by Roger Abrantes | Feb 13, 2017 | Academic Paper
Introduction: the problem The main difficulty in some learning processes is to reinforce the right behavior at the right time, which bad teachers, bad parents, and bad trainers do not master (bad means inefficient, and it is not a moral judgment). If you ask, “should...
by Roger Abrantes | Apr 23, 2015 | Academic Paper
Giant Gambian Pouched Rat searching TNT in a line cage (photo by Silvain Piraux). JG is a rat, a Cricetomys gambianus or Giant Gambian Pouched Rat; she is also a Hero Rat, a landmine detector at Apopo in Tanzania. In December 2009, she performed...
by Roger Abrantes | Jun 21, 2014 | Academic Paper
When facing a threat, and flight is not possible, the next best option is to hide and freeze (photo from Molly’ s Just You Only Better). When facing a social-threat, submissive behavior is the best option. This dog shows what ethologists call active-submissive...
by Roger Abrantes | Jun 16, 2014 | Academic Paper
Aggressive and dominant (self-confident) behavior (picture from Dogsquad). Aggressive and submissive behavior (not fearful). That is the behavior a cornered dog shows when pacifying, submission and flight don’t work (picture from Doggies). Aggressive and submissive...