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    Bryan Jones Ph.D.

    Psychology
    Associate Professor
    Campus:
    Ashtabula
    Contact Information
    Email:
    bjones70@kent.edu
    Phone:
    440-964-4532
    Fax:
    440-964-4205

    Biography

    With the Ashtabula Campus since 2010

    Previous Work:

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Addiction Research, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    • Adjunct Instructor at University of Arkansas at Little Rock


    Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities:

    • Bickel, W. K., Landes, R. D., Jackson, L., Jones, B. A., Kurth-Nelson, Z., & Redish, A. D. (2011).  Single- and cross-commodity discounting among cocaine addicts: The commodity and its temporal location determine discounting rate.  Psychopharmacology, 217, 177-187. doi:10.1007/s00213-011-2272-x *
    • Sheffer, C., MacKillop, J., McGeary, J., Landes, R., Carter, L., Yi, R., Jones, B., Christensen, D., Stitzer, M., Jackson, L, & Bickel, W. (in press). Delay discounting, locus of control, and cognitive impulsiveness independently predict tobacco dependence treatment outcomes in a highly dependent, lower socioeconomic group of smokers. To appear in The American Journal on Addictions.*
    • Bickel, W. K., Jones, B. A., Landes, R. D., Christensen, D. R., Jackson, L., Mancino, M. D. (2010). Hypothetical Intertemporal Choice and Real Economic Behavior: Delay Discounting Predicts Voucher Redemptions During Contingency-Management Procedures.  Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18, 546-552. doi: 10.1037/a0021739 *
    • Locey, M. L., Jones, B. A., & Rachlin, H. (in press). Self-Control and Altruism.  To appear in G. J. Madden & T. Hackenburg (Eds.). Handbook of Behavior Analysis, American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.
    • Bickel, W. K., Yi, R., Mueller, E. T., Jones, B. A., & Christensen, D. R. (2009).   The behavioral economics of drug dependence: Towards the consilience of economics and behavioral neuroscience.  In D. W. Self & J. K. Staley. (Eds.) Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction.  Springer, New York, NY. Doi: 10.1007/7854_2009_22
    • Jones, B. A., Landes, R. D., Yi, R., Bickel, W. K. (2009). Temporal Horizon: Modulation by Smoking Status and Gender.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 104S, S87-S93.*
    • Rachlin, H., & Jones, B. A. (2009). The extended self.  In G. J. Madden & W. K. Bickel (Eds.) Impulsivity: Theory, Science, and Neuroscience of Discounting. American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
    • Jones, B. A., & Rachlin, H. (2009). Delay, probability, and social discounting in a public goods game.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 91, 61-73.*
    • Bickel, W. K., & Jones, B. A. (2008). Behavioral economics. In P. Korsmeyer & H. R. Kranzler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol & addictive behavior. 3rd ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan.
    • Rachlin, H., & Jones, B. A. (2008). Altruism among relatives and non-relatives. Behavioural Processes, 79, 120-123.*
    • Rachlin, H., & Jones, B. A. (2008).  Social discounting and delay discounting.  Journal of Judgment and Decision Making. 21, 29-43.*
    • Jones, B., & Rachlin, H. (2006).  Social discounting. Psychological Science, 17, 283-286.*

    Publications: 

    • Jones, B.A. (2021). A review of Social Discounting. The Psychological Record. Doi: https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs40732-021-00488-5&token=T5vE2%2B205jiJWo7M2iGS0X5qPGQOKKBa%2FgvDv9mfgRM%3D
    • Jarmolowicz, D.P., Landes, R.D., Christensen, D.R., Jones, B.A., Jackson, L., Yi, R., & Bickel, W.K. (2014). Discounting of money and sex: Effects of commodity and temporal position in stimulant-dependent men and women. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 1652-1657.* DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.04.026
    • Locey, M.L., Jones, B.A., & Rachlin, H. (2013). Self-Control and Altruism. In G.J. Madden & T. Hackenburg (Eds.). Handbook of Behavior Analysis, American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. DOI: 10.1037/13937-020
    • Sheffer, C., MacKillop, J., McGeary, J., Landes, R., Carter, L., Yi, R., Jones, B., Christensen, D., Stitzer, M., Jackson, L., & Bickel, W. (2012). Delay discounting, locus of control, and cognitive impulsiveness independently predict tobacco dependence treatment outcomes in a highly dependent, lower socioeconomic group of smokers. The American Journal on Addictions. 21, 221-232. DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00224.x
    • Stanger, C., Ryan, S.R., Fu, H. Landes, R.D., Jones, B.A., Bickel, W.K., & Budney, A.J. (2012). Delay discounting predicts adolescent substance abuse treatment outcome. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. DOI: 10.1037/a0026543

    Education

    PhD in Experimental Psychology from Stony Brook University (2007)
    Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology from Stony Brook University (2005)
    Master of Science in Experimental Psychology from Central Michigan University (2003)
    Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science and Psychology from Central Michigan University  (2001)

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    Ashtabula, OH 44004

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    Ashtabula, OH 44004

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