Upcoming Events

Spring 2025

Tuesdays, 4:00-5:00pm ET via Zoom

January 21, 2025: Sixth Annual CBEHR Science Exchange
Student and Early Career Investigator Presentations

1. Justin Van Heukelom, Ph.D [Dept of HEB]. Developing a distributed choice task for use in health behavior research.
2. Abigail Masterson, M.S. [Dept of HEB]. Proposing using the sexual probability discounting task in a sample of bisexual+ women.
3. Maribel Rodriguez Perez, M.A. [Dept of HEB]. Hypothetical food purchase tasks to evaluate reinforcing value of animal products.
4. Alexandra (Lexi) Knerr, M.A. [Dept. of Psychology]. Behavioral economic interactions between e-cigarette and social media purchasing.                                                                                      
5.  Caeli V. Cormier Staikos, M.S. [Dept. of Psychology]. Comparing methods of assessing stimulus preference in Bubalus Bubalis on a sanctuary farm.
6. Shea Cunningham, M.S. [Dept. of HEB]. Recruitment methodologies and comparisons among women with physical limitations

Link to the recording of the Science Exchange: https://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/db7612895beb46bd834802c73d341eaa1d

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February 11, 2025

Valuation of delayed alcohol and hyper-palatable food: caveats to Reinforcer Pathology Model?

Richard Yi, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research & Treatment, Department of Psychology, The University of Kansas

Dr. Yi employs behavioral economic approaches to examine basic decision and behavioral processes associated with health, with focus on valuation of delayed outcomes (delay discounting) and dynamic inconsistency as principal factors in addiction and relapse. His research has also explored approaches to remediate accelerated delay discounting associated with health-compromising behaviors. He is also broadly interested in the intersection of intertemporal and interpersonal decision-making.

Link to recording of Dr. Yi's seminar:

https://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/565c3cf60a794b4fb5d4f0608cdae5ea1d

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April 8, 4:00-5:00pm

Title and registration link - TBA

Cynthia Pietras, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University

Dr. Pietras' area of expertise in behavioral analysis include experimental analysis of human and nonhuman behavior, pro-social behavior (e.g., cooperation, altruism) and aggressive behavior, risky choices and self-control, behavioral pharmacology and behavioral ecology.