The Preratio Pause on Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement

  • Schlinger, H., Derenne, A., & Baron, A. (2008). What 50 years of research tell us about pausing under ratio schedules of reinforcement. The Behavior Analyst, 31, 39-60.
  • Derenne, A., & Flannery, K. A. (2007). Within-session changes in the preratio pause on fixed-ratio schedules of reinforcement. The Behavior Analyst Today, 8, 175-185.
  • Derenne, A., Richardson, J. V., & Baron, A. (2006). Long-term effects of suppressing the preratio pause. Behavioural Processes, 72, 32-37. Abstract
  • Derenne, A., & Baron, A. (2002). Preratio pausing: Effects of an alternative reinforcer on fixed- and variable-ratio responding. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 77, 273-282. Full Paper (pdf)
  • Derenne, A., & Baron, A. (2001). Timeout punishment of long pauses on fixed-ratio schedules of reinforcement. The Psychological Record, 51, 39-51.
  • Baron, A., & Derenne, A. (2000). Progressive-ratio schedules: Effects of later schedule requirements on earlier performances. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 73, 291-304. Full Paper (pdf)

Animal Models of Aging

  • Derenne, A., Arsenault, M. L., Austin, D. P., & Weatherly, J. N. (2007). Weaver mutant mice exhibit long-term learning deficits under several measures of instrumental behavior. Physiology & Behavior, 92, 1002-1009. Abstract
  • Derenne, A., & Baron, A. (2002). Behavior analysis and the study of human aging. The Behavior Analyst, 25, 151-160.

Stimulus Generalization and Peak Shift

  • Derenne, A., Breitstein, R. M., & Cicha, R. (2008). Shifts in postdiscrimination gradients within a stimulus dimension based on female waist-to-hip ratios. The Psychological Record, 58, 51-60.
  • Derenne, A., & Breitstein, R. M. (2006). Gradient shifts with naturally occurring human face stimuli. The Psychological Record, 56, 365-370.
  • Derenne, A. (2006). Effects of S+, S- separation on gradient shifts in humans. Journal of General Psychology, 133, 163-173.

Research Methods

  • Derenne, A., Cicha, R., Flannery, K. A., & Manley, R. M. (2008). Use of a time-restricted access to food diet to achieve and maintain weight reduction in mice. The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 118-124.
  • Baron, A., & Derenne, A. (2000). Quantitative summaries of single-subject studies: What do group comparisons tell us about individual performances? The Behavior Analyst, 23, 101-106.
  • Derenne, A., & Baron, A. (1999). Human sensitivity to reinforcement: A comment on Kollins, Newland, and Critchfield's (1997) quantitative literature review. The Behavior Analyst, 22, 35-41.

Gambling

  • Weatherly, J. N., Derenne, A., & Chase, S. (2008). Do the risk factors for pathological gambling predict temporal discounting? Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 2, 25-34.
  • Weatherly, J. N., & Derenne, A. (2007). Rats playing a slot machine: A preliminary attempt at an animal gambling model. Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 1, 79-89.