Negative reinforcement has a bad reputation. Here’s what it really means, and why it can be surprisingly helpful.

Positive self-talk is only helpful in safe environments. In unsafe or harmful situations (for example, an abusive relationship), staying positive may blind you to potential dangers. Overreliance on ...

Another way of reframing things more positively is to set and fulfil small goals – and then, importantly, take time to ...

Eunice Framm, senior keeper of barnyard animals at the Cincinnati Zoo, has taught pigs to bowl, goats to paint, and red pandas to receive vaccines. She, and all other keepers, do so through the zoo’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Improved self-esteem and motivation. Positive discipline encourages children through clear expectations combined with emotional ...

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning writer and comedian Josh Gondelman has announced that his latest hour of material, Positive Reinforcement, will premiere on the YouTube channel of record label and production ...

A lot of us have trained ourselves to expect the worst—not because we want to be pessimists, but because figuring out how to be more positive often feels like an abstract concept, tied to forced, ...

YOU GET TO THE FREE THROW LINE, YOU TURN AND LOOK AND IT’S SO EASY TO JUST FREEZE UP WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE BRAIN THAT MAKES THIS SO HARD. WHEN IT’S FREE. IT SHOULD BE EASY. WELL, THERE’S ACTUALLY ...

In the 1980s, Andrew Barto and Rich Sutton were considered eccentric devotees to an elegant but ultimately doomed idea—having machines learn, as humans and animals do, from experience. Decades on, ...