In Verbal Behavior Skinner (1957) criticizes the “traditional treatment” of meaning as an explanation of behavior (pp. 13, 14), and proposes a new formulation, by which “meanings are to be found among ...

This blog post addresses behavior across all animal species. It considers what we can learn about behavior when we do not limit our study to just humans. Studying nonhuman animal behaviors is ...

This paper discusses the cognitive implications of potential intentional burial, wall engraving creation, and fire as light source use behaviors by relatively small-brained Homo naledi hominins. The ...

This paper, with a slightly modified title from the initial version, presents the cognitive implications of claims made in two accompanying papers (Berger et al. 2023, 2024) about the creation of rock ...

Suicidal behavior is condemned by religions and tradition, and suicide attempts are criminalized by law in several African countries, including Ghana and Uganda. Suicide and suicide attempts may have ...

In a recently released white paper, A Puzzle of Prevention: Recognizing the Role of Delirium in Preventing Rehospitalization, we examined delirium and its impact on rehospitalization and the ...