See original article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/education/frequent-tests-can-enhance-college-learning-study-finds.html?emc=eta1
11/24/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Month: November 2013
11/20/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Helping juvenile offenders with instrumental learning
A blog post submission by one of you earlier: This article describes how instrumental learning is used to help teens who are at risk ‘juvenile offenders’. The program use positive reinforcement and constant feedback to encourage the teens. they are … Continue reading
11/17/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Promising New Treatment Tools for Heroin Addiction
See original article: http://www.myaddiction.com/lifestyle/heroin/promising-new-treatment-tools-for-heroin-addiction
11/17/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Effective Addiction Treatment
See original article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/effective-addiction-treatment/?_r=1
11/17/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Cryptomnesia makes us accidental plagiarists
See original article: http://io9.com/cryptomnesia-makes-us-accidental-plagiarists-499005249
11/17/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Can a Midday Nap Make You Smarter?
See original article: http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20100222/can-a-midday-nap-make-you-smarter
11/17/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Basic terms and procedure of Instrumental Learning
Some key concepts about Instrumental learning are summarized in this webpage: http://users.ipfw.edu/abbott/314/Instrumental1.html
11/13/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Treating Parkinson’s disease with Dopamine Agonists
We talked how Dopamine Agonists (which stimulates dopamine receptors) are used in treating Parkinson’s disease. A student found this a link that contains information about the effect of dopamine agonists and its potential side effects: http://pdcenter.neurology.ucsf.edu/professionals-guide/medications/dopamine-agonists Enjoy!
11/12/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Understanding Gambling Addiction with Operant Behaviorism
From the Clinical Perspective of Instrumental Learning we have learned about the brain reinforcement system and its key role in our survival instinct. Ex: satisfying primary reinforces such as water, food etc. As previously discussed in class our reinforcement can … Continue reading
11/08/2013
by hiumeichow001
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Where Internet Addiction Comes From
And this is the video I planned to show, but have skipped in class: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/internet-addiction_n_3348649.html Enjoy!