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Operant Behavior

Operant Behavior is a type of voluntary behavior that is regulated by its consequences, distinguished from reflexive or elicited behaviors by its dependence on reinforcement or punishment to increase or decrease its frequency.

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TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELF‐INJURY

Brian A. Iwata, Michael F. Dorsey, Keith J. Slifer et al. · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 1994 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Handbook of operant behavior

Ralph M. Turner · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · 1978 · 2.3K citations

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The "supersitition" experiment: A reexamination of its implications for the principles of adaptive behavior.

J. E. R. Staddon, Virginia L. Simmelhag · Psychological Review · 1971 · 1.1K citations

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Neuroleptics and operant behavior: The anhedonia hypothesis

Roy A. Wise · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1982 · 1K citations

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Analgesia Mediated by a Direct Spinal Action of Narcotics

Tony L. Yaksh, Thomas A. Rudy · Science · 1976 · 948 citations

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    Jonathan R. Wolpaw

    New York State Department of Health, United States

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Robert J. Dooling

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    15 publications · 725 citations

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  3. SB
    Stephen B. Dunnett

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 608 citations

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    Allen Neuringer

    Reed College, United States

    17 publications · 708 citations

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    Timothy A. Shahan

    Utah State University, United States

    14 publications · 894 citations

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  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    28 h-index

    91 publications

    5.2K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    55 publications

    4K citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    25 h-index

    88 publications

    16.5K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    23 h-index

    80 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    22 h-index

    94 publications

    3.8K citations

  6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    19 h-index

    81 publications

    5.6K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    60 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    18 h-index

    65 publications

    5.5K citations

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  1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

    200 publications · 10.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 65 publications · 8.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    50 publications · 4.7K citations

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  4. Psychopharmacology

    71 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

    ACER · 40 publications · 2.6K citations

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