Representative Publications

Normand, M. P., Machado, M. A., Hustyi, K. M., & Morley, A. J. (accepted pending revisions). Infant sign training and functional analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Hustyi, K. M., Normand, M. P., & Larson, T. A. (accepted pending revisions). Shaping physical activity in obese pre-school children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Normand, M. P., & Beaulieu, L. (accepted pending revisions). Further evaluation of response-independent delivery of preferred stimuli on child compliance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Normand, M. P., Kestner, K.M., & Jessel, J. (in press). An analysis of treatment failure with the high-p instruction sequence. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Normand, M. P., & Osborne, M. R. (2010). Promoting healthier food choices by college students using individualized dietary feedback. Behavioral Interventions, 25, 183-190. [abstract]

Lafrance, D., Wilder, D. A., Normand, M. P., & Squires, J. L. (2009). Extending the assessment of functions of vocalizations in children with limited verbal repertoires. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 25, 19-32 . [abstract]

Normand, M. P. (2009). Much ado about nothing? Some comments on B.F. Skinner’s definition of verbal behavior. The Behavior Analyst, 32, 185-190. [abstract]

Donaldson, J. M., & Normand, M. P. (2009). Increasing calorie expenditure through task-clarification, self-monitoring, goal-setting, and feedback. Behavioral Interventions, 24, 73-83. [abstract]

Normand, M. P. (2008). Increasing physical activity through self-monitoring, goal-setting, and feedback. Behavioral Interventions, 23, 227-236. [abstract]

Normand, M. P. (2008). Science, skepticism, and applied behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1, 42-49.

Zuluaga, C. A., & Normand, M. P. (2008). Evaluation of the high-probability instruction sequence with and without programmed reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 453-457. [abstract]

Normand, M. P., Severtson, E.S., & Beavers, G. A. (2008). A functional analysis of non-vocal verbal behavior of a young child with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 24, 63-67. [abstract]

Normand, M., & Dallery, J. (2007). Mercury rising: Exposing the vaccine-autism myth. Skeptic, 13, 32-36.

Bullock, C., & Normand, M. P. (2006). The effects of a high-probability instruction sequence and response-independent reinforcer delivery on child compliance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39, 495-499. [abstract]

Wilder, D. A., Normand, M. P., & Atwell, J. (2005). Noncontingent reinforcement as treatment for self-injury and food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 549-553. [abstract]

Byrne, T., & Normand, M. (2000). The demon-haunted sentence: A skeptical analysis of reverse speech. The Skeptical Inquirer, 24, 46-49.

Poling, A., & Normand, M. (1999). Noncontingent reinforcement: An inappropriate description of time-based schedules that reduce behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 32, 237-238. [abstract]