Specific Research Projects
Laboratory Investigations of Basic Prerequisites for Symbolic Functioning
Basic Science Projects. 1: Complex Relational Learning Methodologies
Project 1A: Categorical-Dimensional Interactions In Symbolic Categories
Project 1B: Recombinative Generalization of Symbolic Repertoires
Project 1C: Development of Automaticity and Fluency of Symbolic Repertoires
Basic Science Projects. 2: Selective Attending and Observing in Symbolic Tasks
Project 2A: Procedural Control of Observing Behavior in Sample-Matching Tasks
Project 2B: Procedural Control of Observing Behavior in Go/No-Go Tasks
Basic Science Projects. 3: Animal Models of Symbolic Behavior and its Prerequisites
Project 3A: Relational Learning in Cebus apella
3A.1. Stimulus equivalence and its prerequisites in Cebus apella.
3A.2. Visual information processing in Cebus apella.
3A.3. Auditory learning in Cebus apella.
3A.4. Virtual reality environments for Cebus apella.
Project 3B: Relational Learning in Dogs
Project 3C: Relational Learning in Bees
TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
Populations with Developmental and/or Acquired Limitations in Symbolic Functioning
Translational Projects. 4: Perception, Discrimination, and Equivalence
Project 4A: Development of Symbolic Function in Infants
Project 4B: Fast Mapping Strategies in Toddler-Age Children
Project 4C: Relational Learning in Newly Hearing Children
Project 4D: Promoting Symbolic Function in Preverbal Populations
Translational Projects. 5: Relational Learning in Basic Academics
Project 5A: Basic and Remedial Instruction in Reading
Project 5B: Basic and Remedial Instruction in Mathematics and Related Skills
Translational Projects. 6: Extensions to Neurobehavioral Science
Project 6A: Laboratory-Derived Neuropsychological Methodology
Project 6B: Translational Studies of Neurobehavioral Effects of Mercury Exposure
APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAM
Dissemination of Methods for Delivering Efficient, Cost-Effective, Evidence-Based Behavioral Technology
Applied Projects. 7: Behavioral Technology Delivery Systems
Project 7A: Reading, Writing, & Mathematics in the Classroom
Project 7B: Computer-assisted Instruction
Project 7C: Augmentative Communication (CI, AAC, etc.)
Project 7D: Motivational Analyses in Instructional Environments
Project 7E: Virtual Reality Applications
