Grayson Butcher
@gbutcher.bsky.social
Postdoc at UCI. Behavioral neuroscience, behavior analysis. Studying addiction, motivation, and learning.
So… lots to sift through. Lattal (2010) mentions several studies (section “behavioral processes in delay of reinforcement”). Lattal has a lot on delayed reinforcement. Iversen (1981) caught my eye. Lattal notes delay often studied as tandem “whatever”+ FT schedule. Looks like “mediating” is used too
March 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So… lots to sift through. Lattal (2010) mentions several studies (section “behavioral processes in delay of reinforcement”). Lattal has a lot on delayed reinforcement. Iversen (1981) caught my eye. Lattal notes delay often studied as tandem “whatever”+ FT schedule. Looks like “mediating” is used too
Yup, I understand! I’ll look for some specific studies to share tonight. I suspect that most studied delayed reinforcement in the context of non-FR1 schedules (e.g., FR>1, VR, FI, VI) and only investigated changing distribution of lever pressing (but maybe other topographies were studied too).
March 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yup, I understand! I’ll look for some specific studies to share tonight. I suspect that most studied delayed reinforcement in the context of non-FR1 schedules (e.g., FR>1, VR, FI, VI) and only investigated changing distribution of lever pressing (but maybe other topographies were studied too).
Oh, fun question! I imagine behavior analysts studied this, but I’m not sure. Maybe stuff from John Staddon, William Timberlake, David Schaal, Charles Catania, stuff in adjunctive/interim behavior is close to this too. Maybe Peter Killeen has looked at it. Curious which studies you’re thinking of.
March 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Oh, fun question! I imagine behavior analysts studied this, but I’m not sure. Maybe stuff from John Staddon, William Timberlake, David Schaal, Charles Catania, stuff in adjunctive/interim behavior is close to this too. Maybe Peter Killeen has looked at it. Curious which studies you’re thinking of.