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Computational Model of the Distributed Representation of Operant Reward Memory: Combinatoric Engagement of Intrinsic and Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms
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Costa, Renan M.; Baxter, Douglas A.; Byrne, John H. – Learning & Memory, 2020
Operant reward learning of feeding behavior in "Aplysia" increases the frequency and regularity of biting, as well as biases buccal motor patterns (BMPs) toward ingestion-like BMPs (iBMPs). The engram underlying this memory comprises cells that are part of a central pattern generating (CPG) circuit and includes increases in the intrinsic…
Descriptors: Memory, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Neurological Organization, Operant Conditioning
Can Collateral Behavior Account for Transitions in the Stimulus Control of Speech?
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Palmer, David C. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2017
The task of extending Skinner's (1957) interpretation of verbal behavior includes accounting for the moment-to-moment changes in stimulus control as one speaks. A consideration of the behavior of the reader reminds us of the continuous evocative effect of verbal stimuli on readers, listeners, and speakers. Collateral discriminative responses to…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Nonverbal Communication, Behavior
Teaching Mands for Information Using "When" to Children with Autism
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Landa, Robin K.; Hansen, Bethany; Shillingsburg, M. Alice – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2017
Previous research has evaluated contrived motivating operations to teach mands for information. However, literature evaluating acquisition of the mand "when?" is comparatively limited. As an extension of Shillingsburg, Bowen, Valentino, & Pierce (2014), we taught three children with autism to engage in mands for information using…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Children, Autism
The Impact of "Verbal Behavior" on the Scholarly Literature from 2005 to 2016
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Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg; Devine, Bailey – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2017
B. F. Skinner's (1957) "Verbal Behavior" had a limited influence on empirical research in the first few decades following its publication, but an increase in empirical activity has been evident in recent years. The purpose of this article is to update previous analyses that have quantified the influence of "Verbal Behavior" on…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Behavior, Research, Verbal Operant Conditioning