Fall 2024
Meetings take place every other Tuesday, according to the calendar below (*changes to the program may occur)
Starting time: 14:15 (unless specified otherwise)
Location: Hybrid (OsloMet, Pilestredet 38, room W011 and ZOOM – please sign up to our Lab´s newsletter to receive the meeting link and other updates)
20 August
Welcome to the Lab!
Presentation of members and projects
3 September
Luiza presents the data collected in Norway for her research on the altruistic punishment game with children, as a trial for the EABA conference.
Camille shares an update on her de-esclalation explorations project.
17 September
Kalliu presents and discusses further implications for some of the projects that he has been working on.
1 October
Marco talks about 2 studies on the role of motivating operations in behavioral economics research that he has performed and discusses possible replications/extensions as student projects.
15 October
Rafael presents “Progressive Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement in Bumblebees”.
Recommended readings:
Killeen, P. R., Posadas-Sanchez, D., Johansen, E. B., & Thrailkill, E. A. (2009). Progressive ratio schedules of reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 35(1), 35.
Stewart, W. J. (1975). Progressive reinforcement schedules: A review and evaluation. Australian Journal of Psychology, 27(1), 9-22.
Stafford, D., & Branch, M. N. (1998). Effects of step size and break‐point criterion on progressive‐ratio performance. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 70(2), 123-138.
29 October
We give the students the opportunity to present and discuss their ongoing projects since the delivery deadline for submitting theses proposals is coming up.
This Lab meeting takes place right after the “prosjekttorg” so we can continue talking about the projects that were presented by Lab members in more detail and cover any questions that interested students might have with more time available.
12 November
First, Mariah from the State University of Londrina (Brazil) presents her work with Camilla, Kalliu and Ingunn on Human Resources as Common Pool Resources.
Next, those of us who attended the ABAI Theory and Philosophy conference in Chicago, IL (USA) share their takeaways and updates in the field.
26 November
First, we hear from Elisabeth how she has worked further on her project proposal on the treatment of substance abuse and addiction.
Next, we discuss the “forskerlinje” projects that have been developed inside the Lab
10 December
April Becker, Assistant Professor in Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas, joins us online to talk about behavioral cusps. She recently published a paper with her colleagues about this topic, which can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-023-00389-8
This is the last meeting for this semester. Happy holidays and see you back on January, 7th!