Michael Ellis on Withholding Rewards to Alter Behavior
In this clip, Michael Ellis explains how dopamine and withholding rewards can affect behavior. This is a concept that is important to be aware of as you advance training and your dog becomes fluent in a certain behavior as it can make negative punishment less effective.
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