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Rudy E. Vuchinich is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with specific contributions to several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, clinical psychology, epidemiology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work is focused on several main topics, notably autism spectrum disorder research, behavioral and psychological studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, mental health research topics, and decision-making and behavioral economics.

Rudy E. Vuchinich has published articles in various academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Addictive behavior as molar behavioral allocation: Distinguishing efficient and final causes in translational research and practice, 2022, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Matching, behavioral economics, and teleological behaviorism: Final cause analysis of substance use and health behavior, 2022, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • A behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events during early nonabstinent natural recovery from alcohol use disorder, 2024, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

The venues where Rudy E. Vuchinich frequently publishes include:

  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Collaboration forms an important part of Rudy E. Vuchinich's research practice, with frequent co-authors comprising Jalie A. Tucker, Joanna Buscemi, James G. Murphy, Derek D. Reed, and Samuel F. Acuff. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary engagement within their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Hyperbolic temporal discounting in social drinkers and problem drinkers.

    Rudy E. Vuchinich;Cathy A. Simpson

  • Reframing Health Behavior Change With Behavioral Economics

    Warren K. Bickel;Rudy Eugene Vuchinich

  • Relative Efficacy of a Brief Motivational Intervention for College Student Drinkers

    James G. Murphy;Jennifer J. Duchnick;Rudy E. Vuchinich;John W. Davison

  • Contributions from behavioral theories of choice to an analysis of alcohol abuse.

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  • Reliability of a measure of temporal discounting.

    Cathy A. Simpson;Rudy E. Vuchinich

  • Using Behavioral Theories of Choice to Predict Drinking Outcomes Following a Brief Intervention.

    James G. Murphy;Christopher J. Correia;Suzanne M. Colby;Rudy E. Vuchinich

  • A comparison of personalized feedback for college student drinkers delivered with and without a motivational interview.

    James G. Murphy;Trisha A. Benson;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Mary M. Deskins

  • Contributions from behavioral theories of choice to an analysis of alcohol abuse.

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  • Environmental Events Surrounding Natural Recovery from Alcohol-Related Problems

    Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Julie Akiko Gladsjo

  • Environmental events surrounding natural recovery from alcohol-related problems.

    Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Julie Akiko Gladsjo

  • Hyperbolic temporal discounting in social drinkers and problem drinkers.

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  • Alcohol consumption as a self-handicapping strategy.

    Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Mark B. Sobell

  • Relative efficacy of a brief motivational intervention for college student drinkers.

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  • DELAYED REWARD AND COST DISCOUNTING

    James G. Murphy;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Cathy A. Simpson

  • Midbrain mutiny: the picoeconomics and neuroeconomics of disordered gambling : economic theory and cognitive science

    Don Ross;Carla Sharp;Rudy E. Vuchinich;David Spurrett

  • Alcoholic relapse, life events, and behavioral theories of choice: A prospective analysis.

    Rudy E. Vuchinich;Jalie A. Tucker

  • Behavioral economics (Editorial).

    Warren K. Bickel;Leonard Green;Rudy E. Vuchinich

  • Self-Report Methods

    Thomas S. Critchfield;Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich

  • Predicting natural resolution of alcohol-related problems: a prospective behavioral economic analysis.

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  • Behavioral theories of choice as a framework for studying drinking behavior.

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  • Empirical separation of physiologic and expected effects of alcohol on complex perceptual motor performance.

    Rudy E. Vuchinich;Mark B. Sobell

  • Adequacy of recall of drinking patterns and event occurrences associated with natural recovery from alcohol problems.

    Julie Akiko Gladsjo;Jalie A. Tucker;Jeffrey L. Hawkins;Rudy E. Vuchinich

  • Environmental influences on relapse in substance use disorders.

    Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Julie Akiko Gladsjo

  • The molar context of alcohol abuse.

    Rudy E. Vuchinich;Jalie Tucker

  • Alcohol, Expectancy, Cognitive labeling, and mirth.

    Rudy E. Vuchinich;Jalie A. Tucker;Mark B. Sobell

  • Alcohol's Effects on Human Emotions: A Review of the Stimulation/Depression Hypothesis

    Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Mark B. Sobell

  • Social Discounting and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Boys

    Carla Sharp;Graham Barr;Don Ross;Rupal Bhimani

  • Normal drinkers' alcohol consumption as a function of conflicting motives induced by intellectual performance stress.

    Jalie A. Tucker;Rudy E. Vuchinich;Mark B. Sobell;Stephen A. Maisto

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Murphy
James G. Murphy University of Memphis
Suzanne M. Colby
Suzanne M. Colby Brown University
Christopher J. Correia
Christopher J. Correia Auburn University
G. Alan Marlatt
G. Alan Marlatt University of Washington
Thomas S. Critchfield
Thomas S. Critchfield Illinois State University

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