If you've ever seen a James Bond-style action film, you know the basic story line. An evil genius is planning world domination, from his secret lair, high in the mountains, deep under the ocean or ...

Motivating employees to achieve the desired behavioral outcome is an important leadership function. In a small business it is easier to assess outcomes, so your leadership tactics can be modified ...

There is something rotten in the state of current reinforcement learning models of conditioning. Most experiments report measures such as the rate of responding given the state of the subject and the ...

Positive reinforcement involves adding something good after a behavior to make it happen more often. Reinforcement works best when given right after the behavior happens to keep the right connections.

Praise and rewards can be an effective way to change kids' behavior for the better. Here's how to use them.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction: Learning to Change -- Preview -- The Constancy of Change -- Natural Selection -- Evolved Behavior -- Reflexes -- Modal Action Patterns -- General ...

What is the self-reinforcement hypothesis? A new theory explains how the mesolimbic dopamine system rewards future-oriented mental time travel.

Key points Public health messaging can be improved by behavioral science modeling. New approaches extend and go beyond prospect theory. Artificial intelligence in the form of reinforcement learning is ...

Here's why changing behavior alone won’t fix your relationship, and what actually creates lasting emotional change between ...