Position: Professor

PhD Granting Institution: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Psy 259 - Statistics

Psy 259 - Statistics
Psy 311 - Learning

Animal learning and behavior, classical and operant conditioning, choice learning and decision making, self control and impulsiveness.

Current/Recent Research Projects:

Molecular analysis of choice behavior, ongoing research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Mazur, J. E. (2004). Risky choice: Selecting between certain and uncertain outcomes. Behavior Analysis Today, 5, 190-203.

Mazur, J. E. (2004). Varying initial-link and terminal-link durations in concurrent-chains schedules: A comparison of three models. Behavioural Processes, 66, 189-200.

Mazur, J. E. (2003). Effects of free food deliveries and delays on choice under concurrent-chains schedules. Behavioural Processes, 64, 251-260.

Mazur, J. E. (2002). Concurrent-chain performance in transition: Effects of terminal-link duration and individual reinforcers. Animal Learning and Behavior, 30, 249-260.

Mazur, J. E. (2002). Evidence against a constant-difference effect in concurrent-chains schedules . Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 77, 147-155.

Mazur, J. E. (2002). Learning and behavior (Fifth Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Mazur, J. E. (2001). Hyperbolic value addition and general models of animal choice. Psychological Review, 108, 96-112.

Mazur, J. E., Blake, N., & McManus, C. (2001). Transitional choice behavior in concurrent-chain schedules. Behavioural Processes, 53, 171-180.