WCLB Program 2020
Sessions will be held in Eccles Conference Center 205 (USU)
Friday, February 28: Arrival
6:00-8:00 p.m. Welcome dinner
Bull’s Head Grille
1111 N 800 E
Saturday, February 29: General Session and Student Showcase
Eccles Conference Center 207
3:45-4:00 p.m. Check-in and on-site registration
4:00-4:15 p.m. Amy L. Odum
Utah State University
Welcome address
4:15-4:45 p.m. William E. Sullivan1, Andrew R. Craig1, Kaitlyn O. Browning2, Nicole M. DeRosa1, Emily L. Baxter1, & Henry S. Roane1 (remote)
1SUNY Upstate Medical University
2Utah State University
Mitigating ABC renewal: The role of context discrimination
4:45-5:15 p.m. Susan Schenk
Victoria University of Wellington
Studying drug addiction: Humans, rats and zebrafish models
5:15-5:30 p.m. Break
5:30-6:00 p.m. Suzanne H. Mitchell
Oregon Health & Science University
Circadian variation in delay discounting: Considerations, preliminary data and future directions
6:00-6:30 p.m. Amy L. Odum, Caroline C. Towse, Jeremy H. Haynes, Kailey Morrissey, and Annie Galizio
Utah State University
A rat model of e-cigarette use: Preliminary data
6:30-6:45 p.m. Break
6:45-7:30 p.m. Student Showcase
Caroline C. Towse, Jeremy M. Haynes, Annie Galizio, Charles C. J. Frye, & Amy L. Odum
Utah State University
Delay discounting of food and water in rats shows trait characteristics
Deborah Sevigny-Resetco & Suzanne H. Mitchell
Oregon Health & Science University
Translational model for sex differences in delay discounting
Morgan N. DeLong & Daniel D. Holt
James Madison University
Rapid demand curves and delay discounting in the pigeon
8:00 p.m. Dinner
Tandoori Oven
1000 N 720 E
Sunday, March 1: Keynote Address and Focus Session
Eccles Conference Center 207
4:00-5:00 p.m. Keynote Address
Susan E. Swithers
Purdue University
The behavioral and metabolic effects of non-nutritive sweeteners: Time to dump the Diet Coke?
5:00-5:15 p.m. Break
5:15-5:45 p.m. Clara Cho
Utah State University
Role of methyl nutrients in hypothalamic development of food intake regulatory systems
5:45-6:15 p.m. Korry Hintze
Utah State University
Modeling the Western diet for chronic disease models
6:15-6:45 p.m. Erin B. Rasmussen, Luis Rodriquez, & Shelby Pemberton
Idaho State University
Effects of mindful eating on probability discounting for food in food insecure women
6:45-7:00 p.m. Break
7:00-7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
Susan E. Swithers, Clara Cho, Korry Hintze, Erin B. Rasmussen, & Amy L. Odum
Monday, March 2: General Session and Student Showcase
Eccles Conference Center 207
4:00-4:30 p.m. Andrew R. Craig
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Resurgence of drug seeking: A brief introduction
4:30-5:00 p.m. Emily L. Baxter, Brian K. Martens, Taysha Cerisier, Samantha J. Sallade, & Joshua Circe (remote)
Syracuse University
Effects of differential reinforcer magnitude on resurgence of academic responding
5:00-5:15 p.m. Break
5:15-5:45 p.m. Thomas S. Higbee, Alison Betz, Tyra Sellers, Kristen Kelley, Matthew Brodhead, Katie Harris, & Bethany Contreras
Utah State University
Behavior analytic strategies to promote varied verbal and play behavior in young children with autism spectrum disorder
5:45-6:15 p.m. Kerry A. Shea, Tyra P. Sellers, Sandra Smith, & Andrea Bullock
Utah State University
A computerized training to teach mothers to use vocal imitation with their infant
6:15-6:30 p.m. Break
6:30-7:15 p.m. Student Showcase
Kailey Morrissey, Annie Galizio, Jeremy M. Haynes, Caroline C. Towse, Diana Perez, & Amy L. Odum
Utah State University
Investigating generalization of reinforced variability in rats
Jay E. Hinnenkamp
Utah State University
Conditioned reinforcement: Rate or immediacy?
Annie Galizio, Thomas S. Higbee, & Amy L. Odum
Utah State University
Choice for variability in children with autism spectrum disorder
7:15-7:30 p.m. Amy L. Odum
Utah State University
Closing address