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Motivational and discriminative aspects of context in renewal and reinstatement of operant behavior in mice 小鼠操作性行为更新和恢复中情境的动机性和辨别性方面。

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-10-12 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70149

Daniela Galvis-Quintana, Richa Sharma, Matthew Lewon

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Decoding diversity: Are there patterns in the organization of grooming movements in domestic cats? 解码多样性：家猫梳理毛发的行为是否存在规律？

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70146

Anna Hock, Manuela Schmidt

{"title":"Decoding diversity: Are there patterns in the organization of grooming movements in domestic cats?","authors":"Anna Hock, Manuela Schmidt","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70146","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeab.70146","url":null,"abstract":"Grooming is crucial for mammalian health and hygiene, serving diverse functions such as parasite defense, removing dirt, and thermoregulation. Grooming is not purely reactive but integrated into daily routines and regulated endogenously. In rodents, it has been shown to follow a sequential structure with predictable patterns, often interpreted as reflecting pattern-generating neurological programs. In this study, we examined the temporal and spatial structure of self-grooming sequences in cats to test whether grooming in this species follows similarly predictable patterns. Grooming performance in 17 cats was recorded, and 40 sequences were analyzed to discern the allocation of grooming time to different body areas. Pattern analyses reveal the temporal order in which body areas were cleaned. Oral grooming occupies the largest portion of grooming time, whereas face washing and scratching were less frequent. High individual variation was found in the distribution of grooming time across body areas and in the spatiotemporal order of sequences, challenging the idea of strict patterns and grooming rules in cats. Instead, our analyses indicate that grooming is structured by probabilistic transitions between spatially adjacent body regions. We conclude that grooming sequences in cats are primarily determined by the spatial proximity of grooming targets and movement efficiency.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13631463/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149111361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preference assessment and reinforcer effectiveness in domestic cats 家猫偏好评估与强化物有效性。

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70148

Mychal A. Machado, Hannah Huber, Sophia Thompson, Christina A. Monasky, Milad Najafighabouri, Benjamin M. Cicchillo

{"title":"Preference assessment and reinforcer effectiveness in domestic cats","authors":"Mychal A. Machado, Hannah Huber, Sophia Thompson, Christina A. Monasky, Milad Najafighabouri, Benjamin M. Cicchillo","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70148","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeab.70148","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding domestic cat (Felis catus) preferences is important for identifying effective reinforcers that can support training, enrichment, and welfare. We assessed preference across three stimulus categories (food, toys, and social interaction) using free-operant assessments with four adult cats in familiar home environments. The primary dependent measure was duration of quadrant engagement with concurrently available stimuli. Within-category assessments evaluated preference among multiple stimuli within each category to identify the most preferred item, and between-category assessments presented the highest ranked stimuli from each category concurrently to evaluate cross-category preference. A single-operant reinforcer assessment evaluated whether the most and least preferred stimuli identified in the between-category assessment differentially maintained operant responding, measured as a nose-poke response to access the target stimulus. Results showed that three of four cats responded at higher levels when the most preferred stimulus was available relative to the least preferred stimulus. This study is the first to combine within- and between-category free-operant preference assessments with a direct evaluation of reinforcer effectiveness in domestic cats using procedures that are feasible for home and applied settings, including shelters. These findings support the utility of systematic preference assessments for identifying candidate reinforcers in domestic cats.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13623505/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149081511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of positive or negative reinforcement history and extinction arrangement on resurgence 正负强化历史和灭绝安排对死灰复燃的影响

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-28 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70147

Abbie R. Cooper, Claire C. St. Peter, Catherine L. Williams

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Author diversity in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 1958–2025 行为实验分析杂志1958-2025的作者多样性

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-27 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70144

Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Catalina Ibarra, Lu Aguiniga, Sadie Datray, Penelope Lee, Molly DeMayo, Elizabeth Kyonka

{"title":"Author diversity in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 1958–2025","authors":"Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Catalina Ibarra, Lu Aguiniga, Sadie Datray, Penelope Lee, Molly DeMayo, Elizabeth Kyonka","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70144","url":null,"abstract":"We used application programming interfaces (APIs) to estimate gender and race/ethnicity based on names of first and last authors in 4,833 articles published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB) from 1958 to 2025. From the first to the most recent 5-year interval, Gender API estimated that the percentage of articles with women first authors increased from 6% to 33% and the percentage of first authors Ethnicolr API classified as more likely than not to be authors of color (AOC) increased from 5% to 25%, with similar gains in percentages of last authors estimated to be women or AOC. The proportion of names classified as feminine and as less likely to be White has grown steadily, but even after two-thirds of a century of growth, these groups are underrepresented relative to the U.S. adult population, college graduates working in science-related fields, and higher education faculty. These findings underscore the need for ongoing efforts to address systemic barriers and promote equitable representation in scholarly publishing.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149068356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Renewal of spatial response distributions in rats 大鼠空间反应分布的更新。

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-20 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70145

Rodrigo Benavides, Brissa Gutiérrez, Rogelio Escobar, Carlos Flores

{"title":"Renewal of spatial response distributions in rats","authors":"Rodrigo Benavides, Brissa Gutiérrez, Rogelio Escobar, Carlos Flores","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70145","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeab.70145","url":null,"abstract":"Operant renewal refers to the relapse of eliminated behavior as a function of context change. Two experiments were performed to assess operant renewal effects in rat subjects with different response location criteria. In both experiments, subjects were trained to respond to a variable-interval schedule on an array of five levers. For Experiment 1, in Context A, only responses on the middle lever were reinforced. For these subjects, response distributions formed a generalization gradient around the middle lever. For Experiment 2, responses on any lever could meet the reinforcement criteria. In this case, the response distribution across levers varied between subjects but was consistent within subjects across time. During both experiments, responding was next extinguished in Context B, which increased variability in response distributions. The reintroduction of Context A decreased variability levels. For most rats in Experiment 1 and some rats in Experiment 2, the pattern of responding during testing was more similar to the pattern during training than to the pattern at the end of extinction. The results suggest that renewed response distributions across locations varied as a function of the initial training conditions.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13591197/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Contingency discrimination training and resurgence: Effects of nonzero alternative reinforcement rates during “off” sessions 权变辨别训练与复苏：非零替代强化率在“关闭”阶段的影响。

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-17 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70143

Timothy A. Shahan, Joshua B. Hiltz, Matias Avellaneda, Brian D. Greer

{"title":"Contingency discrimination training and resurgence: Effects of nonzero alternative reinforcement rates during “off” sessions","authors":"Timothy A. Shahan, Joshua B. Hiltz, Matias Avellaneda, Brian D. Greer","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70143","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeab.70143","url":null,"abstract":"Resurgence is an increase in a previously reduced target behavior with worsening conditions for a more recently reinforced alternative behavior. Alternating sessions in which alternative reinforcement is available (i.e., “on” sessions) versus extinction (i.e., “off” sessions) during treatment (i.e., contingency discrimination training [CDT]) reduces resurgence. This experiment examined whether CDT could mitigate resurgence without complete extinction during “off” sessions. Target lever pressing of rats was reinforced in baseline and then extinguished during treatment. In treatment, all groups experienced “on” sessions with high-rate alternative reinforcement delivered on a variable-interval (VI) 10-s schedule. “Off” sessions arranged either extinction, the same (VI 10 s), or lower rates of alternative reinforcement (VI 12.5 s, VI 16.6 s, VI 25 s, or VI 50 s). CDT eliminated resurgence only when extinction was arranged during “off” sessions, but resurgence was reduced when the VI 50 s was arranged. Resurgence as choice in context theory described the data well, assuming that the biasing effects of discriminating the relevant contingencies are a function of the ratio of alternative reinforcement rates for “off” versus “on” sessions. These findings suggest CDT can reduce resurgence without requiring extinction of the alternative response if alternating reinforcement rates differ enough across sessions.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148990511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bidirectional relations of alcohol demand with alcohol use and problems in community adults: Findings from a longitudinal observational cohort study 社区成人酒精需求与酒精使用和酒精问题的双向关系：一项纵向观察队列研究的结果

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70138

Sophie G. Coelho, Kyla L. Belisario, Matthew T. Keough, James MacKillop

{"title":"Bidirectional relations of alcohol demand with alcohol use and problems in community adults: Findings from a longitudinal observational cohort study","authors":"Sophie G. Coelho, Kyla L. Belisario, Matthew T. Keough, James MacKillop","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70138","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeab.70138","url":null,"abstract":"Behavioral economic theory posits that the relative reinforcing value of alcohol (i.e., demand) prospectively predicts alcohol use behaviors, although this has rarely been examined longitudinally. This study examined bidirectional associations of alcohol demand with alcohol use and problems over time. Community adults (N = 1,395; Mage = 34.32, 59.93% female) completed measures of alcohol demand, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems in three assessments, spaced 6 months apart. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel analyses modeled time-invariant and reciprocal time-varying associations of alcohol demand indices with alcohol use and problems. Between participants, we observed large, positive associations of demand intensity (i.e., consumption at zero cost), demand elasticity (i.e., price sensitivity), Omax, (i.e., maximum expenditure), and breakpoint (i.e., price suppressing consumption to zero) with alcohol use and problems. Within participants, lower elasticity forecasted greater alcohol use and problems, with the latter also forecasted by higher Omax; reciprocally, lower elasticity and higher Omax were each forecasted by greater alcohol use. Breakpoint exhibited inconsistent within-person associations with alcohol use and problems, and intensity was only forecasted by changes in alcohol use. Results support an etiological role of alcohol demand in changes in alcohol use and problems over time, albeit principally for demand indices capturing the elastic portion of the demand curve.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jeab.70138","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148912730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Warren K. Bickel: A legacy of ideas and connections Warren K. Bickel：思想和关系的遗产

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-07 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70142

Roberta Freitas-Lemos, Leonard H. Epstein

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Daily assessments of behavioral economic indices and drinking among rural-residing adults with at-risk drinking 有饮酒危险的农村成年居民行为经济指标与饮酒的日常评估。

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Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Pub Date : 2026-09-07 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.70141

Devin C. Tomlinson, Erin E. Bonar, Maureen A. Walton, Lewei A. Lin, Inbal Nahum-Shani, Mary Jannausch, Lara N. Coughlin

{"title":"Daily assessments of behavioral economic indices and drinking among rural-residing adults with at-risk drinking","authors":"Devin C. Tomlinson, Erin E. Bonar, Maureen A. Walton, Lewei A. Lin, Inbal Nahum-Shani, Mary Jannausch, Lara N. Coughlin","doi":"10.1002/jeab.70141","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeab.70141","url":null,"abstract":"In a secondary analysis among adults with at-risk drinking who live in rural areas (N = 75; 62.7% Female; 98.7% White), we examined the predictive ability of behavioral economic (BE) indices (demand, delay discounting, and proportion of alcohol-free activities) for next-day alcohol use via daily surveys across the range of alcohol use severity. These relations were tested using linear mixed-effects models, including evaluating the interaction of BE indices with alcohol use severity. In unadjusted analyses, proportion of alcohol-free activities (β [95% CI]: −0.022 [−0.038, −0.006]), demand intensity (i.e., drinks when free; β [95% CI]: 0.267 [0.143, 0.391]), and maximum expenditure (Omax, β [95% CI]: 0.036 [0.014, 0.059]) were significant predictors of next-day alcoholic drinks consumed. In adjusted analyses, we observed a significant interaction between baseline alcohol use severity and intensity of alcohol demand (β [95% CI]: −0.014 [−0.027, −0.001]) and Omax (β [95% CI]: 0.005 [0.000, 0.010]) wherein there was a stronger relations between the BE measure and next-day drinking among lower and higher alcohol use severities, respectively. These results support the inclusion of BE measures in daily survey research to support digital and potentially just-in-time adaptive interventions.","PeriodicalId":17411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior","volume":"126 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13548064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148900941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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