Current PositionSenior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Swansea University |
Behaviour analysis and learning; derived relational responding; relational frame theory; neural correlates (ERPs, fMRI) of relational learning; experimental psychopathology (e.g., avoidance learning); gambling; emotion-based learning (e.g., Iowa Gambling Task).
Contact me for details of how to obtain a copy of the Contingency-Shifting Iowa Gambling Task (CS-IGT) used in Dymond et al. (2010, JCEN) and Cella et al. (2009, PR; 2010, JAD), complete with modifiable stimulus parameters.
For a copy of the Relational Completion Procedure developed by Dymond and Whelan (2010, JEAB), please see the citation below or click here
Dymond, S., Ng, C. T., & Whelan, R. (in press). Establishing arbitrarily applicable relations of same and opposite with the Relational Completion Procedure: Selection-based feedback. The Psychological Record.
May, R. J., & Dymond, S. (in press). Facilitating emergent verbal repertoires in individuals with autism and other developmental disorders: Insights from behaviour analysis. In J. Arciuli & J. Brock (Eds.), Trends in Language Acquisition Research: Language and Communication Impairment in Childhood Autism.
Willner, P., Bridle, J., Price, V., Dymond, S., & Lewis, G. (in press). What do NHS staff learn from Mental Capacity Act training? Legal and Criminological Psychology.
Cella, M., Dymond, S., Cooper, A., & Turnbull, O. H. (2012). Cognitive decision modelling of emotion-based learning impairment in schizophrenia: The role of awareness. Psychiatry Research, 196, 15-19. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2011.08.015.
Dymond, S., McCann, K., Griffiths, J., Cox, A., & Crocker, V. (2012). Emergent response allocation and outcome ratings in slot machine gambling. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(1), 99-11. doi: 10.1037/a0023630
Pitts, L., & Dymond, S. (2011). Increasing compliance of children with autism: Effects of programmed reinforcement for high-probability requests and varied inter-instruction intervals. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6, 135-143. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2011.03.013
Dymond, S., Schlund, M. W., Roche, B., Whelan, R., Richards, J., & Davies, C. (2011). Inferred threat and safety: Symbolic generalization of human avoidance learning. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 614-621. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2011.06.007
Slater, C., & Dymond, S. (2011). Improving equine welfare: Using differential reinforcement to shape appropriate equine behaviour during truck loading and feet handling. Behavioural Processes, 86, 329-339.
Willner, P., Bridle, J., Dymond, S., & Lewis, G. (2011). What do newly appointed health staff know about the Mental Capacity Act (2005)? Medicine, Science, and the Law, 51(2), 97-101. DOI:10.1258/msl.2011.010120.
Willner, P., Bailey, R., Dymond, S., & Parry, R., (2011). Coins and costs: A simple and rapid assessment of basic financial knowledge. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability, 24, 285-289.DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00610.x
Bailey, R., Willner, P., & Dymond, S. (2011). A visual aid to decision-making for people with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 37-46.
May, R. J., Austin, J. L., & Dymond, S. (2011). Effects of a stimulus prompt display on therapists accuracy, rate, and variation of trial type delivery during discrete trial teaching. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5, 305-316.
Dymond, S., Bateman, H., & Dixon, M. R. (2010). Derived transformation of childrens pregambling game playing. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 94, 353-363.
Dymond, S., & Roche, B. (2010). The impact of derived relational responding on gambling behavior. Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 4, 1-16.
Munnelly, A., Dymond, S., & Hinton, E. C. (2010). Relational reasoning with derived comparative relations: A novel model of transitive inference. Behavioural Procesess, 85, 8-17.
Dymond, S., & Whelan, R. (2010). Derived relational responding: A comparison of matching to sample and the relational completion procedure. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 94, 37-55. *Download the version of the RCP used by Dymond & Whelan (2010) here*
Dymond, S., May, R. J., Munnelly, A., & Hoon, A. E. (2010). Evaluating the evidence base for relational frame theory: A citation analysis.The Behavior Analyst, 33, 97-117.
Cella, M., Dymond, S., & Cooper, A. (2010). Impaired flexible decision-making in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 124, 207-210.
Hinton, E. C., Dymond, S., von Hecker, U., & C. J. Evans. (2010). Neural correlates of relational reasoning and the symbolic distance effect: Involvement of parietal cortex. Neuroscience, 168, 138-148. Corrigendum, 170, 1345.
Willner, P., Bailey, R., Parry, R., & Dymond, S. (2010). Evaluation of executive functioning in people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54, 366-379.
Willner, P., Bailey, R., Parry, R., & Dymond, S. (2010). Evaluation of the ability of people with intellectual disabilities to weigh-up information in two tests of financial reasoning. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54, 380-391
Dymond, S., & Alonso-Alvarez, B. (2010). The selective impact of Skinner's Verbal Behavior on empirical research: A reply to Schlinger (2008).The Psychological Record, 60, 355-360.
Dymond, S., Cella, M., Cooper, A., & Turnbull, O. H. (2010). The contingency-shifting variant Iowa gambling task: An investigation with young adults. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 239-248. DOI:10.1080/13803390902971115.
Willner, P., Bailey, R., Parry, R., & Dymond, S. (2010). Performance in temporal discounting tasks by people with intellectual disabilities reveals difficulties in decision-making and impulse control. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 115, 157-171.
Dymond, S., Bailey, R., Willner, P., & Parry, R. (2010). Symbol labelling improves advantageous decision-making on the Iowa Gambling Task in people with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31, 536-544.
Cella, M., Dymond, S., & Cooper, A. (2009).Impairment in flexible emotion-based learning in hallucination- and delusion-prone individuals. Psychiatry Research, 170, 70-74.
Dymond, S., & Roche, B. (2009).A contemporary behavior analysis of anxiety and avoidance. The Behavior Analyst, 32, 7-28
Dymond, S. (2008). Approaching gambling as a verbal event: Commentary on Fantino & Stolarz-Fantino (2008). Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 2, 79-81.
Cella, M., Cooper, A., Dymond, S., & Reed, P. (2008). The relationship between dysphoria and proneness to hallucination and delusions in young adults. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 49, 544-550.
Hoon, A., Dymond, S., Jackson, J., & Dixon, M. R. (2008). Contextual control of slot machine gambling: Replication and extension. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 467-470.
Roche, B., Kanter, J. W., Brown, K. R., Dymond, S., & Fogarty, C. C. (2008). A comparison of `direct' versus `derived' extinction of avoidance. The Psychological Record, 58, 443-464.
Dymond, S., Roche, B., Forsyth, J. P., Whelan, R., & Rhoden, J. (2008). Derived avoidance learning: Transformation of avoidance response functions in accordance with the relational frames of same and opposite. The Psychological Record, 58, 271-288..
Roche, B, & Dymond, S. (2008). A transformation of functions in accordance with the non-arbitrary relational properties of sexual stimuli. The Psychological Record, 58, 71-90.
Hoon, A., Dymond, S., Jackson, J., & Dixon, M. R. (2007). Manipulating contextual control over simulated slot machine gambling. Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 1, 109-122.
Dymond, S., & Ferguson, D. (2007). Toward a behavioral analysis of humor: Derived transfer of self-reported humor ratings. The Behavior Analyst Today, 8(4), 500-511.
McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D., Stewart, I., & Dymond, S. (2007). Deictic relational complexity and the development of deception. The Psychological Record, 57, 517-531..
Dymond, S., Roche, B., Forsyth, J. P., Whelan, R., & Rhoden, J. (2007). Transformation of avoidance response functions in accordance with the relational frames of same and opposite. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 88, 249-262.
Dymond, S., & Whelan, R. (2007). Verbal relations and the behaviour analysis of gambling. Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 1, 19-20.
Cella, M., Dymond, S., Cooper, A., & Turnbull, O. (2007). Effects of decision-phase time constraints on emotion-based learning in the Iowa Gambling Task. Brain and Cognition, 64, 164-169.
Whelan, R., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Dymond, S. (2006). The transformation of consequential functions in accordance with the relational frames of more-than and less-than. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 86, 317-335.
Dymond, S., O'Hora, D., Whelan, R., & O'Donovan, A. (2006). Citation analysis of Skinner's Verbal Behavior: 1984-2004. The Behavior Analyst, 29, 75-88.
Barnes-Holmes, D., Staunton, C., Whelan, R., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Commins, S., Walsh, D., Stewart, I., Smeets, P. M., & Dymond, S. (2005). Derived stimulus relations, semantic priming, and event-related potentials: Testing a behavioral theory of semantic networks. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84, 417-433.
Regan, D., Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Walsh, D., Stewart, I., Smeets, P.M., Whelan, R., & Dymond, S. (2005). Relating derived relations as a model of analogical reasoning: Reaction times and event related potentials. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84, 435-451.
Dymond, S. & McHugh, L. (2005). Symbolic behaviour and perspective-taking are forms of derived relational responding and can be learned. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(5), 697.
Dymond, S., Whelan, R., & Smeets, P. M. (2005). A transformation of discriminative functions in accordance with equivalence relations. European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 6, 111-123.
Dymond, S., Roche, B., & Rehfeldt, R. (2005). Relational frame theory and the transformation of stimulus functions. Revista Latinamericana de Psicologia, 37(2), 291-303.
Dymond, S., Rehfeldt, R., & Schenk, J. J. (2005). Nonautomated procedures in derived stimulus relations research: A methodological note. The Psychological Record, 55, 461-482.
Rehfeldt, R. A. & Dymond, S. (2005). The effects of test order and nodal distance on the emergence and maintenance of derived discriminative stimulus functions. The Psychological Record, 55, 179-196.
Roche, B., Linehan, C., Ward, T., Dymond, S., & Reheldt, R. (2004). The unfolding of the relational operant: A real-time analysis using electroencephalography and reaction time measures. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4(3), 587-603.
Barnes-Holmes, D., Staunton, C., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Whelan, R., Stewart, I., Commins, S., Walsh, D., Smeets, P. M., & Dymond, S. (2004). Interfacing relational frame theory with cognitive neuroscience: Semantic priming, The Implicit Association Test, and event related potentials. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4(2), 215-240.
Dixon, M. R., Dymond, S., Rehfeldt, R. A., Roche, B., Zlomke, K. R. (2003). Terrorism and relational frame theory. Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 129-147.
Dymond, S., Roche, B, & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2003). The continuity strategy, human behavior, and behavior analysis. The Psychological Record, 53, 333-347.
Roche, B., & Dymond, S. (2003). Computer-interfacing for dummies: Interfacing peripheral devices to your Macintosh PC. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 21, 8-11.
Dymond, S. (2002). The next generation: Authorship trends in the experimental analysis of human behavior, (1980 - 1999). Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 20, 1-8.
Dymond, S. & Critchfield, T. S. (2002). A legacy of growth: Human operant research in The Psychological Record, 1980-1999. The Psychological Record, 52, 99-106.
Dymond, S. & Critchfield, T.S. (2001). Neither dark age nor renaissance: Research and authorships trends in the experimental analysis of human behavior (1980-1999). The Behavior Analyst, 24, 241-253.
Dymond, S. (2001). Beyond equivalence: The transformation of functions and multiple stimulus relations. European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 2, 59-62.
Dymond, S. & Rehfeldt, R. A. (2001). Supplemental measures of derived stimulus relations . Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 19, 8-12.
Dymond, S. & Rehfeldt, R. (2000). Understanding complex behaviour: The transformation of stimulus functions. The Behavior Analyst, 23, 239-254.
Dymond, S., Clarke, S., Dunlap, G., & Steiner, M. (2000). International publication trends of JABA authorship. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 339-342.
Smeets, P.M., Dymond, S., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2000). Instructions, stimulus equivalence, and stimulus sorting: Effects of sequential testing arrangements and a default option. The Psychological Record, 50, 339-354.
Barnes-Holmes, D., Dymond, S., Roche, B, & Grey, I. (1999). Behaviour analysis: A new agenda for language and cognition. The Psychologist: Bulletin of The British Psychological Society, 12, 500-504.
Dymond, S. & Barnes, D. (1998). The effects of prior equivalence testing and detailed verbal instructions on derived self-discrimination transfer: A follow-up study. The Psychological Record, 48, 147-170.
Dymond, S. (1997). International publication trends in the experimental analysis of behaviour. The Behavior Analyst, 20, 109-119.
Dymond, S., & Barnes, D. (1997). Interpolated training and testing and derived self-discrimination transfer. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 15, 19-23.
Dymond, S., & Barnes, D. (1997). Behaviour-analytic approaches to self-awareness. The Psychological Record, 47, 181-200.
Dymond, S., Gomez-Martin, S., & Barnes, D. (1996). Multi-modal conditional discrimination in rats: Some preliminary findings. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 17, 269-281.
Dymond, S. & Barnes, D. (1996). A transformation of self-discrimination response functions in accordance with the arbitrarily applicable relations of sameness and opposition. The Psychological Record, 46, 271-300.
Dymond, S. (1995). Conditional discrimination responding in nonhumans. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 16, 333-345.
Dymond, S. & Barnes, D. (1995). A transformation of self-discrimination response functions in accordance with the arbitrarily applicable relations of sameness, more than, and less than. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 64, 163-184.
Dymond, S. & Barnes, D. (1994). A transfer of self-discrimination response functions through equivalence relations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 62, 251-267.
Barnes-Holmes, D., Hayes, S. C., Dymond, S., & O'Hora, D. (2001). Multiple stimulus relations and the transformation of stimulus functions. In Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Roche, B. (Eds.), Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition (pp. 51- 71). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Barnes-Holmes, D., Hayes, S. C., & Dymond, S. (2001). Self and self-directed rules. In Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Roche, B. (Eds.), Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition (pp. 119-139). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Barnes-Holmes, D., Stewart, I., Dymond, S., & Roche, B. (2000). A behaviour-analytic approach to some of the problems of the self: A relational frame analysis. In M. Dougher (Ed.), Clinical behavior analysis (pp. 47-74). Reno, NV: Context Press.
Dymond, S., Austin, J. L., Hoon, A., & Tepaeru Minster, S. (2007). Review of "Gambling: Behavior theory, research, and application" by Patrick M. Ghezzi,Charles A. Lyons, Mark R. Dixon, and Ginger R. Wilson (Eds.).Analysis of Gambling Behavior, 1, 145-151.
Dymond, S. (2005). Learning across the life span. A review of Child and adolescent development: A behavioral systems approach. Gary Novak and Martha Peláez. 2004. London: Sage. ISBN: 0-7619-2698-4. Infant and Child Development, 14, 430-432.
Dymond, S. (2005). Learning is the developmental process and behavior analysis has a lot to say about complex human behavior: A review of Novak and Peláez's (2004) Child and adolescent development: A behavioral systems approach. Behavior Development Bulletin, 1(1), 80-81.
Dymond, S. (1998). Review of T. R. Zentall & P. M. Smeets (Eds.) Stimulus class formation in humans and animals. Amsterdam: Elsevier. The Psychological Record, 48, 346-347.
2010- 2013: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
2010- 2012: The Behavior Analyst
2010- 2012: Behavior Analysis in Practice
2007 - pr: European Journal of Behaviour Analysis
2007 - pr: Analysis of Gambling Behavior
2006 - pr: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
2006 - pr: The Psychological Record
2005 - pr: International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy.
2011 - pr: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
PLoS ONE; Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience; Cognition & Emotion; Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Neuroimage; Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology; Behavioural Pharmacology; Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry; Neuropsychologia; Neuroscience; Psychiatry Research; Journal of Neuropsychology; Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; The Behavior Analyst; The Analysis of Verbal Behavior; European Journal of Behaviour Analysis; Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin; Journal of Traumatic Stress.
1993; B.A. Applied Psychology (Hons), University College Cork, Ireland.
1996; Ph.D., University College Cork, Ireland
June 2007-present: Senior Lecturer, Swansea University
August 2005-June 2007: Lecturer, Swansea University
September 1998 - July 2005: Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
September 1997 - June 1998: Teaching Fellow, University of Wales, Bangor.
September 1996 - September 1997: Research Officer, University of Wales, Bangor.
November 1995 - February 1996: Lecturer, University College Cork, Ireland.
October 1993 - June 1996: Tutor/Demonstrator, University College Cork, Ireland.