UMMS Affiliation
Shriver Center
Publication Date
2000-05-23
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Discrimination Learning; Behavior; Mental Retardation
Disciplines
Mental and Social Health | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
Our laboratory is currently conducting studies of behavioral momentum in humans with mental retardation. A better understanding of momentum effects may contribute to more effective procedures for reducing or eliminating learning problems in this population (e.g., McIlvane & Dube, 2000). In our studies, we have occasionally encountered cases where even liberal baseline stability criteria were not met after a substantial number of sessions, and thus typical procedures for evaluating momentum were not appropriate. This brief report will describe an alternative testing procedure that we are examining for use in these situations.
Source
Dube, W. V., Mazzitelli, K., Lombard, K. M., & McIlvane, W. J. (2000). Assessing behavioral momentum in humans with mental retardation and unstable baselines. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 18, 6-11. Link to article on publisher's website
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin
Repository Citation
Dube, William V.; Mazzitelli, Kim; Lombard, Kristin M.; and McIlvane, William J., "Assessing Behavioral Momentum in Humans with Mental Retardation and Unstable Baselines" (2000). Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center Publications. 36.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/shriver_pp/36
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