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95
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33852
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768
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Brian A. Iwata was affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research contributions were primarily situated within the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics.

The main areas of study encompassed behavioral and psychological studies, autism spectrum disorder research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as plant and fungal interactions.

Frequent publication venues for their work included the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis Research and Practice, Perspectives on Behavior Science, and Behavioral Interventions.

Among recent papers associated with their research are:

  • Further evaluation of functional analysis screening methods in early autism intervention, 2022, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • The Stealing Inventory: A preliminary investigation., 2022, Behavior Analysis Research and Practice
  • Nathan H. Azrin: A Case Study in Research Translation in Behavior Science, 2021, Perspectives on Behavior Science
  • Problem behavior maintained by a precurrent relation, 2022, Behavioral Interventions

Frequent collaborators in their scholarly activities included Crystal M. Slanzi, Timothy R. Vollmer, Faris R. Kronfli, Lisa Pabst Williams, and Brandon C. Perez.

Brian A. Iwata was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1984.

Best Publications

  • TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-INJURY

    Brian A. Iwata;Michael F. Dorsey;Keith J. Slifer;Kenneth E. Bauman

  • Evaluation of a multiple-stimulus presentation format for assessing reinforcer preferences.

    Iser G. DeLeon;Brian A. Iwata

  • FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR: A REVIEW

    Gregory P. Hanley;Brian A. Iwata;Brandon E. McCord

  • THE FUNCTIONS OF SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR: AN EXPERIMENTAL‐EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

    Brian A. Iwata;Gary M. Pace;Michael F. Dorsey;Jennifer R. Zarcone

  • Assessment of stimulus preference and reinforcer value with profoundly retarded individuals.

    Gary M. Pace;Martin T. Ivancic;Glynnis L. Edwards;Brian A. Iwata

  • Thirty years of research on the functional analysis of problem behavior.

    Gracie A. Beavers;Brian A. Iwata;Dorothea C. Lerman

  • The role of attention in the treatment of attention-maintained self-injurious behavior: noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement of other behavior.

    Timothy R. Vollmer;Brian A. Iwata;Jennifer R. Zarcone;Richard G. Smith

  • THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT

    Ron Van Houten;Saul Axelrod;John S. Bailey;Judith E. Favell

  • What makes extinction work: an analysis of procedural form and function.

    Brian A. Iwata;Gary M. Pace;Glynnis Edwards Cowdery;Raymond G. Miltenberger

  • Experimental analysis and extinction of self-injurious escape behavior.

    Brian A. Iwata;Gary M. Pace;Michael J. Kalsher;Glynnis Edwards Cowdery

  • Skill acquisition in the implementation of functional analysis methodology.

    Brian A. Iwata;Michele D. Wallace;Sung Woo Kahng;Jana S. Lindberg

  • The experimental (functional) analysis of behavior disorders: Methodology, applications, and limitations.

    Brian A. Iwata;Timothy R. Vollmer;Jennifer R. Zarcone

  • SIDE EFFECTS OF EXTINCTION: PREVALENCE OF BURSTING AND AGGRESSION DURING THE TREATMENT OF SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR

    Dorothea C. Lerman;Brian A. Iwata;Michele D. Wallace

  • Clinical Application of Functional Analysis Methodology

    Brian A. Iwata;Claudia L. Dozier

  • DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES OF VARIABLES MAINTAINING SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR

    Dorothea C. Lerman;Brian A. Iwata

  • Behavioral Treatment of Self-Injury, 1964 to 2000

    Sung Woo Kahng;Brian A. Iwata;Adam B. Lewin

  • REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE THINNING FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING

    Gregory P. Hanley;Brian A. Iwata;Rachel H. Thompson

  • DEVELOPING A TECHNOLOGY FOR THE USE OF OPERANT EXTINCTION IN CLINICAL SETTINGS: AN EXAMINATION OF BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH

    Dorothea C. Lerman;Brian A. Iwata

  • CLASSROOM APPLICATION OF A TRIAL-BASED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

    Sarah E. Bloom;Brian A. Iwata;Jennifer N. Fritz;Eileen M. Roscoe

  • Reliability and validity of the functional analysis screening tool.

    Brian A. Iwata;Iser G. DeLeon;Eileen M. Roscoe

  • TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURED CRITERIA FOR INTERPRETATION OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS DATA

    Louis P. Hagopian;Wayne W. Fisher;Rachel H. Thompson;Jamie Owen-Deschryver

Frequent Co-Authors

Sung Woo Kahng
Sung Woo Kahng Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dorothea C. Lerman
Dorothea C. Lerman University of Houston - Clear Lake
Jennifer R. Zarcone
Jennifer R. Zarcone Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Timothy R. Vollmer
Timothy R. Vollmer University of Florida
Gregory P. Hanley
Gregory P. Hanley Western New England University
Rachel H. Thompson
Rachel H. Thompson Western New England University
Iser G. DeLeon
Iser G. DeLeon University of Florida
Nancy A. Neef
Nancy A. Neef The Ohio State University
Leonard A. Jason
Leonard A. Jason DePaul University
Wayne W. Fisher
Wayne W. Fisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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