Negative reinforcement is sometimes confused with punishment, but in the workplace, negative reinforcement can be an effective tool for motivating employee behavior when done in an appropriate anner.

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

At the core of reinforcement learning is the concept that the optimal behavior or action is reinforced by a positive reward. Similar to toddlers learning how to walk who adjust actions based on the ...

Employers use direct reinforcement to guide their workers to perform desired tasks and to avoid unwanted behaviors. While most commonly associated with modifying children's behaviors, reinforcement, ...

Drug addiction is increasingly viewed as the endpoint of a series of transitions from initial drug use—when a drug is voluntarily taken because it has reinforcing, often hedonic, effects—through loss ...