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The Effects of a Single Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Session on Impulsivity and Risk Among a Sample of Adult Recreational Cannabis Users
(Frontiers Media, 2022-02-08)Individuals with substance use disorders exhibit risk-taking behaviors, potentially leading to negative consequences and difficulty maintaining recovery. Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial direct ... -
Differential Probability Discounting Rates of Gamblers in an American Indian Population
(Frontiers Media, 2022-02-16)Probability discounting, a subset of behavioral economic research, has a rich history of investigating choice behavior, especially as it pertains to risky decision making. Gambling involves both choice behavior and risky ... -
Is long-term ABA therapy abusive: A response to Sandoval-Norton and Shkedy
(Cogent OA, 2020-09-23)Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a common treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a recent volume of this journal, Sanvodal-Norton and Shkedy (2019) published a criticism of behavior analysis ... -
Delay Discounting in Established and Proposed Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Frontiers Media, 2021-11-26)Steep delay discounting, or a greater preference for smaller-immediate rewards over larger-delayed rewards, is a common phenomenon across a range of substance use and psychiatric disorders. Non-substance behavioral addictions ... -
Behavioral economic methods to inform infectious disease response: Prevention, testing, and vaccination in the COVID-19 pandemic
(Public Library of Science, 2022-01-19)The role of human behavior to thwart transmission of infectious diseases like COVID-19 is evident. Psychological and behavioral science are key areas to understand decision-making processes underlying engagement in preventive ... -
Quantifying the Impact of Public Perceptions on Vaccine Acceptance Using Behavioral Economics
(Frontiers Media, 2020-12-03)This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of public perceptions of vaccine safety and efficacy on intent to seek COVID-19 vaccination using hypothetical vaccine acceptance scenarios. The behavioral economic methodology ... -
Perspectives of adults with disabilities on access to health care after the ACA: Qualitative findings
(Elsevier, 2019-07)Background Although health insurance gains are documented, little is known about personal experiences of adults with disabilities in accessing health care after coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in ... -
Is long-term ABA therapy abusive: A response to Sandoval-Norton and Shkedy
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-09-23)Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a common treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a recent volume of this journal, Sanvodal-Norton and Shkedy (2019) published a criticism of behavior analysis ... -
Delay Discounting as a Transdiagnostic Process in Psychiatric Disorders: A Meta-analysis
(American Medical Association, 2019-08-28)Importance Delay discounting is a behavioral economic index of impulsive preferences for smaller-immediate or larger-delayed rewards that is argued to be a transdiagnostic process across health conditions. Studies suggest ... -
Familiality of behavioral flexibility and response inhibition deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
(BMC, 2019-12-12)Background Diminished cognitive control, including reduced behavioral flexibility and behavioral response inhibition, has been repeatedly documented in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We evaluated behavioral flexibility ... -
Static and dynamic postural control deficits in aging fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene premutation carriers
(BMC, 2019-01-21)Background Individuals with premutation alleles of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene are at risk of developing fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) during aging. Characterization of motor issues ... -
Developmental Effects on Auditory Neural Oscillatory Synchronization Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Frontiers Media, 2019-07-25)Previous studies have found alterations in 40 Hz oscillatory activity in response to auditory stimuli in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current study sought to examine the specificity and developmental ... -
Resting-State Brain Network Dysfunctions Associated With Visuomotor Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Frontiers Media, 2019-05-31)Background: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show elevated levels of motor variability that are associated with clinical outcomes. Cortical–cerebellar networks involved in visuomotor control have been ... -
Tobacco and cannabis use in college students are predicted by sex‐dimorphic interactions between MAOA genotype and child abuse
(Wiley Open Access, 2018-06-27)Background Postsecondary students in Western countries exhibit a high prevalence of cannabis and tobacco use disorders. The etiology of these problems is contributed by several psychosocial factors, including childhood ... -
Together Helping Reduce Youth Violence for Equity (ThrYve): Examining the Development of a Comprehensive Multisectoral Approach to Youth Violence Prevention
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-08-31)Comprehensive approaches to youth violence prevention are needed to simultaneously address multiple risk factors across socioecological levels. ThrYve (Together Helping Reduce Youth Violence for Equity) is a collaborative ... -
Responsive Asthma Care for Teens (ReACT): Development protocol for an adaptive mobile health intervention for adolescents with asthma
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-08-20)Introduction Asthma is a leading cause of youth morbidity in the USA, affecting >8% of youth. Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) can prevent asthma-related morbidity; however, the typical adolescent with asthma ... -
Behavioral Economic Measurement of Cigarette Demand: A Descriptive Review of Published Approaches to the Cigarette Purchase Task
(American Psychological Association, 2020)The cigarette purchase task (CPT) is a behavioral economic method for assessing demand for cigarettes. Growing interest in behavioral correlates of tobacco use in clinical and general populations as well as empirical efforts ... -
Response to reduced nicotine content cigarettes among smokers differing in tobacco dependence severity
(Elsevier, 2018-12-01)This study examines whether tobacco dependence severity moderates the acute effects of reducing nicotine content in cigarettes on the addiction potential of smoking, craving/withdrawal, or smoking topography. Participants ... -
Neural synchronization deficits linked to cortical hyper-excitability and auditory hypersensitivity in fragile X syndrome
(BMC, 2017-06-07)Background Studies in the fmr1 KO mouse demonstrate hyper-excitability and increased high-frequency neuronal activity in sensory cortex. These abnormalities may contribute to prominent and distressing sensory hypersensitivities ... -
A resting EEG study of neocortical hyperexcitability and altered functional connectivity in fragile X syndrome
(BMC, 2017-03-14)Background Cortical hyperexcitability due to abnormal fast-spiking inhibitory interneuron function has been documented in fmr1 KO mice, a mouse model of the fragile X syndrome which is the most common single gene cause ...