Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...

Play is an enigmatic behaviour, the function of which is still debated, despite more than a century of research. We discuss the evolutionary function of play behaviour, focusing on the domestic dog ...

Throughout the past several decades, psychoanalysis and behavior analysis have been presented as the two opposite sides of clinical psychology. Psychoanalysis focuses on unseen forces and behavior ...