As a doctoral student and professor of psychology, John Watson studied the behavior of animals. He especially was interested in stimulus-response reactions to various situations, such as rats going ...

Nancy Williams is a certified applied animal behaviorist who operates a full-time training and behavior practice for dogs and cats in Manchester. Originally striving to become a veterinarian, Williams ...

Does your dog stare off into the horizon wondering where the time has gone... like you? One animal behaviorist has told Newsweek that a pet dog's behavior and temperament can, in fact, be a direct ...

This is the second of a series of posts related to my new book, The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. The first post (How Deep Do We Go?) explained ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - but if you’re worried about how you’ll keep your dog calm this Christmas, then I’m here to help. Parties to plan, presents to buy, decorations to put up, ...

In an industry where anyone can declare themselves a dog trainer or behaviorist, a landmark step has been taken to establish rigorous, science-backed standards for canine behavior education. The ...

Burrhus Frederic Skinner studied observable behavior along with its causes and consequences. He showed how people given positive reinforcement are likely to repeat the action. When a small business ...

Moneyball seems to be a movie about the Oakland A's hiring baseball players when they didn't have a lot of money. Okay. It is that. But it's also a movie about a fundamental conflict in psychological ...