Laboratory models of maladaptive escape behavior

This is a current project.

Description

The purpose of this project is to study environmental conditions that make typically reinforcing conditions aversive for persons with developmental disabilities and chronic destructive behaviors. The long-term objectives are to develop a validated animal and human laboratory model, and in turn, treatment strategies, based on understanding the environmental factors that precipitate aberrant behaviors in persons with mental retardation.

Project Administration

Dean Williams, principal investigator

Kate Saunders, co-principal investigator

Project Contact

Dean Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
University of Kansas
Life Span Institute at Parsons
2601 Gabriel Parsons, Kansas 67357
deanwms@ku.edu
(620) 421-6550 ext. 1893

This is a project of:

Life Span Institute at Parsons

In collaboration with :

West Virginia University

Kennedy Krieger Institute

Funded by:

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Healthand Human Development (NICHD)

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Publications and Presentations

Williams, D. C., Johnston, M. D., Saunders, K. J. (2006). Intertial sources of stimulus control and delayed matching-to-sample performance in humans. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 86(2), 253-67. Full-text link.

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