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has found that combining behavior modification therapy with medication is the most effective way to improve ...

The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is ...

For anyone who might be hurt by reading about abuse, the story I want to tell here does not get into any details but certainly can evoke the circumstances around such events for some. It’s not about ...

Resolutions promise a new you tomorrow; reinvention designs one. Here’s what the science says about why fresh starts often beat fleeting pledges. There’s something ritualistic about the first day of ...