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The Power of Preference: Enhancing Functional Communication Training Through Learner and Caregiver Collaboration

Guest Blog post by: Cynthia Livingston, Ph.D., BCBA-D; Alexandra Cicero, M.A., BCBA; and Grace Lafo, M.S., CF-SLP Cynthia Livingston, Ph.D., BCBA-D is an assistant professor in the Severe Behavior Department at …

Verbal Behavior Matters

What is the Color of the Sky?  Reasons for Answering “Blue”

1 Guest Blog Authored by: Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Ph.D., BCBA-D Dr. Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir is an associate professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She …

Verbal Behavior Matters

Speaking of Age: Verbal Behavior in Later Life

3 Guest Blog Authored By: Jonathan Baker, Ph.D., BCBA-D Western Michigan University Dr. Jonathan Baker is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University. Prior …

A Skinnerian's Notes

Origins of the Concept of the Autoclitic

9 Despite the suspicions of vulgar-minded behavior analysts, Skinner’s term “autoclitic” has distinguished antecedents. The “enclitic,” is a long-established grammatical term for a morphological unit that does not stand alone …

Symbolic Language and Thought

The Cutting Edge of Symbolic Language and Thought: An Upcoming Special Issue of The Psychological Record

2 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! This month we will take a short break from our regularly scheduled programming of hearing about the fantastic research stories of individuals in …

Something Interesting

The Human-Neanderthal Bottleneck: Did Relational Capabilities Make the Difference?

Did relational framing arise with homo sapiens?

Verbal Behavior Matters

The Truth About Lying: A Behavioral Perspective

6 Guest Blog: Mariéle Cortez, Ph.D. Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil) Acknowledgement: Thank you to Mirela Cengher for her feedback on an earlier draft of this blog post. Dr. …

Symbolic Language and Thought

Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Understanding Language Acquisition in Children with Hearing Impairments

3 Dear blog reader, Our next contributor is one of a number of fantastic researchers in Brazil doing exciting and innovative work in symbolic language and thought. Specifically, Professor Ana …

Symbolic Language and Thought

Colaboração Interdisciplinar para Compreensão da Aquisição da Linguagem em Crianças com Deficiência Auditiva

Caro leitor do blog, Nossa próxima convidada é uma das várias pesquisadoras brasileiras fantásticas, que estão fazendo um trabalho fascinante e inovador em linguagem e comportamento simbólico. Especificamente, a Professora …

Something Interesting

The “Crispy R” and Form Versus Function in Verbal Behavior

A Kardashianesque reminder about an underappreciated facet of verbal behavior.

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