Liz Kyonka, Ph.D.
I study operant conditioning, temporal learning, and behavioral mechanisms of choice and decision making. My students and I use human and nonhuman animal laboratory models of choice adaptation and temporal learning to discover how individuals reason and make decisions in our complex, unpredictably changing world. A better understanding of behavior adaptation can be used to develop strategies for facilitating rational or healthy choices in individuals.
I am originally from Toronto, Canada, and have also lived in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in Psychology at California State University, East Bay.
I am originally from Toronto, Canada, and have also lived in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in Psychology at California State University, East Bay.
Research
My goals are to understand the laws that govern behavior and to be able to apply them under both well-regulated and somewhat chaotic (i.e., naturalistic) circumstances.
Read about some of my new and continuing research projects on this site, my Google Scholar profile, or my ResearchGate profile. |
Teaching
California State University, East Bay
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Service
Active editorial service for professional journals
Associate Editor Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Journal of Gambling Issues The Psychological Record Board Member Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 2017-present Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2010-2012, 2018-2020 Perspectives on Behavior Science, 2018-2020 |