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Karen Pryor, a best-selling author, stopped by the B. F. Skinner Foundation's offices. She was interviewed for the upcoming edition of Operants by Sheila Habarad, Editor-In-Chief (left). Karen is a…

Quarter III, 2015 edition of Operants magazine went out to subscribers on September 26. In this issue we feature contributions from, and profiles of scientists and practitioners from Hong Kong,…

For as little as $1.99 you can download Walden Two read by B. F. Skinner. It is available both in MP3 and iTunes audio book formats (combining all chapters into…

The B. F. Skinner Foundation sponsors research awards through Florida Association of Behavior Analysis (FABA) and Division 25 of the American Psychological Association. In 2015 award winners are, respectively:    …

Quarter II, 2015 edition of Operants went out to subscribers on July 8. This edition is dedicated to to education, with contributors from Brazil, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa,…

Verbal Behavior as a name-your-price PDF book (starting at $0.99) has been a resounding success! Many of you have added a modest donation on top of the minimum price, thank…

With the support of The Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. (BACB), the B. F. Skinner Foundation has completed the conversion of Schedules of Reinforcement by C. B. Ferster and B. F.…

For a very limited time (until May 21, to be exact) we are making PDF version of Verbal Behavior by B. F. Skinner available through Name-Your-Price convention. That means that…

The article Contingencies over B. F. Skinner’s Discovery of Contingencies by Dr. Julie S. Vargas is now available on the B. F. Skinner Foundation's website. Originally this article appeared in…

Enjoy Old Age by B. F. Skinner and M. E. Vaughn just got published in Norway by Forgalet Krippendorf (www.krippendorf.no). Photo on the cover - Borgny Alvilde Johansen, 90 years…

Quarter I, 2015 edition of Operants went out to subscribers on March 25. This edition is dedicated to the international expansion of Skinner's science. Among featured articles you will find…

Some of the books in our bookstore (most of the PDF versions of e-books) are now Name-Your-Price products. That means that while we set the minimum amount (from $0 to…

The B. F. Skinner Foundation wants to translate into as many languages as possible and distribute for free a PDF version of Science and Human Behavior by Skinner. What languages…

With the support of BACB, the B. F. Skinner Foundation has completed the conversion of Skinner's Cumulative Record (Definitive Edition) into the e-book formats. It is available for purchase through…

The latest edition of our quarterly report, Operants, went out to subscribers on December 18, 2014. In this special issue we celebrate B. F. Skinner's 110th birthday anniversary by sharing…

For those of you who were shopping for the vintage Notebooks by B. F. Skinner on our website in the last couple of months and received an "Out of Stock"…

The B. F. Skinner Foundation sponsors Student Research Award and Student Poster Award through the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT). Congratulations to 2014 award winners: Kara Wunderlich,…

This week we are launching our once-a-year fundraising campaign. The Foundation needs money to keep Skinner’s works in print, convert books into electronic formats, publish the Operants report, maintain and…

New issue of Operants is here! As the cover story, this Quarter III issue features the interview with Otto Fad, Elephant Manager at Busch Gardens Tampa, who talks about his…

The B. F. Skinner Foundation sponsors student research awards through California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA) and Florida Association of Behavior Analysis (FABA). In 2014 award winners are, respectively:  Candice…

On August 8, 2014 the second annual Ethics in Professional Practice conference took place at the Endicott College Campus in Beverly, Massachusetts. A one day conference featured leaders in the…

Contingencies of Reinforcement in e-book format is now available not only in the B. F. Skinner Foundation Bookstore, but also through all major online retailers. Here are the clickable links:…

The Foundation continues to produce electronic versions of the books we publish. The latest addition to our e-book library is Principles of Psychology by Keller and Shoenfeld, or K&S as…

Picture this: it is the fall of 1958, Skinner is relaxing on Sunday morning and decides to write down things that "come to mind". And then he sorts them: "unavoidable…

A quick response to your queries: Verbal Behavior in e-book format is now available not only in our Bookstore, but also through all major online retailers. Here are the clickable…

The Quarter II Operants edition features news about Walden Two (and some reflections about the book), continued discussion on how to make Skinner prominently featured in introductory psychology textbooks, and…

With the generous support by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) the B. F. Skinner Foundation has converted the definitive edition of Verbal Behavior into e-book formats. Please visit our…

Do you shop on Amazon.com? Have you heard about AmazonSmile? It is the same Amazon you know, with same products, same prices, same service, AND Amazon donates 0.5% of the…

In 2014 the B. F. Skinner Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary and 110th birthday of B. F. Skinner. Throughout the year we will have different promotions and giveaways on…

The new edition of Operants (Quarter 1, 2014) is available! Operants is now more than a newsletter, we call it a B. F. Skinner Foundation report. Please visit https://www.bfskinner.org/behavioral-science/operants/ to…

B. F. Skinner loved birthdays. A sense of his feelings about them shows in his book Walden Two.  The scene involves a birthday of a seven-year old girl.  The narrator…

As you may have noticed, we've restructured our website! We hope this will make the information you need easier to find. There may be a few technical hiccups with the…