School of Psychology: Research Students

  MR. JON GRETAR SIGURJONSSON

   Office Rm. 121, Cois Abhainn
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   E-mail Jón Grétar Sigurjónsson

Education

BA (Psych), Iceland

Research

The title of my postgraduate research is "Electrophysiological activity during stimulus class formation" and it is supervised by Dr. Denis O'Hora and is co-supervised by Dr. Ian Stewart. Dr. Geraldine Leader and Dr. Mike Keane are also a part of my thesis committee.

General research interests include the following:

• The Experimental Analysis of Behaviour
  Language and cognition, electrophysiological activity during stimulus class formation, biobehaviourism, language learning and acquisition of language.
• Philosophical Issues in Psychology
  Mind body dualism in psychology, behaviourism as a branch of eliminative materialism, selectionism in behavioural explanations, a priori truths in psychological research, inter-theoretical dialogues.

Professional Membership

• Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABA International)
• Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis (ICEABA)
• The International Behaviorological Institute (TIBI)

Academic Activities

• Currently organising the first peer reviewed Icelandic journal in behaviour analysis which will also be the first internationally recognised peer reviewed journal in Icelandic. I will edit the field of philosophy, basic research and methodology.
• Currently working with Dr. Kristján Guðmundsson on translating a selection of B.F. Skinners articles into Icelandic to be published by The Icelandic Literary Society.

Publications

Editor

• Sigurjónsson, J.G., Thomasdottir, J.K. and Líndal, P.J. (2005). Where is it now? The legacy of behaviorism in the 21st century. Reykjavík: University Press.

Additional Publications

• Sigurjónsson, J.G., Thomasdottir, J.L. and Líndal, P.J. (2004). A 100th Birthday Conference, Behaviorology Today, 7, 2.

Manuscripts in Preparation or Submitted for Publication

• Sigurjónsson, J.G., O’Hora, D., Keane, M., Stewart I. and Leader, G.(In Preperation). Electrophysiology in Behavioral Research.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G. (In Preperation). Are Private Events Neural Activity?

Presentations and Posters

• Sigurjónsson, J.G. and O’Hora, D. (2009). Frequency vs. Power Analysis of EEG Signals in the Analysis of Stimulus Equivalence. Paper presented at the symposium: Electrophysiology and Learning: Methodological Considerations, Experimental Results and Future Research, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, Arizona, U. S. A., May 2009.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G., O’Hora, D., Stewart, I. and Leader, G. (2009). Is behaviour analysis being left behind? Some recent advances in biological sciences. Paper presented at the symposium: Opening Pandora's Black Box: Current Behavioural Research on Cognitive and Biological Phenomena, held during the Behaviour Analysis Ireland annual conference, Galway, Ireland, April 2009.
• O’Hora, D., Tyndall, I. T. & Sigurjónsson, J.G. (2008). The Effect of Phonological and Orthographic Interference on Stimulus Equivalence Relations. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, U. S. A.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G., O’Hora, D., Stewart, I.T. and Leader, G. (2008). Manipulating biological variables: Some noteworthy advances in cognitive neuroscience. Paper presented at the symposium; Recent theoretical developments and empirical findings from beyond the borders of behavior analysis, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, Il, USA, May 2008.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G. (2008). Biological behaviourism: A contradiction or a perfect relationship?. Presentation at the Department of Psychology Colloquium at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, September, 2008.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G., Keane, M.A., O’Hora, D., Stewart, I.T. and Leader, G. (2008). Derived relations and electrophysiological activity: Individual alpha frequencies during training and testing of equivalence classes. Paper presented at the symposium; Contemporary issues in stimulus control I, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, Il, USA, May 2008.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G., Stewart, I.T. and Leader, G. (2007). Electrophysiological activity during stimulus class formation. Paper presented at the first annual conference of Behaviour Analysis Ireland, Dublin, March, 2007.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G. (2008). Electrophysiological activity during relational responding. Presentation at the Language and Cognition lab at the Department of Psychology, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Mi, U.S.A., May 2008.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G. (2008). Electrophysiological activity during relational responding: Basic concepts and possible applications. Presentation at the Performance Management lab at the Department of Psychology, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Mi, U.S.A., May 2008.
• Magnússon, A.F., Sigurjónsson, J.G., Ragnarsdóttir, G.A. and Flosason, T.O. (2008). Icelandic Association for Behavior Analysis. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, U. S. A.
• Sigurjonsson, J.G., Leader, G. & Stewart, I. (2007). Electrophysiological Activity During Stimulus Class Formation. Paper presented at the symposium; Stimulus Control And Neurobiological Measures, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, Ca., USA, May 2007.
• Sigurjónsson, J.G. (2007). ABA in Europe: A student perspective from an Icelander in Ireland. Paper presented at the symposium; Behavior Analysis Around the World, held during the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, Ca., USA, May 2007.

Scholarships/Awards

• 2004: Received 500$ from the B.F. Skinner foundation to support a conference in Skinners honour
• 2006: Received Conference Travel Funding (500 Euro) from National University of Ireland, Galway
• 2007: Selected SABA (Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis) Student Presenter at the 2007 annual conference in San Diego
• 2008: Selected SABA (Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis) Student Presenter at the 2008 annual conference in Chicago
• 2008: Received travel bursary from the College of Arts, National University of Ireland Galway
• 2009: Received travel bursary from the College of Arts, National University of Ireland, Galway

Links

Personal

• Personal Website

Philosophy

• Alan Sokal Author of the Sokal Hoax.
• Cogprints A great selection of papers in cognitive science.
• David Chalmers: People and papers in philosophy
• Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
• Quentin Smith
• Daniel Dennett
• The Unofficial Stephen Jay Gould Archive
• The Unofficial Richard Dawkins Website
• Zenon Pylyshyn

Psychology

• Cambridge Centre for Cognitive Studies
• B.F. Skinner Foundation
• Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABA)
• Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (SQUAB)
• The International Behaviorological Institute (TIBI)
• Tufts Centre for Cognitive Studies
• Neurosciences on the Internet

Journals

• Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
• The Behavior Analyst
• The Analysis of Verbal Behavior
• Behavior and Philosophy
• Behavior Analyst Today
• Evolutionary Psychology
• The Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention
• The International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy
• Speech and Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis

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