Research evidence supports the efficacy of vicarious reinforcement in increasing client completion of between-session assignments. The use of vicarious reinforcement involves presenting, usually in an anecdote, the example of a real-life person who performed a task similar to the one about to be assigned to a client and benefitted. The ...

In recent years, school psychology has become increasingly grounded in data-based decision making and intervention design, based upon behavior analytic principles. This paradigm shift has occurred in part by recent federal legislation, as well as through advances in experimental research replicating laboratory based studies. Translating basic research into practice is ...

Although the research literature on gambling is not small, very little of it comes from a behavior-analytic perspective. Behavior analysis has much to contribute to the understanding of gambling behavior and the factors that promote and maintain it. However, a tremendous amount of research needs to be done. A behavioral ...

The ultimate expression of science lies in the discovery of basic laws that explain regularities in the universe. Throughout history branches of science have formed seeking to understand lawful events in nature. For instance, Physics studies our world by examining the movement of objects, the structure of sound, light, electricity ...

Efficacy of a time-restricted access to food diet was investigated with C57BL/6 mice. In one study, novices to food deprivation were given daily feeding periods of 1 or 2 hrs in order to reduce weights to 80% of free-feeding levels. In a second study, subjects experienced with food deprivation were ...

Following significant results in a previous report of five RNG self-tests in which it was sought to elicit so-called "Kundalini," 2 new experiments with the same experimenter-participant were conducted. These used control sessions both pretest and posttest (making a "trio"). In the first experiment--Study 6--both Kundalini-conducive music and a "visualizer" ...

This paper describes two extended replications of Luke, Delanoy, and Sherwood's (2008) precognition effect using a covert task with contingent reward or punishment that found performance to be related to belief in luck. In Study 1, 25 participants completed the short-form Questionnaire of Beliefs About Luck (QBL) and then rated ...

This article reports two attempted replications of finger-reading under controlled conditions. In Experiment 1, 18 children ages 7 to 12 years were tested individually to determine if by touching they could identify a 2-digit number in 1 of 4 different colors imprinted on a sheet of paper in the absence ...

This paper reviews the research on psychedelic substances in relation to so-called paranormal phenomena, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition (i.e., ESP), as well as out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and near-death experiences (NDEs). Reference is made to the age-old shamanic use of these substances to specifically induce such experiences, and to ...

Although less active recently, the study of ESP in relation to memory has been a relatively active concern for parapsychology. Methods, questions, and findings have been varied and ha need of clearer conceptualization for work to proceed usefully. The first sight model of psi functioning is proposed as having promise ...