Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that the brain cannot learn simultaneously through both classical conditioning and operant conditioning. In fact, the brain actively prevents the ...

The course will comprise of 10 three-hour lectures (Thursdays 14-17). Each lecture will concentrate on one topic in the area of animal learning, with the aim of starting from the behavioral phenomena, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Classical conditioning is one of those ...

Strengthening skills: Observational learning is also a key way to reinforce and strengthen behaviors. For example, if a study ...

The elucidation of the classical conditioning paradigm has been attributed to Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine for his work on reflexes and ...