Representative Publications and Presentations

Behavioral Economics Center

Hursh, S.R., & Silberberg, A. (2008). Economic demand and essential value. Psychological Review, 155(1), 186-198.

Winger, G., Galuska, C. M., Hursh, S. R., & Woods, J. H. (2006). Relative reinforcing effects of cocaine, remifentanil, and their combination in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 318, 223-229.

Hursh, S. R., Galuska, C. M., Winger, G., & Woods, J.H. (2005). The economics of drug abuse: A quantitative assessment of drug demand, Molecular Interventions, 5(1), 20-28.

Hursh, S.R. (2000). Behavioral economic concepts and methods for studying health behavior. In W.K. Bickel and R.E. Vuchinich (Eds.), Reframing Health Behavior Change with Behavioral Economics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hursh, S.R., & Winger, G. (1995). Normalized demand for drugs and other reinforcers. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 64, 373-384.

Hursh, S.R. (1991). Behavioral economics of drug self-administration and drug abuse policy. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 56, 377-393.

Hursh, S. R., Raslear, T. G., Shurtleff, D., Bauman, R., & Simmons, L. (1988). A cost-benefit analysis of demand for food. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 50, 419-440.

Raslear, T.G., Bauman, R.A., Hursh, S.R., Shurtleff, D., & Simmons, L. (1988). Rapid demand curves for behavioral economics. Animal Learning and Behavior, 16, 330-339.

Hursh, S.R. (1984). Behavioral economics. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 42, 435-452.

Hursh, S.R. (1980). Economic concepts for the analysis of behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 34, 219-238.

Hursh, S.R. (1978). The economics of daily consumption controlling food and water reinforced responding. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 29, 475-491.

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Human Performance Center

Emurian, H.H., Canfield, K., Roma, P.G., Gasior, E.D., Brinson, Z.S., Hienz, R.D., Hursh, S.R., & Brady J.V. Behavioral Systems Management of Confined Microsocieties: An Agenda for Research and Applications. Presented at the 39th International Conference On Environmental Systems, Savannah, GA, July 12-16, 2009. Program:, Presentation:

Hienz, R.D., Brady, J.V., Hursh, S.R., Gasior, E.D., Spence, K.R., & Emurian, H.H. (2008). Effects of Incentives on Psychosocial Performances in Simulated Space-Dwelling Groups. Acta Astronautica, 63(7-10), 800-810.

Brady, J.V. (2007). Behavior analysis in the space age. The Behavior Analyst Today, 8(4), 398-412.

Emurian, H.H., & Brady, J.V. (2007). Behavioral health management of space dwelling groups: Safe passage beyond earth orbit. The Behavior Analyst Today, 8(2), 113-135.

Brady, J.V., Hursh, S.R., Hienz, R.D., Basior, E.D., & Spence, K.R. Psychosocial performance incentives in simulated space-dwelling groups. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Workshop, Houston, TX, February 13, 2007.

Hienz, R.D., Brady, J.V., Hursh, S.R., Banner, M.J., Gasior, E.D., & Spence, K.R. (2007). Communication constraints, indexical countermeasures, and crew configuration effects in simulated space-dwelling groups. Acta Astronautica, 60, 362-378.

Brady, J.V. (2005). Behavioral health: The propaedeutic requirement. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 76(6), Section II, B13-B24.

Hursh, S.R., Redmond, D.P., Johnson, M.L., Thorne, D.R., Belenky, G., Balkin, T.J., Storm, W.F., Miller, J.C., & Eddy, D.R. (2004). Fatigue models for applied research in warfighting. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 75(3), 44-53.

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Education Center

Emurian, H.H. Programmed Instruction and Interteaching Applications to Technology Education. Presented at the Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, AZ, May 22-26, 2009.

Emurian, H.H. (2008). Applications of behavior analysis to ICT education: Teaching Java with programmed instruction and interteaching. In L. Tomei (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration. Hershey, PA: IRM Press.

Emurian, H.H., Holden, H.K., & Abarbanel, R.A. (2008). Managing programmed instruction and collaborative peer tutoring in the classroom: Applications in teaching Java™. Computers in Human Behavior, 24(2), 576 - 614.

Emurian, H.H. (2007). Teaching Java™: Managing instructional tactics to optimize student learning. International Journal of Information & Communication Technology Education, 3(4), 34-49.

Emurian, H.H. (2007). Programmed instruction for teaching Java: Consideration of learn unit frequency and rule-test performance. The Behavior Analyst Today, 8(1), 70 - 88.

Emurian, H.H. (2005). Web-based programmed instruction: Evidence of rule-governed behavior. Computers in Human Behavior, 21(6), 893 - 915.

Emurian, H.H., Wang, J., & Durham, A.G. (2003). Analysis of learner performance on a tutoring system for Java. In T. McGill (Ed.), Current Issues in IT Education (pp. 46-76). Hershey, PA: IRM Press.

Emurian, H.H., & Durham, A.G. (2003). Computer-based tutoring systems: A behavioral approach. In J.A. Jacko & A. Sears (Eds.), Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 677-697), Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Emurian, H.H. (2001). The consequences of e-Learning. (Editorial), Information Resources Management Journal, Apr-Jun, 3-5.

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