Complex Learning Lab
My laboratory is now studying the:
Lanny Fields, Ph D
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• New paradigms for establishing equivalence
classes
• Effects of nodal structure on relational strength
in equivalence classes,
• Complex category formation by merger of
equivalence and perceptual classes
• Neural concomitants of equivalence classes
• Contextually guided classification of symbols
• Equivalence based instruction of college level
subject matter
Current projects:
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Event Related Potential Correlates of Nodal Distance Effects in Equivalence Classes
Multi-element Attention: Correspondences between Complex Graphs and Descriptions
Inducing Written Descriptions of Complex Data by Equivalence Class Formation
Steady State Effects of Nodal Distance in Large Multi-nodal Equivalence Classes
Teaching Statistical Interaction via Equivalence Based Instruction
Recent Publications:
Fields, L., & Garruto, M. (2009). Varieties of stimulus control in conditional discrimination
learning: A kernel analysis. The Psychological Record, 60, 1-24.
Fields, L. (2009). The synthesis of complex categories from perceptual and equivalence classes:
Effects of training and testing parameters. The European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 10,
205-227.
Fields, L., Travis, R., Yadlovker, D. E., Roy, D., de Aguiar-Rocha, L., & Sturmey, P. (2009).
Equivalence class formation: A method for teaching statistical interactions. Journal of
Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 575-593.
Fields, L., Doran, E., & Marroquin, M. (2009). Equivalence class formation in a trace stimulus
pairing two-response format: Effects of response labels and prior programmed transitivity
induction. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 91, 57-84.
Fields, L., & Garruto, M. ( 2009). Linked perceptual classes: Formation and response transfer.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 91,225-252
“I am interested in stimulus control and equivalence,
and entered Dr. Fields’ lab. We’re working on several
projects that have both basic and applied significance:
measuring attention to complex information, which is
complex stimulus control, and using equivalence class
formation to teach statistical interaction. It’s this
combination of the two types of research, basic and
practical, that I find ideal.”
Jack Spear
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Robert Travis
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Erica Doran
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“Over the past year, I have worked on studies assessing
concept formation. Specifically, we have developed a
computer program that has been used to study the
neural correlates of equivalence class formation.
My research interests include the efficacy of using
procedures other matching-sample to establish
equivalence classes, and the extent to which nodal
structure effects equivalence class formation and the
relatedness of stimuli in an equivalence class.”
“After over a decade as a practicing attorney, I missed
the intellectual stimulation of academia and the
pursuit of new knowledge. Thus, I decided to earn an
advanced degree in psychology. I was drawn to this
program because of my affinity to a behavioral
perspective, its’ well-rounded and well-respected
faculty, the collegiality of the other students, its
flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Once in the program,
I joined the Learning Lab. My research focuses on the
parameters and procedures that enhance the
formation of equivalence classes.”