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Allen Neuringer

Allen Neuringer

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
5881
World Ranking
9492
National Ranking
5028

Overview

Allen Neuringer is affiliated with Reed College in the United States. Their research primarily spans neuroscience and decision sciences, with notable contributions in several related subfields.

Neuringer's work frequently addresses topics in cognitive neuroscience and developmental and educational psychology. Their research also intersects with general decision sciences, as well as management science and operations research.

The main topics of Neuringer's studies include motor control and adaptation, behavioral and psychological studies, pain management and placebo effects, decision-making and behavioral economics, and complex systems related to decision making.

Neuringer has authored several papers, including:

  • Howard Rachlin (1935-2021)., 2021, published in American Psychologist
  • The voluntary operant and the operant nature of volition: Three views, 2022, published in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • An extended life: Tribute to Howard Rachlin, 2022, published in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Their publications are predominantly featured in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, with two papers published there, and one paper appearing in American Psychologist.

Neuringer collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Peter R. Killeen and Leonard Green, each with two joint papers, and Suzanne H. Mitchell with one co-authored paper.

Best Publications

  • Variability is an operant.

    Suzanne Page;Allen Neuringer

  • Operant variability: Evidence, functions, and theory

    Allen Neuringer

  • Can people behave "randomly?": The role of feedback.

    Allen Neuringer

  • Animals respond for food in the presence of free food.

    Allen J. Neuringer

  • Self-control in pigeons under the Mischel paradigm.

    James Grosch;Allen Neuringer

  • Effects of reinforcement magnitude on choice and rate of responding.

    Allen J. Neuringer

  • Reinforced variability in animals and people: implications for adaptive action.

    Allen Neuringer

  • Stability and variability in extinction.

    Allen Neuringer;Nate Kornell;Matt Olufs

  • Reinforcing Variability in Adolescents with Autism.

    Neal Miller;Allen Neuringer

  • Reinforced variability and operant learning.

    Allen Neuringer;Chris Deiss;Gene Olson

  • Behavioral variability is controlled by discriminative stimuli

    Justin Denney;Allen Neuringer

  • Music discriminations by pigeons.

    Debra Porter;Allen Neuringer

  • Operant variability and repetition as functions of interresponse time.

    Allen Neuringer

  • Reinforced variation and selection

    Allen Neuringer

  • Learning to vary and varying to learn.

    Alicia Grunow;Allen Neuringer

  • Choosing to Vary and Repeat

    Allen Neuringer

  • DELAYED REINFORCEMENT VERSUS REINFORCEMENT AFTER A FIXED INTERVAL1

    Allen J. Neuringer

  • Behavioral variability in SHR and WKY rats as a function of rearing environment and reinforcement contingency.

    M. H. L. Hunziker;R. L. Saldana;A. Neuringer

  • Superstitious key pecking after three peck-produced reinforcements.

    Allen J. Neuringer

  • Quasi-reinforcement: control of responding by a percentage-reinforcement schedule.

    Allen J. Neuringer;Shin-Ho Chung

  • Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) readily learn to vary but not repeat instrumental responses

    Deborah M. Mook;John Jeffrey;Allen Neuringer

Frequent Co-Authors

Nate Kornell
Nate Kornell Williams College
Paul K. Piff
Paul K. Piff University of California, Irvine

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