Rafaela Fontes, Ph.D.
- 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 behavior, 118(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 behavior, 115(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 behavior, 110(2), 171–184. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.465