EDITORIAL: TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN JEAB

Abstract

This special issue on translational research does not venture into completely new territory for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB), although it does reflect a recent trend in the behavioral sciences toward increased interest in research that extends basic principles of behavior beyond the laboratory. This special issue has two main purposes. The first is to showcase some of the excellent translational work that is currently being conducted in many different areas. The articles in this issue cover a wide assortment of topics and behavioral principles, ranging from an application of the matching law to the speech patterns of delinquent boys to an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study on risk perception in pathological gamblers. The second purpose of this special issue is to communicate our intention to publish more high-quality translational research as a regular part of future issues of JEAB. This special issue, and our plans to include more translational research in the future issues, therefore represent the continuation of a long tradition for JEAB. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)