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Rafaela Fontes, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
  • Bickel Lab
  • Utah State University, Ph.D., Psychology
  • University of Brasilia, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences
  • Unversity of Brasilia, M.S., Behavioral Sciences
  • University of Sergipe, B.A., Psychology

 

Postdoctoral Associate, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Utah

Lecturer, Brasilia Institute for Behavioral Analysis, Brazil 

Lecturer, Department of Psychology, IESGO College, Brazil

Early Career Poster Award, National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science, 2024

APA Division 25 SEAB Dissertation Award in Basic Research, American Psychological Association, 2023

Top Downloaded Article for “Punishment and its putative fallout: A reappraisal," Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Wiley, 2022

Anthony LaPray Scholarship, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, 2021-2022                   

Walter R. Borg Scholarship and Research Productivity Award, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, 2020-2021                   

Ray Alvord Scholarship, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, 2019-2020                  

SABA Senior Student Presenter Grant, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, 2018                            

Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, Fulbright & CAPES Brazil, 2016-2017                   

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BOOK CHAPTERS

Bickel, W. K., Fontes, R. M., Cabral, D. A. R., Nist, A. N., & Freitas-Lemos, R. (2024). Behavioral economics of addiction: A Reinforcer Pathology approach. In I. H. A. Franken, R. Weirs, & K. Witkiewits (Ed.), The Sage Handbook of Addiction Psychology. Sage.

Agnew, C. N, Fontes, R. M., DeRosa, N. M., & Craig, A. R. (2024). Reinforcement: Foundational Principles and Their Applications. In: H. S. Roane, A. R. Craig, V. Saini, & J. E. Ringdahl (Org.). Behavior Analysis: Translational Perspectives and Clinical Practice. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Fontes, R. M., & Shahan, T. A. (in press). Punishment and Dynamic Choice: Assessment of the Direct-Suppression Model. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

Fontes, R. M., Tegge, A. N, Freitas-Lemos, R., Cabral, D., & Bickel, W. K. (2025). Beyond the first try: How many quit attempts are necessary to achieve substance use cessation? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112525

Myslowski, J., McClure S., Lisinski, J., Tomlinson, D. C., Kablinger, A. S., MacKillop, J. C., Koffarnus, M., Fontes, R. M., Bickel, W. K., &. LaConte, S. M. (2024). Connectivity Changes Following Episodic Future Thinking in Alcohol Use Disorder. Brain Connectivity. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2024.0025

Cabral, D. R. A, Fontes, R. M., Tegge, A. N., Owen, M., Nguyen, J., Athmeneh, L., & Bickel, W. K. (2024). Running towards substance use recovery: Does delay discounting mediate the relationship between physical activity and quality of life? Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27(3), 100635.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100635

Bickel, W. K., Freitas-Lemos, R., Myslowski, J. Quddos, F. Fontes, R. M., Barbosa-França, B. Faubion-Trejo, R., & LaConte, S. M., (2023). Episodic Future Thinking as a Promising Intervention  for Substance Use Disorders: A Reinforcer Pathology Perspective. Current Addiction Reports, 10, 494–507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00498-z

Fontes, R. M., & Shahan, T. A. (2022). Effects of repeated exposure to escalating versus constant punishment intensity on response allocation. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior118(1), 59–82. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.766

Fontes, R. M., & Shahan, T. A. (2021). Punishment and its putative fallout: A reappraisal. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior115(1), 185–203. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.653

Fontes, R. M., Todorov, J. C., & Shahan, T. A. (2018). Punishment of an alternative behavior generates resurgence of a previously extinguished target behavior. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior110(2), 171–184. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.465

     


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