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Optimizing Dimensions of Reinforcement
Sponsor: Auburn University
Summary
This study is designed to better understand how certain features of reinforcement affect learning and motivation in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Participants will take part in a series of structured teaching sessions that involve simple tasks and reward-based feedback. By changing the timing and amount of rewards, we aim to learn how these factors influence the ability to acquire and maintain new skills. This information may help improve behavioral interventions for individuals with IDD in the future. The study does not involve medications or procedures intended to change participants' health status.
Official title: Optimizing Dimensions of Reinforcement to Enhance Behavioral Interventions
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2024-10-07
Completion Date
2026-08
Last Updated
2025-08-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Operant Conditioning Tasks with Reinforcement Manipulations
This behavioral intervention involves structured operant conditioning tasks. Reinforcement parameters (e.g., schedule arrangement, magnitude, and probability) are systematically manipulated to evaluate their effects on behavioral allocation. The primary objective is to assess how variations in reinforcement contingencies influence choice patterns. The procedures are designed to examine fundamental behavioral processes rather than to provide therapeutic benefit.
Locations (3)
Center for Autism Research, Treatment, and Training
Auburn, Alabama, United States
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Oakland University
Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States