We study disturbance decoupling for linear descriptor systems. Compared to previous approaches, where state feedback is used, we use the concept of behavioral feedback which allows to study a larger class of systems. We derive geometric characterizations for solvability of the disturbance decoupling problem following the classical approach. Exploiting the freedom in the choice of the behavioral...

This article discusses the core curriculum for behavioral science, from the perspective of psychology, recommended by the Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine and seeks to explain how the curriculum can be effectively implemented in medical and health-related departments. First, the content of the core curriculum is reviewed from the perspective of psychology. We show that the curriculum fea...

Cognitive and behavioral interventions have been cautiously recommended as “best practice” in the treatment of pathological gambling. Behavioral interventions, using a range of techniques, have been the most commonly evaluated approach to the psychological treatment of pathological gambling. The recent literature evaluating behavioral treatments has shifted from aversive therapy to alternative ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) are associated with a number of specific topographies of problem behavior. Very few studies have examined the function served by problem behavior in these groups. Using the Questions About Behavioral Function scale Matson and Vollmer (User's guide: questions about behavioral function (QABF). Scientific Publishers Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1...

BACKGROUND Chromosome 22q11 deletion (del22q11), the most common microdeletion syndrome, causes a wide spectrum of clinical disorders. Recent studies have suggested that significant psychiatric and behavioral disturbances occur in up to 60% of these individuals. OBJECTIVE To illustrate the spectrum of behavioral and psychiatric abnormalities associated with del22q11 and the subtle nature of i...

BACKGROUND Understanding the gap between people's behavioral intentions and their subsequent behavior is a key problem for behavioral scientists, but little attention has been paid to how behavioral intentions are operationalized. PURPOSE Test the distinction between asking people what they intend to do, as opposed to what they expect they will do. METHODS Two studies were conducted in the ...

Behavioral flexibility is considered important for a species to adapt to environmental change. However, it is unclear how behavioral flexibility works: it relates to problem solving ability and speed in unpredictable ways, which leaves an open question of whether behavioral flexibility varies with differences in other behaviors. If present, such correlations would mask which behavior causes ind...