Not exact matches
marker (in biomedicine) The presence of some substance that usually can only be present
because it signals some disease, pollutant or
event (such as the attachment of some stain or molecular flag).
In my practice I check the inflammatory
markers to at least get a baseline
because they are often abnormal well before someone has a cardiac
event and can let me know that I need to look for other sources of inflammation that might not be so obvious.
Because we always follow an
event marker with a reward, usually a food reward, the dog will try to make the
event marker — your signal — happen again.
And, yes, using a clicker or other
event marker is a big part of that —
because clicker training is ALL about clear communication, making sure that the dog is actually learning what you think you are teaching.