Email brent.alsop@otago.ac.nz
Tel 64 3 479 7615
Dr Brent Alsop has been an Associate Editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour. His current research interests include the effects of reward on choice and decision making in humans and animals, and he has authored numerous articles in these areas.
Brent completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology at the University of Auckland, receiving his PhD in 1989. He spent 2 years in Canada at Dalhousie University as a Killam Postdoctoral Scholar before coming to the University of Otago. He has 20 years of university teaching experience, teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and over 25 years of research experience.
Teaching
- PSYC 111 Biological Bases of Behaviour
- PSYC 401 Behaviour Analysis
- PSYC 425 Advanced Topics in Behaviour Analysis
Research Interests
The effects of reward on choice and decision making in humans and animals.
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Publications
Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Alves, H., Vorderstrasse, V., Carrasco, K. D., Chuang, C.-C., & Tripp, G. (2023). Disrupted waiting behavior in ADHD: Exploring the impact of reward availability and predictive cues. Child Neuropsychology, 29(1), 76-95. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2068518
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Hannula, C., Jimenez-Gomez, C., Wu, W., Brewer, A. T., Kodak, T., Gilroy, S. P., … Alsop, B., & Podlesnik, C. A. (2020). Quantifying errors of bias and discriminability in conditional-discrimination performance in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Learning & Motivation, 71, 101659. doi: 10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101659
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Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Shimabukuro, S., & Tripp, G. (2019). Is increased sensitivity to punishment a common characteristic of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? An experimental study of response allocation in Japanese children. Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorders, 11, 433-443. doi: 10.1007/s12402-019-00307-6
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Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Caparelli-Dáquer, E. M., Casella, E. B., da Costa, R. Q. M., de Moura Queiroz, P., … Tripp, G. (2019). Behavioral adjustment to asymmetric reward availability among children with and without ADHD: Effects of past and current reinforcement contingencies. Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorders, 11, 149-158. doi: 10.1007/s12402-018-0265-x
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Furukawa, E., Shimabukuro, S., Alsop, B., & Tripp, G. (2017). Behavioral sensitivity of Japanese children with and without ADHD to changing reinforcer availability: An experimental study using signal detection methodology. Behavioral & Brain Functions, 13, 13. doi: 10.1186/s12993-017-0131-6
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Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Alves, H., Vorderstrasse, V., Carrasco, K. D., Chuang, C.-C., & Tripp, G. (2023). Disrupted waiting behavior in ADHD: Exploring the impact of reward availability and predictive cues. Child Neuropsychology, 29(1), 76-95. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2068518
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Hannula, C., Jimenez-Gomez, C., Wu, W., Brewer, A. T., Kodak, T., Gilroy, S. P., … Alsop, B., & Podlesnik, C. A. (2020). Quantifying errors of bias and discriminability in conditional-discrimination performance in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Learning & Motivation, 71, 101659. doi: 10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101659
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Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Caparelli-Dáquer, E. M., Casella, E. B., da Costa, R. Q. M., de Moura Queiroz, P., … Tripp, G. (2019). Behavioral adjustment to asymmetric reward availability among children with and without ADHD: Effects of past and current reinforcement contingencies. Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorders, 11, 149-158. doi: 10.1007/s12402-018-0265-x
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Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Shimabukuro, S., & Tripp, G. (2019). Is increased sensitivity to punishment a common characteristic of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder? An experimental study of response allocation in Japanese children. Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorders, 11, 433-443. doi: 10.1007/s12402-019-00307-6
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Beeby, E., & Alsop, B. (2017). Choice among two and three alternatives. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 107(3), 369-387. doi: 10.1002/jeab.258
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Beeby, E., & Alsop, B. (2017). Choosing among multiple alternatives: Relative and overall reinforcer rates. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 108(2), 204-222. doi: 10.1002/jeab.269
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Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Sowerby, P., Jensen, S., & Tripp, G. (2017). Evidence for increased behavioral control by punishment in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 58(3), 248-257. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12635
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Furukawa, E., Shimabukuro, S., Alsop, B., & Tripp, G. (2017). Behavioral sensitivity of Japanese children with and without ADHD to changing reinforcer availability: An experimental study using signal detection methodology. Behavioral & Brain Functions, 13, 13. doi: 10.1186/s12993-017-0131-6
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Alsop, B., Furukawa, E., Sowerby, P., Jensen, S., Moffat, C., & Tripp, G. (2016). Behavioral sensitivity to changing reinforcement contingencies in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 57(8), 947-956. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12561
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Furukawa, E., Bado, P., Tripp, G., Mattos, P., Wickens, J. R., Bramati, I. E., Alsop, B., … Moll, J. (2014). Abnormal striatal BOLD responses to reward anticipation and reward delivery in ADHD. PLoS ONE, 9(2), e89129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089129
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Douglas, K. M., Porter, R. J., Knight, R. G., & Alsop, B. (2013). The dynamics of word retrieval in major depression. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47, 276-283. doi: 10.1177/0004867412465124
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Lie, C., Baxter, J., & Alsop, B. (2013). The effect of opponent type on human performance in a three-alternative choice task. Behavioural Processes, 99, 87-94. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.005
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2010). Stimulus disparity and punisher control of human signal-detection performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 93(2), 185-201. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-185
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2009). Effects of point-loss punishers on human signal-detection performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 92(1), 17-39. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2009.92-17
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Sutherland, K. R., Alsop, B., McNaughton, N., Hyland, B. I., Tripp, G., & Wickens, J. R. (2009). Sensitivity to delay of reinforcement in two animal models of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Behavioural Brain Research, 205(2), 372-376. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.011
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Alsop, B., & Jones, B. M. (2008). Reinforcer control by comparison-stimulus color and location in a delayed matching-to-sample task. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 89(3), 311-331.
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Alsop, B. (2007). Problems with spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) as a model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 162, 42-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.12.002
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Crawford, M. A., Knight, R. G., & Alsop, B. L. (2007). Speed of word retrieval in postconcussion syndrome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13, 178-182. doi: 10.10170S135561770707021X
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Lie, C., & Alsop, B. (2007). Reinforcement and punishment in behavioral models of signal detection. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 33, 45-55.
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Alsop, B., & Porritt, M. (2006). Discriminability and sensitivity to reinforcer magnitude in a detection task. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 85, 41-56. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2006.91-04
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Gallagher, S., & Alsop, B. L. (2001). Effects of responce disparity on stimulus and reinforcer control in human detection tasks. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 75(2), 183-203.
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Tripp, G., & Alsop, B. (2001). Sensitivity to reward delay in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 42(5), 691-698.
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Johnstone, V., & Alsop, B. L. (2000). Reinforcer control and human signal-detection performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 73, 275-290.
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Johnstone, V., & Alsop, B. L. (1999). Stimulus presentation ratios and the outcomes for correct responses in signal-detection procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 72, 1-20.
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