If you give a rat a camera, it will apparently take selfies. That was the biggest takeaway from a fresh riff on a classic rat experiment undertaken by French photographer and amateur behaviorist ...
What is keeping you responding, and where is the control coming from? You may think you enjoy doing it—but, as B.F. Skinner noted 1, getting people to like the conditions controlling them is one of ...
A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of speaking on “The Attention Drug Wars” panel at South by South West (SXSW). The discussion centered on how successful social media companies like Facebook ...
Human beings enjoy taking photos of themselves, often to share online, but what about other species? It turns out rats like to take pictures of themselves too. Augustin Lignier, a professional ...