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Dr. Dean C. Williams

 

Ph.D., Behavior Analysis/Psychology
University of Florida

Associate Scientist

University of Kansas
Life Span Institute at Parsons
2601 Gabriel Parsons, Kansas 67357
(620) 421-6550 Extension 1893
deanwms@ku.edu

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Areas of Interest

Behavioral pharmacology of mental retardation: Behavioral selectivity of psychoactive
medications--drug effects on cognitive and aberrant behaviors

Environmental and physiological causes/determinants of aberrant behavior in mental retardation

Stimulus control, attention, and categorization in humans

Continuous dimensions of operant behavior


Funded Projects

Laboratory Models of Maladaptive Escape Behaviors


Representative Publications and Presentations

O'Donnell, J., Crosbie, J., Williams, D. C., & Saunders, K. J. (in press). Stimulus control and generalization of response-cost punishment with humans. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

Saunders, K. J., & Williams, D. C. (1998). Stimulus-control procedures. In K. A. Lattal & M. Perone (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in human operant behavior (pp. 193-228). New York: Plenum.

Williams, D. C., Dube, W. V., Johnston, M. D., & Saunders, K. J. (1998). Conditional vs. trial-unique delayed matching to sample. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 103, 186-192.

Williams, D. C., & Saunders, K. J. (1997). Methodological issues in the study of drug effects on cognitive skills in mental retardation. In N. W. Bray (Ed.), International review of research in mental retardation (Vol. 21, pp. 147-185). New York: Academic Press.

Williams, D. C., & Johnston, J. M. (1992). Incorporating continuous response and stimulus dimensional quantities in schedule contingencies. The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 58, 205-227.


Recent Awards and Service

Board of Editors, The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Guest Reviewer, American Journal on Mental Retardation

Guest Reviewer, The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

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