Scholarly publications
Includes peer reviewed journals within and adjacent to behavior analysis
(Starred journals available to BCBAs through the BACB portal)
Behavior Analysis in Practice
1/28 de los Santos, M., Eslava, V.H., Guerra, M.A. et al. Applied Behavior Analysis in Mexico: Efforts and Challenges in Public Policy, Advocacy, and Autism Intervention. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-01031-y
ABA has a long history in Mexico, but is not well integrated into Mexican healthcare or education. The authors detail the current state of affairs, plus ideas for the future
1/31 Frost, B.N., Walker, S.F., Perez, B.C. et al. The Effects of Varying Teacher-Student Ratios in a Special Education Classroom. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01044-1
(Open access) When student teacher ratios were varied, the authors found that more teachers meant fewer behavioral problems and more engagement
Journal of Organizational Behavior Management *
1/21 Bördlein, C., & Kade, L. (2025). Behavior-based safety with paramedics. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2025.2454294
Using behavior-based safety in Germany
1/26 Hernández-Toledano, R. A., Mendez, D. R., & Vega Valero, C. Z. (2025). When less is more: Exploring the relation between delay discounting rates in a personal and organizational context. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2025.2454272
(Open access) The authors find that employees discount work-related monetary tasks more than personal tasks, which they theorize is due to uncertainty around organizations
Behavioral Interventions *
1/25 Yagafarova, A., Dowling, E., LaMonica, T., Hantula, D.A., Nosek, J.T. and Jimenez-Gomez, C. (2025), Supporting Procedural Fidelity of Behavioral Interventions for Children With Autism via an Artificial Intelligence Platform. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e2075. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.2075
An AI app (owned by one of the authors) increased procedural fidelity for 2/2 staff in training and 2/3 parents by providing some kind of automated feedback.
1/29 Sorrell, J.R., Stratton, K.K., Bates-Brantley, K. and Wildmon, M.E. (2025), Training Future Teachers to Conduct Trial-Based Functional Analyses Using Virtual Video Modeling and Video Feedback. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70000
The authors taught teachers to conduct TBFA with videos and video feedback, with only 1 participant needing further feedback
1/31 Wilder, D.A., Sheppard, C., Izquierdo, F. and Flynn, K. (2025), A Comparison of Medium Probability Versus High Probability Instructions to Increase Cooperation in the Context of the High Probability Instructional Sequence. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70001. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70001
2/3 participants increased cooperation to the same level when using medium or high probability sequences; 1/3 increased cooperation with medium probability sequences, but not to the same level as the high probability sequence
2/1 Kelly-Sisken, S., Reeve, K.F., McPheters, C.J., Vladescu, J.C., Reeve, S.A. and Jennings, A.M. (2025), Comparing Equivalence-Based Instruction to a PowerPoint Video Lecture to Teach Differential Reinforcement Descriptors to College Students. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70002. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70002
EBI was compared to a PowerPoint with voiceover, and posttest scores were mixed
Perspectives on Behavior Science
1/28 St. Peter, C.C., Harvey, O.B. & Aguilar, M. From Percentages to Precision: Using Response Rates to Advance Analyses of Procedural Fidelity. Perspect Behav Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-025-00433-9
The authors note that while percentage is used ubiquitously in procedural fidelity measures (423/425 studies in JABA), rate can be used and may be more valuable in understanding data
1/29 Roth, D. Experiencing Nonduality on the Scientific Path: A Review of Sam Harris’s Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion. Perspect Behav Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-025-00434-8
David Roth appears to like Sam Harris's book, as it attempts to operationally define concepts like meditation
Iversen, I.H. Levels of Replication. Perspect Behav Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-024-00431-3
Iversen illustrates a principal of Pennypaker's, namely that moment-to-moment changes in behavior can represent replication (e.g., the same behavior with the same stimulus within several trials)
Behavior and Social Issues
1/29 Busch, L., Thomson, K., Powless-Lynes, M.Y. et al. Towards Ethical Spaces of Engagement in Behavior Analysis. Behav. Soc. Iss. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-024-00194-1
"Ethical spaces of engagement" is a concept wherein people openly discuss different worldviews and power dynamics
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
1/27 Langford, J. S., Batchelder, S. R., Hughes, C. E., & Pitts, R. C. (2025). Effects of methylphenidate on sensitivity to reinforcement delay, magnitude, and probability: Implications for impulsive and risky choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.4239
Stimulants can make subjects less sensitive to changing parameters of reinforcement. In this study, pigeons were exposed to changing parameters that have to do with "impulsivity" (size, delay) and "risk" (probability). Methylphenidate decreased their sensitivity to changes in impulsivity, but not risk
da Silva, R. F., de Carvalho, L. C., Couto, K. C., de Souza, L. C., Coelho, C., & das Graças de Souza, D. (2025). Pairs of rats cooperate more when responding to simultaneous reinforcement than to alternated reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.4240
Rats are more likely to coordinate movements to receive simultaneous reinforcement, when compared to individual reinforcement. Two weeks ago in TPR, we saw that pigeons are less likely to work together if they have to share reinforcement. These are some interesting social ideas
The Psychological Record
1/27 Cortés-Patiño, D.M., Craig, A.R., García-Mijares, M. et al. Effects of Alcohol Concentration on Choice and Persistence of Alcohol Seeking. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-024-00627-8
Rats exposed to a multiple schedule of two alcohol solutions, 5% or 15%, showed no differentiation in response rate but did show more persistence in extinction with the 15% solution. The authors conclude that rate of response and persistence are separate, which aligns with behavioral momentum theory
García, Y. A Global Vision for The Psychological Record: Innovation, Inclusivity, and Impact. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-025-00630-7
(Open access) The incoming editor looks to expand the diversity and reach of the publications in TPR
1/28 Brogan, K.M., Rapp, J.T. & Newland, M.C. Delay Discounting of Monetary Outcomes by Justice-Involved Male Adolescents and College Students. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-024-00617-w
(Open access) The authors used a hypothetical delay discounting task with three groups: justice-involved males, male college students, and female college students. The justice-involved males more steeply discounted than the other two groups
Journal of Behavioral Education
1/28 Lewis, T.K., Cariveau, T., Brown, A. et al. When Fluent Reading Isn’t: Sources of Stimulus Control during Fluent Picture-Book Reading. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09579-7
Kids with reading challenges were exposed repeatedly to the same books, and in most cases their "fluency" improved -- but when reading new books, they had the same challenges. The authors take this to mean that the "reading" was a tact response
Moroney, B.N., Reeve, S.A., Reeve, K.F. et al. Using Contingency Management with a Deposit Contract to Increase Toothbrushing Accuracy with College Students. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09581-z
Contingency management increased toothbrushing accuracy
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
1/28 Advancing the assessment of psychological flexibility: Development and validation of a novel context-sensitive measure in people with chronic physical illness
A measurement tool was found to be reliable and valid
Book publications
Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market
Upcoming:
Using Functional Analysis in Psychotherapy, Niklas Törneke (Available now)
Ethical Decision Making in Applied Behavior Analysis, Schwartz & Kelly (Available Mar. 2025)
New this quarter:
Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd Edition), Bailey & Burch
Multiculturalism and Diversity in Applied Behavior Analysis: Bridging Theory and Application (2nd Edition), Conners & Capell (Eds.)
The Behavior of Social Justice, Parks et al.
A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior, Jessel & Sturmey (Eds.)
Handbook of Organizational Performance, Volume II, D. Johnson & C. Johnson (Eds.)
Recent:
Podcasts
ABA Inside Track
Episode 300 - Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism
Behavioral Observations
Self-Management with Self and Match: Session 288 with Jamie Salter and Katie Croce
Functional Relations
#27 - The Future of ABA is Now: AI, VR, and Ethics w/ Dr. Ellie Kazemi
Blogs
Generally these are produced by professionals
ABAI
Grammar: An Icelandic Saga
David Palmer presents a very interesting digression into English, Old English, and Icelandic grammar
Thank You for Playing PORTL!
Did you know there's a behavior-shaping tabletop game? Buy it here
Steve Hayes
The Cultural Need for a Process-Based Approach: Breaking the Barriers of Cultural Bias
Some interesting stories about how ACT fits into other cultures
OAR
Living with Autism
One man's story
Licensing & professional organizations
BACB
2025 BACB Board of Directors Election Results
"Anita Li, BCBA-D and Nicole Sorensen, BCBA were elected to serve three-year terms on the Board"
BFS Foundation
New issue of Operants
on social media (free, but must sign up)
ASAN
Tell Your Legislators: Protect Medicaid!
ASAN Condemns Trump’s baseless attacks on people with disabilities
Business world
Autism services, behavioral health, etc.
Disastrous Tech Failures Clobber Autism Therapy Providers in TRICARE West Region
TriCare, essentially the medical insurance provider for the US military, reluctantly provides ABA services as required by law. Now they have some kind of severe problem with their billing system, leading to providers not being paid in the West.
Accidentally behavior analysis
A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis
RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it, AP
If you “show the science” to a person like this, here is what will happen:
No matter how much “science,” it is both/either:
Not enough (no matter how many)
Flawed, somehow
S/he will provide “science” that is:
From a paper mill, retracted, or a single bizarro preprint
A website
What can we learn from this sequence? “Providing evidence” on demand is not a real request, and cannot change anyone’s mind.
Continuing education
UPCOMING:
BehaviorLive now charges $25/month for “free” CEUs?
Verbal Beginnings has 2 CEUs on 2/26
Behavior University has 2 CEUs (SUP) on 2/12
Flashback
This topic has been completely and totally debunked (3 freaking years ago) in entertaining fashion by Hbomberguy, a video game youtuber. He does the unprecedented: goes through Wakefield’s paper and reads all the citations – something clearly never before done by the media (besides Brian Deer). In fact, I believe I have a unique take on Wakefield’s paper, coming soon…