Response latency as an index of response strength during functional analyses of problem behavior

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Thomason Sassi, Jessica L ^a   Iwata, Brian A ^b   Neidert, Pamela L ^c   Roscoe, Eileen M ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

functional analysis; latency measures of responding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052047019     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-51     Document Type: Article

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