I'm Not Like the Others: Atypical Research Subjects in JEAB Publications

IF 1.9 3区心理学 Q4 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI:10.1002/jeab.70047

Eduardo J. Fernandez, Kennon A. Lattal

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Comparative psychologists have been criticized for using a limited number of species in drawing general conclusions about broad behavioral processes. There are numerous examples, however, of the inclusion by behavior analysts of atypical subjects in their research. To examine the frequency and diversity in subject species used in the experimental analysis of behavior (EAB), JEAB publications between 1958 and 2023 were reviewed for their use of subjects other than pigeons, rats, humans, and nonhuman primates. Two hundred and twenty-one occurrences of these atypical subjects were found across 204 articles, with 65 distinct species across both vertebrate and invertebrate taxa. The highest spikes in the frequency of atypical subject use occurred in the earliest and latest JEAB issues. The results are discussed in terms of the reasons for using diverse species, trends in use over time, and how EAB might benefit from continued, or even increased, diversification in the species used in its research.

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我不像其他人：JEAB出版物中的非典型研究对象

比较心理学家因使用有限数量的物种来得出关于广泛行为过程的一般性结论而受到批评。然而，有许多例子表明，行为分析家在他们的研究中包含了非典型主体。为了研究行为实验分析（experimental analysis of behavior， EAB）中实验物种的使用频率和多样性，我们回顾了JEAB在1958 - 2023年间发表的除鸽子、大鼠、人类和非人灵长类动物之外的实验物种。在204篇文章中发现了221个非典型对象，在脊椎动物和无脊椎动物分类群中有65个不同的物种。非典型受试者使用频率的最高峰值出现在最早和最近的JEAB问题中。本文从物种多样性的原因、物种多样性的使用趋势以及物种多样性的持续甚至增加对生物多样性研究的益处等方面进行了讨论。

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior 医学-行为科学

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3.90

自引率

14.80%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is primarily for the original publication of experiments relevant to the behavior of individual organisms.