Andy Lattal, Ph.D.
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Round and Round
A pigeon landed on the balcony of our 15th floor apartment tonight. In my response to my wife’s musing as to why it keeps coming back to our specific balcony, I casually replied “habit.” In so saying…
Average Joes and Josephines
Ever read an article in the local paper that gives fairly categorical advice about how to exercise, eat, sleep, relax, or whatever? I read them all the time, in everything from the most…
Mechanics and Behavior
We’re a combination of levers; that’s how we move.
Paul Vanderburgh, U. of Dayton Physiologist; Quoted in NY Times, November 5, 2012 (“Why Women Can’t Do Pull Ups”)
Is man a machine?…
Remaining Conscious of Behavior
“What we need to do is to start work upon psychology, making behavior, not consciousness, the objective point of our attack.”
– John B. Watson, Psychology 1913
In this the 100th anniversary…
Be Careful What You Read
Be Careful What You Read : Can it be that only some people like positive reinforcement? The older I get, the more half-truths and unsupported declarations bug me. Nowhere is this more evident…
Shades of Pink
A friend recently sent me an article from the NY Times by Bruce Feiler (Train a Parent, Spare a Child). The title is quite fitting since it is the parents who create the environment…
