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The Behavior of Organisms

B. F. Skinner
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The article was published on 1938-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3337 citations till now.

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Chemical signal-response in diatoms of the genus Amphora

TL;DR: The results can be interpreted in terms of an agonist bindingsecretion coupling model for diatom chemotaxis.
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Overcoming avoidance in anxiety disorders: The contributions of Pavlovian and operant avoidance extinction methods.

TL;DR: The use of the term extinction in human research on avoidance is reviewed for the first time, existing Pavlovian and operant approaches to the extinction of avoidance are contrasted, the validity of approaches to avoidance extinction is considered, and a consistent terminology and research gaps for future translational research on anxiety and related disorders are suggested.
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Impact of behavioral control on the processing of nociceptive stimulation.

TL;DR: Evidence is reviewed that training with controllable stimulation engages a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-dependent process that can both prevent and reverse the consequences of uncontrollable shock, and controlable stimulation is shown to counter the effects of peripheral inflammation.
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The Mentality of Apes

TL;DR: Koehler's analysis of the intelligence of higher primates marked a turning point in the psychology of thinking and the continuing struggle between behaviorism and cognitive psychology as discussed by the authors, but it was largely ignored for decades because it violated the conventional wisdom that animal behavior is simply the result of instinct or conditioning.
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Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist

TL;DR: Wozniak as mentioned in this paper describes the early elaboration of the theory of reflex, habit, and implicit response in the early stages of the development of the early development of behaviourism.