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Ever heard the term "Pavlov’s dogs" thrown around? It’s shorthand for how we humans (and dogs) can be trained to respond to certain cues. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, stumbled upon this ...

Air conditioning can feel heaven-sent on hot summer days. It keeps temperatures comfortable and controls humidity, making indoor environments tolerable even on the most brutally warm days. But some ...

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 ...

Student editor Chioma Eucharia Nnajidema on how nurses can use classical conditioning in their practice. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, learning units, procedures, ...

Rachel was a Visiting Fellow for Heritage’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy. A classical liberal arts education broadens students’ horizons beyond the ...

Whether Bach, Beethovan, or Mozart, it's widely recognized that classical music can affect a person's mood. Scientists use brainwave measurements and neural imaging techniques to show how Western ...

Over this scorching hot Fourth of July, millions of Americans from California to Louisiana will put their air conditioning into overdrive. Who could blame them? AC can be a matter of life and death.

Humming air conditioners are the soundtrack to summer in the U.S., given that almost 90% of households use them for cooling. Even though air conditioning is everywhere, however, many people still have ...

Classical education has seen remarkable growth in recent years. Since the pandemic, hundreds of new classical schools have opened. Across the nation, it’s estimated that there are around 1,000 ...

The first thing you notice when walking into the middle-school classrooms at Brilla, a charter-school network in the South Bronx, is the sense of calm. No phones are out. The students are quiet—not in ...

As one of the most basic forms of associative learning, eyeblink conditioning (EBC) is a model paradigm with unique utility in the assessment of complex behavioral disorders, including psychiatric ...