John Staddon, Professor Emeritus

Research Summary:
John Staddon works on evolution, biological and social, and mechanisms of learning. Recent topics are timing and memory, feeding regulation, and successive induction and the ways in which animals, people and society adapt to reward schedules in the lab and in life. Theoretical work involves both analytical and computer-simulation studies of functional and mechanistic models for behavior and economics.

Specialties:

Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Staddon, J.E.R. (2001). Adaptive Dynamics: The Theoretical Analysis of Behavior.. Cambridge, MA: MIT/Bradford.
2. Staddon, J.E.R. (2001). The New Behaviorism: Mind, Mechanism and Society.. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
3. Staddon, J. E. R. & Cerutti, D. T. (2003). Operant behavior.. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 115-144.  [abs]
4. Staddon, J.E.R. (2004). Scientific imperialism and behaviorist epistemology.. Philosophy & Behavior, 32, 231-242.  [abs]
5. Staddon, J.E.R. & Higa, J.J. (1999). Time and memory: Towards a pacemaker-free theory of interval timing. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 71, 215-251.  [abs] [author's comments]
6. Staddon, J.E.R., Chelaru, I.M., & Higa, J.J. (2002). Habituation, Memory and the Brain: The Dynamics of Interval Timing. Behavioural Processes, 57, 71-88.  [abs]

Postdocs Mentored

• Jeremie Jozefowiez (February 29, 2003 - 2007)  
• Jennifer J Higa (1991/06-1999/07)