CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Psicologia (IP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
obtained his Ph.D and M.S. in Psychology, with an emphasis in Behavior Analysis, from the Behavior Analysis Doctoral Program at West Virginia University (United States). He obtained a bachelors degree in Psychology and the title of Psychologist from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Currently is a public servant (Technological Development career) at the Ministry of Health of Brazil. He has research experience in Psychology, with an emphasis in the Experimental Analysis of Human and Non-Human Behavior. Research areas of interest include resistance to change, experimental models of relapse /response-recovery (resurgence, reinstatement and renewal), schedules of reinforcement, behavioral history and single-subject research methods. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
| News published in Agência FAPESP Newsletter about the researcher |
| More itemsLess items |
| TITULO |
| Articles published in other media outlets ( ): |
| More itemsLess items |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) |
Behavioral variability has been studied mainly by using positive reinforcement. The negative reinforcement of behavioral variability has been analyzed in only two studies (Cassado, 2009; Samelo, 2008) in which escape procedures were used. Based on these studies, the purpose of the present experiments is to investigate behavioral variability under negative reinforcement by using an avoidan…
| 1 / 1 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| Associated processes | |