These blogs focus on symbolic behavior and derived relational responding, with an emphasis on Relational Frame Theory’s goal of predicting and influencing human behavior with precision and broad scope.
In this month’s ABAI Symbolic Language and Thought blog we have insights from Dr. Colin Harte and Prof. Dermot Barnes-Holmes on the verbal sense of self and consciousness. This one …
Happy New Year ABAIers! Today I am thrilled to have colleague, friend and RFT expert Dr. Nigel Vahey talking RFT and embracing loss to gain what matters. This blog has …
In this month’s blog I am thrilled to have RFT father Dermot Barnes-Holmes talking RFT and prosocial behavior in the time of a pandemic. Dermot was my PhD supervisor many …
1 In this month’s blog I am delighted to have RFT and adolescence expert Orla Moran talking about behavior analysis and self vs. other. Orla was my first PhD student …
Louise McHugh: I am a Professor in the School of Psychology, University College Dublin. My research interests are in the area of Behavior Analysis, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and …
In this month’s blog I am thrilled to have Siri Ming one of my favourite researchers and authors in the area of relational frame theory. We had originally discussed Siri …
For the March ABAI Symbolic Language and Thought Blog I am thrilled to have Dr. Lynn Farrell talking about Behavior Analysis and gender bias in STEM. Lynn was a doctoral …
In this month’s blog I am grateful to introduce you to one of the University College Dublin, Contextual Behavioural Science Lab’s (UCD CBS lab) rising stars, Alison Stapleton. In her …
Louise McHugh: I am an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, University College Dublin. I have published over 90 papers and two books in the area of Behavior Analysis, …
Cognitive defusion is one of the most researched components of the psychological flexibility model underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, but yet remains one of the most intensely debated in terms …
