Behavior Analysis

New BehaviorFit Course – Assessment 101: Assessing Health and Fitness Behaviors

After several months of planning, a new course is available for purchase through the BehaviorFit courses page. The goal of this course is to provide a general of overview of assessment strategies when targeting health and fitness behavior change. New Course – Assessment 101: Assessing Health and Fitness Behaviors To learn more about the course, […]

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BehaviorFit Guest Appearances on Physical Activity Researcher Podcast

I had the privilege to join Olli Tikkanen of the Physical Activity (PA) Research Podcast. Olli and I had a lengthy conversation about behavior analysis applied to health and fitness and the role of technology. Olli broke our conversation down into two parts. Part I: Behavior analysis is such an important tool as… Dr Nicholas

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Motivation is NOT Real

At best, it is a label. “Motivation” labels our own behaviors. It is a verbal statement that correlates with a particular rate of responding, given a set of environmental variables. It is merely a prediction of our own behavior. (The say-do correspondence is separate issue itself. You may say that you are motivated given certain

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Resurgence Applied To Physical Activity

Resurgence is a behavioral principle that can account for switching of fitness behaviors. By definition, resurgence = When previously extinguished target behavior “resurges” when a more recently reinforced target behavior is extinguished. Loosely speaking, you get bored of one activity and go do something else. Resurgence Explained Phase 1 Running receives reinforcement and occurs at

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