Recent Learning Publications

• Palya, William L. & Allan, Robert (2003). Dynamical concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Vol. 79, 1-20.
• Palya, William L. & Bowers, Matthew T. (2003). Stimulus control in fixed interfood intervals. Learning & Behavior, Vol. 31, 22-34.
• Hurst, P., & Palya, W. L. (2003). Selecting an effective BBS Process. September 2003, 39-41.
• Palya, W. L., Walter, D., Kessel, R., & Lucke, R. (2002). Linear Modeling of Steady-State Behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 77, 3-27.
  This article is a featured article on the JEAB website . A pdf version can be downloaded from that site.
• Palya, W. L. & Powell, C. P. (2000). Differential conditioning based on a difference in the predictability of reinforcement. Learning and Motivation, 31, 402-415.
• Palya, W. L. & Walter, D. (1997). Rate of a maintained operant as a function of temporal position within a session . Animal Learning & Behavior, 25, 291-300.
• Palya, W. L., Walter, D., Kessel, R., & Lucke, R. (1996). Investigating behavioral dynamics with a fixed-time extinction schedule and linear analysis . Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 66, 915-409.
• Palya, W. L. & Chu, J. Y. M. (1996). Real-time dynamics in the interaction between a trial stimulus and its temporal context . Animal Learning & Behavior, 24, 92-104.
• Palya, W. L. (1993). Bipolar control in fixed interfood intervals . Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 60, 345-359.
• Palya, W. L. (1992). Dynamics in the fine structure of schedule-controlled behavior . Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 57, 267-287.
• Palya, W. L. (1991). A catalyst for discussion on observables, inference, and behaviorism . The Behavior Analyst, 14, 247.
• Palya, W. L. & Bevins, R. A. (1990). Serial conditioning as a function of stimulus, response, and temporal dependencies . Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 53, 65-85.

Recent Technical Publications

• Chu, J. Y. M., Palya, W. L., & Walter, D. E. (1995). Creating hypertext markup language document for an information server. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 27, 200-205.
• Palya, W. L., Walter, D. E., & Chu , J. Y. M. (1995). An inexpensive 1- millisecond experiment control interface for IBM PCs and its user-friendly control language . Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 27, 129-130.
• Palya, W. L. & Walter, D. E. (1993). A powerful, inexpensive experiment controller or IBM PC interface and experiment control language . Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 25, 127-136.
• Palya, W. L. (1991). Laser printers as powerful tools for the scientific visualization of behavior. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 23, 277-282.

Editorial/Governing Board Memberships

• Association for Behavior Analysis: Experimental Analysis of Behavior Coordinator 1996-current
• Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1996-1999.
• Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, 1994-current.
• Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 1990-current.
• President, Society for Computers in Psychology, 1994-1995.
• The Behavior Analyst, 1991-1993.
• Society for Computers in Psychology, 1993-1995.

Recent Conferences Organized

• 1994-1999 Program Chair for Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior .
• 1992 Program Chair for American Psychological Association , Division 25.
• 1991 Program Chair for Society for Computers in Psychology .
• 1990 Co-Program Chair (with M. J. Marr) for Jacksonville Conference on Behavior Dynamics, June 1-3. Papers published in special issue of Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1992, Vol. 57.
• 1988,1990,1992 Program Chair for Atlanta Area Behavior Analysts Meeting.

Documents

• Palya, W. L. The Conceptual Foundations of Behavior Analysis Vol. 1 (Ed 1.01 2001. (Develops logical foundations.) 251 pages.
• Palya, W. L. Lecture Notes for Conditioning and Learning (Ed. 2.3, 2001). (Presents conceptual framework and Facts.) 485 pages.
• Palya, W. L. Experimental Methods Laboratory Manual (11.0 Ed., 1996). (Illustrates basic principles.) 280 pages.
• Palya, W. L., & Walter, D. E. Document set for the High Performance Experiment Controller (Rev. 1.2, 1993). (Provides instruction set and other information.) 217 pages.
• Palya, W. L. Research Methods Lecture Notes Vol. 2 (1st Ed., 1992. (Develops statistical foundations.) 305 pages.
• Palya, W. L., & Walter, D. E. Document set for Experiment Controller(Rev. 2.0, 1990). (Provides instruction set and other information.) 172 pages.

Videos Produced ( SQAB-Invited Preeminent Tutorials From Basics to Contemporary Paradigms)

• Aversive Events and Behavior - Philip N. Hineline (1997) - (59 + 5 min discussion)
• Behavioral Economics - Steven R. Hursh (1998) - (62 + 11 min discussion)
• Behavioral Momentum - John A. Nevin (1998) - (53 + 6 min discussion)
• Chaos - James T. Townsend (1997) - (57 min)
• Choice - William M. Baum (1998) - (48 + 8 min discussion)
• Delay Reduction - Edmund J. Fantino (1997) - (53 min)
• Dynamics - John E. R. Staddon (1996) - (52 + 5 min discussion)
• Ecological Psychology - Michael T. Turvey (1999) - (54 min)
• Evolution - Paul T. Andronis (1999) - (58 min)
• Matching - Howard Rachlin (1996) - (56 + 17 min discussion)
• Matching Law, The - Gene M. Heyman (1997) - (58 min)
• Neural Networks - John W. Donahoe (1999) - (59 min)
• Radical Behaviorism - John C. Malone (1999) - (51 + 50 min - 2 tapes)
• Scientist/Practitioner in Behavior Analysis, The: A Case Study - Murray Sidman (1998) - (52 min)
• Signal Detection - John T. Wixted (1998) - (50 + 6 min discussion)
• Timing - Peter R. Killeen (1999) - (52 + 12 min discussion)
• Radical Behaviorism - John Malone (1999) - (1:41 min)
• Behavioral Pharmacology - Marc Branch (2000) - (53 + 5 min discussion)
• Evolution, Behavioral Variation, and Plasticity - Gordon Burghardt (2000) - (47 + 7 min discussion)
• What Reinforcers Do to Behavior - Michael Davison (2001)
• Quantification - Randolph Grace (2001)
• Behavior Systems - William Timberlake (2001)
• Self-control, Choice, and the (Non-Rational) Form of the Discounting Function - Leonard Green (2001)

Websites

• SEBAC (Southeastern Behavior Analysis Center) image based presentation of research material approximately 250 pages and 120 Mbytes of material (receives about 360 page requests/2600 raw hits per day).
• Encyclopedia of Psychology Hierarchical set of links to content sites in Psychology, approximately 2000 links (receives about 4000 page requests/14000 raw hits per day; generates about 35 referrals per day to the JSU web pages).
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Guest Reviewer

• National Science Foundation
• Small Business Innovative Research Program
• National Institutes of Health Consultant
• Psychological Bulletin
• Animal Learning & Behavior
• Learning and Motivation
• Physiology and Behavior
• Behaviour Processes
• American Psychologist
• Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Society for Computers in Psychology
• Southeastern Psychological Association
• McGraw-Hill
• Elsevier
• Tenure and Promotion Committees, various US universities
• International Science and Engineering Fair, Special Award Judge, 1994.

Awards

• 1992 Jacksonville State University Faculty Scholar.

Grants Received

• $147,000. National Science Foundation, 1989-1992. Development of a Distributed Research Environment for Behavioral and Cognitive Science.
• $68,000. National Institutes of Health, 1989-1991. Determinants of Responding in Clocked Fixed-Time Schedules.
• $4,000. National Science Foundation, 1990-1992. Research Experiences for Undergraduates.
• $150,000. Eminent Scholar Program, Jacksonville State University . 1989-1990. Funding to bring an eminent scholar to the university for one year and to provide for an international conference.
• $23,000. Jacksonville State University Faculty Research Grants. 1985-2001

Memberships

• The Psychonomic Society
• Association for Behavior Analysis
• Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior
• American Psychological Association
• Society for Computers in Psychology
• Southeastern Association of Behavior Analysts
• Southeastern Psychological Association