PUBLICATIONS:

in press

McSweeney, F. K., & Murphy, E. S. (in press). Habituation. In N. Salkind (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., & Kowal, B. P. (in press). Motivation to consume alcohol in rats: The role of habituation. In F. H. Columbus (Ed.), Psychology of Motivation. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.

2006

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., Kowal, B. P., McDonald, J., & Wiediger, R. V. (2006). Spontaneous recovery and dishabituation of ethanol-reinforced responding in alcohol-preferring rats. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, 471-482.

Wright, J. W., Meighan, S. E., Murphy, E. S., Holtfreter, K. L., Davis, C. J., Olson, M. L., Benoist, C. C., Muhunthan, K., & Harding, J. W. (2006). Habituation of the head-shake response induces changes in brain matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) and -9. Behavioural Brain Research, 174, 78-85.

2005

McSweeney, F. K., Kowal, B. P., Murphy, E. S., & Wiediger, R. (2005). Stimulus change
dishabituates operant responding supported by water reinforcers. Behavioural Processes,
70
, 235-246.

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2005). McSweeney, Murphy, and Kowal:
Reply to Branch (2005), Rowlett (2005), and Siegel (2005). Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 13, 194-199.

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2005). Regulation of drug taking by
sensitization and habituation. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 13, 163-184.

Murphy, E. S., Harding, J. W., Muhunthan, K., Holtfreter, K., & Wright, J. W. (2005). Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases during recovery from head-shake response habituation in rats. Brain Research, 1050, 170-179.

2004

McSweeney, F. K., Kowal, B. P., Murphy, E. S., & Isava, D. M. (2004). Dishabituation produces interactions during multiple schedules. Learning and Motivation, 35, 419-434.

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2004). Extinguished operant responding shows stimulus specificity. Behavioural Processes, 65, 211-220.

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2004). Varying reinforcer duration produces behavioral interactions during multiple schedules. Behavioural Processes, 66, 83-100.

McSweeney, F. K., Swindell, S., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2004). The relation of multiple-schedule behavioral contrast to deprivation, time in session, and within-session changes in responding. Learning & Behavior, 32, 190-201.

Wright, J. W., Murphy, E. S., Elijah, I. E., Holtfreter, K. L., Davis, C. J., Olson, M. L., Muhunthan, K., & Harding, J. W. (2004). Influence of hippocampectomy on habituation, exploratory behavior, and spatial memory in rats. Brain Research, 1023, 1-14.

2003

McSweeney, F. K., Kowal, B. P., & Murphy, E. S. (2003). The effect of rate of reinforcement and time in session on preference for variability. Learning & Behavior, 31, 225-241.

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2003). Dishabituation by component transitions may contribute to the interactions observed during multiple schedules. Behavioural Processes, 64, 77-89.

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., & Kowal, B. P. (2003). Within-session decreases in operant responding as a function of pre-session feedings. The Psychological Record, 53, 313-326.

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., Smith, R. G., & McComas, J. J. (2003). Dynamic changes in reinforcer effectiveness: Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications for applied research. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 421-438.

Swindell, S., McSweeney, F. K., & Murphy, E. S. (2003). Dynamic changes in the size of behavioral contrast. The Behavior Analyst Today, 4, 199-208.

2001

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2001). Dynamic changes in reinforcer value: Some misconceptions and why you should care. The Behavior Analyst Today, 2, 341-349.

McSweeney, F. K., Murphy, E. S., & Kowal, B. P. (2001). Within-session changes in responding during concurrent variable interval variable ratio schedules. Behavioural Processes, 55, 163-179.

2000

McSweeney, F. K., & Murphy, E. S. (2000). Criticisms of the satiety hypothesis as an explanation for within-session decreases in responding. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 74, 347-361.

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