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Overview

Sung Woo Kahng is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a notable focus on cognitive neuroscience and developmental and educational psychology within these broader disciplines.

The main topics addressed in their work include autism spectrum disorder research, behavioral and psychological studies, and child nutrition and feeding issues. Other areas of interest are attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, family and disability support research, and simulation-based education in healthcare.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavior Modification, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and Teaching of Psychology.

Recent published papers by Sung Woo Kahng include:

  • Feasibility of virtual reality behavior skills training for preservice clinicians, 2021, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Interobserver agreement: A preliminary investigation into how much is enough?, 2021, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • A systematic review of the correspondence between descriptive assessment and functional analysis, 2022, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Treatment of Food Selectivity in an Adult With Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2021, Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • An Initial Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Responsive Police Interactions Training for Black Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Their frequent coauthors include Casey J. Clay, Courtney Butler, Christeen Zaki-Scarpa, Robert LaRue, and Christopher J. Manente.

Best Publications

  • Skill acquisition in the implementation of functional analysis methodology.

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

  • Behavioral Treatment of Self-Injury, 1964 to 2000

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

  • RELATIVE VERSUS ABSOLUTE REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREFERENCE ASSESSMENTS

    Eileen M. Roscoe;Brian A. Iwata;Sung Woo Kahng;Sung Woo Kahng

  • Does functional communication training compete with ongoing contingencies of reinforcement? An analysis during response acquisition and maintenance.

    Melissa J. Shirley;Brian A. Iwata;SungWoo Kahng;Jodi L. Mazaleski

  • Effects of continuous and intermittent reinforcement for problem behavior during functional communication training.

    April S. Worsdell;Brian A. Iwata;Gregory P. Hanley;Rachel H. Thompson

  • 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

  • Correspondence between outcomes of brief and extended functional analyses.

    Sung Woo Kahng;Brian A. Iwata

  • Differential responding in the presence and absence of discriminative stimuli during multielement functional analyses.

    Juliet Conners;Brian A. Iwata;Sung Woo Kahng;Gregory P. Hanley

  • COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING REAL-TIME OBSERVATIONAL DATA

    Sung Woo Kahng;Brian A. Iwata

  • Evaluating the Use of Behavioral Skills Training to Improve School Staffs’ Implementation of Behavior Intervention Plans

    Ashley Hogan;Ashley Hogan;Nikki Knez;Sung Woo Kahng

  • CONSISTENT VISUAL ANALYSES OF INTRASUBJECT DATA

    Sung Woo Kahng;Kyong Mee Chung;Katharine Gutshall;Steven C. Pitts

  • A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SATIATION VERSUS EXTINCTION EFFECTS UNDER NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES

    Sung Woo Kahng;Brian A. Iwata;Rachel H. Thompson;Gregory P. Hanley

  • Sleep patterns in children and young adults with mental retardation and severe behavior disorders

    Cathleen C Piazza;Wayne W Fisher;Sung Woo Kahng

  • False-positive maintenance of self-injurious behavior by access to tangible reinforcers.

    Melissa J. Shirley;Brian A. Iwata;Sung Woo Kahng

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

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

  • ECT for Catatonia in an Autistic Girl

    Lee E. Wachtel;SungWoo Kahng;Dirk M. Dhossche;Nicola Cascella

  • A COMPARISON OF PROCEDURES FOR PROGRAMMING NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES

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

  • RESPONDING MAINTAINED BY INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF EXTINCTION WITH PROBLEM BEHAVIOR IN CLINICAL SETTINGS

    Dorothea C. Lerman;Brian A. Iwata;Bridget A. Shore;Sung Woo Kahng

  • FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

    Christie E. Fyffe;Sung Woo Kahng;Sung Woo Kahng;Ellen Fittro;David Russell

  • DRO CONTINGENCIES: AN ANALYSIS OF VARIABLE‐MOMENTARY SCHEDULES

    Jana S. Lindberg;Brian A. Iwata;Sung Woo Kahng;Iser G. DeLeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian A. Iwata
Brian A. Iwata University of Florida
Iser G. DeLeon
Iser G. DeLeon University of Florida
Rachel H. Thompson
Rachel H. Thompson Western New England University
Gregory P. Hanley
Gregory P. Hanley Western New England University
Wayne W. Fisher
Wayne W. Fisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dorothea C. Lerman
Dorothea C. Lerman University of Houston - Clear Lake
Adam B. Lewin
Adam B. Lewin University of South Florida
Cathleen C. Piazza
Cathleen C. Piazza Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David P. Jarmolowicz
David P. Jarmolowicz University of Kansas

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