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The Science of Scheduling

11/23/2017

 
The Experimental Analysis of Behavior track of ABAI's annual meeting is 90% scheduled. Who's ready for San Diego?
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My watchwords this year were 'minimize competition.' I grouped symposia thematically so as not to schedule talks that cover similar topics at the same time, limited the number of submissions scheduled opposite EAB invited speakers, and made sure at most one EAB event offers CEUs at any given time so they don't compete with each other. As much as possible, I also tried to restrict the events at 8am, noon and 6pm to avoid competing with meals. San Diego is shaping up to be a great conference and I'm excited to see what the other program areas have to offer!

It must be spring

9/29/2017

 
Our local roo's joey is getting big.

Congratulations to Daniel on defending his thesis!

4/21/2016

 
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Cassie Kiedrowski (c) 2009. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ckiedrowski/3576796573/
On Tuesday, Daniel Bell-Garrison passed the oral defense of his thesis entitled Signaling changes in reinforcer ratios facilitates adaptive forgetting. Way to go, Daniel!

Introducing Dr. Subramaniam

4/8/2016

 
Congratualtions to Shrinidhi Subramaniam on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation, Pigeons and Humans Time Miscued Intervals!
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Congratulations to Matt for proposing his thesis!

3/22/2016

 
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Cassie Kiedrowski (c) 2009. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ckiedrowski/3576796573/
On Friday, Matt Eckard successfully proposed his thesis entitled Effects of Differential DRL Exposure on Interval Timing: Information vs. Inhibition. Congratulations, Matt!

DRO to reduce pawing

1/8/2016

 
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http://equusmagazine.com/
Lab alumnus Adam Fox's work on reducing problematic pawing by horses with differential reinforcement of other behavior was featured in the December, 2015 issue of Equus magazine. Congratulations, Adam!

Nathan Rice receives Dissertation Award

1/4/2016

 
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(CC) Magnus Johansson 2014.
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(CC) Lee Haywood 2010.
Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Rice, 2016 recipient of the SEAB Basic Dissertation Award.

Nathan's dissertation, “Reinforcing Effects of Near Wins in Extinction and Concurrent-
Chains Procedures” was selected by a panel of experts for the award, which is given by Division 25 of the American Psychological Association.

The strange allure of slot machines

9/24/2015

 
In their latest episode, Robert and Joe of Stuff to Blow Your Mind explore the history and psychology of the one-armed bandit. They mentioned near wins and losses disguised as wins and some talk-aloud research published in the  Journal of Gambling Studies and the Journal of Psychology. They didn't talk about how rats and pigeons seem to be vulnerable to some of the same effects, but it reminded me of Stephanie and Nathan's podcast from Stimulus Control and Memory a while back!
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5-Slot, Callie's Quintet, Cobalt123 (c) 2009

Shrinidhi Subramaniam, BCBA

7/7/2015

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Cassie Kiedrowski (c) 2009. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ckiedrowski/3576796573/
Congratulations to Shrinidhi Subramaniam on passing her BCBA exam. Shrinidhi will be the first lab member to become a board-certified behavior analyst!
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Congratulations to new SQAB Secretary Adam Fox

5/28/2015

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Adam presenting his work to Lavinia Tan in 2014.
Congratulations are in order for QAB lab alumnus Dr. Adam Fox, who was elected Board member & Secretary of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior. As outgoing SQAB Secretary, Dr. Kyonka is especially delighted with Adam's election!
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