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(full text available electronically at http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/ Perspectives/vol3no2/Assessing.pdf). [Abstract] Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (Guest Eds.). (2007). Organizational readiness for change (Special Issue). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2). More Information on this special issue Simpson, D. D., & Knight, K. (Guest Eds.). (2007). Offender needs and functioning assessments (Special Issue). Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34(9). More Information on this special issue Learning Area KENNETH J. LESING Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2008 “I study the ability of human and non-human animals to encode, store, and retrieve from memory the information (e.g., temporal, spatial, and causal) necessary for them to successfully navigate the world and obtain biological necessities. My research studies these processes from within an associative learning perspective, which predicts integration and competition among the objects that control behavior. Associative learning has long since been thought to be important for learning the predictive relationship between pairings of an object (e.g., a bell) and a reinforcer (e.g., food), but only recently has evidence emerged to indicate that much more (e.g., temporal, spatial, and causal information) can be learned from these seemingly simple pairings. For example, when several landmarks surrounding a feeding site are introduced in a piecemeal fashion (A-B, A-C) with a common element (A) they can be integrated in memory to generate novel inferences (i.e., B-C) that search behavior. My research uses Pavlovian and instrumental procedures to study the content of representations formed during learning and how these representations influence future responses (e.g., timing, location, and magnitude). With regards to the content of memory, my research has found evidence to support the acquisition of spatial (where), temporal (when), and causal (how) information during associative procedures.” Selected Publications Leising, K. J., & Blaisdell, A. P. (2009). Associative basis of landmark learning and integration in vertebrates. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 4, 80-102. Leising, K. J., Wong, J., Waldmann, M. R., & Blaisdell, A. P. (2008). The special status of actions in causal reasoning in rats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 37(3), 514-527. Leising, K. J., Sawa, K., & Blaisdell, A. P. (2007). Temporal integration in Pavlovian appetitive conditioning in rats. Learning & Behavior, 31 (1),11-18. Blaisdell, A. P., Sawa, K., Leising, K. J., & Waldmann, M. R. (2006). Causal reasoning in rats. Science, 311, 1020-1022. Sawa, K., Leising, K. J., & Blaisdell, A. P. (2005). Sensory-preconditioning in spatial learning using a touchscreen task in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior, 31 (3), 368-375. 14
MAURICIO R. PAPINI Ph.D., University of San Luis, Argentina, 1985 “I am interested in incentive learning processes. Current research in my lab focuses on memory-emotion interactions in the emergence of incentive contrast effects. Our interest in the parallels between physical and psychological pain has led to research on the role of the opioid system and the cingulate cortex in situations involving surprising reward loss." Selected Publications: Muzio, R. N., Ruetti, E., & Papini, M. R. (2006). Determinants of extinction in terrestrial toads (Bufo arenarum). Learning & Motivation, 37, 346-356. [ Papini, M. R. (2006). Role of surprising nonreward in associative learning. Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology, 56, 35-54. Papini, M. R., & Pellegrini, S. (2006). Scaling relative incentive value in consummatory behavior. Learning and Motivation, 37, 357-378. Papini, M. R., Wood, M., Daniel, A. M., & Norris, J. N. (2006). Reward loss as psychological pain. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 6, 189-213. Pellegrini, S., Wood, M., Daniel, A. M., & Papini, M. R. (2005). Opioid receptors modulate recovery from consummatory successive negative contrast. Behavioural Brain Research, 164, 239-249. Mustaca, A. E., & Papini, M. R. (2005). Consummatory successive negative contrast induces hypoalgesia. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 18, 255-262. Wood, M., Daniel, A. M., & Papini, M. R. (2005). Selective effects of the d opioid receptor agonist DPDPE on consummatory successive negative contrast. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 446-454. Papini, M.R. (2003). Comparative psychology of surprising nonreward. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 62, 83-95. Papini, M.R. (2002). Pattern and process in the evolution of learning. Psychological Review, 109, 186- 201. ANNA INGEBORG PETURSDOTTIR Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 2006 “I study child behavior and language from an operant learning perspective. My major research interests pertain to translating advances in basic research and theory into intervention strategies (e.g., language interventions for children with autism). In spite of my background in applied behavior analysis, most of my research is not strictly applied. For example, I have tested analog models of language instruction, often involving arbitrary stimuli and nonsense words, on young children without language impairments, to investigate how the establishment of specific behavior-environment relations may result in the emergence of novel behavior. In this work, I have drawn upon B.F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior and recent extensions of it, as well as upon basic behavior-analytic research on derived stimulus relations. In my experimental preparations, I emphasize the training and testing of vocal behavior, as opposed to using a match-to-sample format. Other language-related interests of mine include methods for increasing vocal play among non-speaking children, and the development of effective stimulus control technology 15
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