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Overview

Iser G. DeLeon is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on behavioral and psychological studies. Within these broad areas, their work emphasizes developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and aspects of economics and econometrics.

The main topics of DeLeon's research include behavioral and psychological studies, autism spectrum disorder research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, child nutrition and feeding issues, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and economic and environmental valuation.

DeLeon has published extensively, with recent papers highlighting various aspects of applied behavior analysis and intervention strategies. Notable publications include:

  • The mitigating effects of enhanced reinforcer magnitude and quality on treatment degradation, 2022, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Assessing Parameters of Reinforcement on Efficiency of Acquisition: A Systematic Review, 2022, Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • Examining patterns suggestive of acquisition during functional analyses: A consecutive controlled series of 116 cases, 2024, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Increasing selection of and engagement in physical activity in children with autism spectrum disorder, 2022, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Framing Effects on Hypothetical Use of Public Transportation: A Time Cost Demand Analysis, 2023, Behavior and Social Issues

The frequent co-authors collaborating with DeLeon include Nathalie Fernandez, Tracy Argueta, Sarah C. Weinsztok, Kissel J. Goldman, and Michelle A. Frank-Crawford. These collaborations reflect a network of researchers contributing to similar fields and topics related to applied behavior analysis and developmental psychology.

DeLeon's work has appeared in leading publication venues with repeated contributions to the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Interventions, and Behavior Analysis in Practice. Other venues include Behavior and Social Issues and Behavior Analysis Research and Practice, illustrating a consistent focus on behavior analysis and interventions.

Best Publications

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

    Iser G. DeLeon;Brian A. Iwata

  • Reliability and validity of the functional analysis screening tool.

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

  • Development and validation of the Arizona Cognitive Test Battery for Down syndrome

    Jamie O. Edgin;Gina M. Mason;Melissa J. Allman;George T. Capone

  • Self-injurious behavior: Gene-brain-behavior relationships

    Stephen R. Schroeder;Mary Lou Oster-Granite;Gershon Berkson;James W. Bodfish

  • An analysis of the reinforcing properties of hand mouthing.

    Han-Leong Goh;Brian A. Iwata;Bridget A. Shore;Iser G. DeLeon

  • An analysis of reinforcer substitutability using object manipulation and self-injury as competing responses.

    Bridget A. Shore;Brian A. Iwata;Iser G. DeLeon;Sung Woo Kahng

  • Displacement of leisure reinforcers by food during preference assessments.

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

  • INITIAL FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OUTCOMES AND MODIFICATIONS IN PURSUIT OF DIFFERENTIATION: A SUMMARY OF 176 INPATIENT CASES

    Louis P. Hagopian;Griffin W. Rooker;Joshua Jessel;Iser G. DeLeon

  • EXAMINATION OF RELATIVE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS OF STIMULI IDENTIFIED THROUGH PRETREATMENT AND DAILY BRIEF PREFERENCE ASSESSMENTS

    Iser G. Deleon;Wayne W. Fisher;Vanessa Rodriguez-Catter;Kristen Maglieri

  • EXAMINATION OF AMBIGUOUS STIMULUS PREFERENCES WITH DURATION‐BASED MEASURES

    Iser G. DeLeon;Brian A. Iwata;Juliet Conners;Michele D. Wallace

  • Emergence of reinforcer preference as a function of schedule requirements and stimulus similarity.

    Iser G. DeLeon;Brian A. Iwata;Han Leong Goh;April S. Worsdell

  • Choices between positive and negative reinforcement during treatment for escape-maintained behavior

    Iser G. Deleon;Pamela L. Neidert;Bonita M. Anders;Vanessa Rodriguez-Catter

  • Competition between noncontingent and contingent reinforcement schedules during response acquisition.

    Han Leong Goh;Brian A. Iwata;Iser G. DeLeon

  • Psychophysical assessment of timing in individuals with autism.

    Melissa J. Allman;Iser G. DeLeon;John H. Wearden

  • EFFECTS OF NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT ON PROBLEM BEHAVIOR AND STIMULUS ENGAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF SATIATION, EXTINCTION, AND ALTERNATIVE REINFORCEMENT

    Louis P. Hagopian;Jennifer L. Crockett;Maureen van Stone;Iser G. Deleon

  • Evaluation of the "control over reinforcement" component in functional communication training.

    Sung Woo Kahng;Brian A. Iwata;Iser G. DeLeon;April S. Worsdell

  • A COMPARISON OF PROCEDURES FOR PROGRAMMING NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES

    Sung Woo Kahng;Brian A. Iwata;Iser G. DeLeon;Michele D. Wallace

  • On the correspondence between preference assessment outcomes and progressive-ratio schedule assessments of stimulus value.

    Iser G. DeLeon;Michelle A. Frank;Meagan K. Gregory;Melissa J. Allman

  • EFFECTS OF INTERMITTENT PUNISHMENT ON SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR: AN EVALUATION OF SCHEDULE THINNING

    Dorothea C. Lerman;Brian A. Iwata;Bridget A. Shore;Iser G. DeLeon

  • Enhancing the effects of extinction on attention-maintained behavior through noncontingent delivery of attention or stimuli identified via a competing stimulus assessment

    Wayne W. Fisher;Iser G. DeLeon;Vanessa Rodriguez-Catter;Kris M. Keeney

  • The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior

    Wayne W. Fisher;Julia T. O'Connor;Patricia F. Kurtz;Iser G. DeLeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian A. Iwata
Brian A. Iwata University of Florida
Wayne W. Fisher
Wayne W. Fisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sung Woo Kahng
Sung Woo Kahng Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Louis P. Hagopian
Louis P. Hagopian Kennedy Krieger Institute
Michael F. Cataldo
Michael F. Cataldo Kennedy Krieger Institute
A. Charles Catania
A. Charles Catania University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dorothea C. Lerman
Dorothea C. Lerman University of Houston - Clear Lake
Jamie O. Edgin
Jamie O. Edgin Virginia Tech
Roger H. Reeves
Roger H. Reeves Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephanie L. Sherman
Stephanie L. Sherman Emory University

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