Training your inner dolphin

A "Dolphin Trainer for a Day" program at the Texas State Aquarium offers the "mystical connection that seems to exist between dolphins and humans"--or just raw herring?

The dolphins at this aquarium are trained with operant conditioning [0], "and it works like a charm....negative reinforcement [0] doesn't work....In the case of disobedience, the best response is just to ignore and then refocus."

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About the author Miranda Hersey Helin is a writer and editor at Pen and Press [2], an editorial services and consulting company. Her writing credits include the Boston Globe, the Boston Globe Magazine, Bay Area Parent, Exceptional Parent, and Carve Magazine.