Publications

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

Toegel, F., Toegel, C., **Yahrmarkt, C., & Perone, M. (2023) Rich-lean transitions produced by stimuli associated with accurate and inaccurate responding by pigeons. Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104858

Toegel, C., Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., & Perone, M. (2022). The aversiveness of timeout from response‐dependent and response‐independent food deliveries as a function of delivery rate. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 117(2), 201-239  https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.742 

Toegel, F. & Perone, M. (2022). Effects of advance notice on transition-related pausing in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117. 3-19. http://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.730

Toegel, F., Toegel, C., & Perone, M. (2021). Design and evaluation of a touchscreen apparatus for operant research with pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 116(2), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.707 

Whirtley, Cory, "Behavioral Functions of Stimuli Correlated with Transitions between Rich and Lean Schedules of Reinforcement" (2020). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7555. https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7555

Toegel, Forrest James, "Effects of Delay and Signals on Choice between Delayed Food Alone and Immediate Food with Delayed Shock" (2018). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 3748. https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/3748

Vonder Haar, C., Wampler, S.K., Bhatia, H.S., Ozga, J.E., Toegel, C., Lake, A.D., Iames, C.W., Cabral, C.E., Martens, K.M. (2022). Repeat closed-head injury in male rats impairs attention but causes heterogeneous outcomes in multiple measures of impulsivity and glial pathology. Frontiers In Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 79. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.809249

Ozga-Hess, J. E., Whirtley, C., O’Hearn, C., Pechacek, K., & Vonder Haar, C. (2020). Unilateral Parietal Brain Injury Increases Risk-Taking on a Rat Gambling Task. Experimental Neurology, 327, 113217 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113217


** = mentored student of the Toegel Laboratory

APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

Autism and Developmental Disabilities

St Peter, C., Shuler, N. J., Toegel, C., Diaz-Salvat, C., & Jones, S. H. (2021). Using Preference Assessments to Identify Preferred Job Tasks for Adolescents with Autism. Education and Treatment of Children, 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-021-00061-3


Drug/Alcohol Use Disorders and Employment

Ware, O. D., Novak, M. D., & Toegel, F. (2024). Frequent Use of Contingency Management and Opioid Treatment Programs that Provide Treatment for More than Only Opioid Use Disorder. Journal of Drug Issues, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426241238957

Novak, M. D., Toegel, F., Holtyn, A. F., Rodewald, A. M., Arellano, M., **Baranski, M., Barnett, N. P.,  Leoutsakos, J., Fingerhood, M., & Silverman, K. (2023). A therapeutic workplace for adults with alcohol use disorder who are experiencing homelessness: A randomized clinical trial. Preventive Medicine, 107655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107655

Orme, S., Zarkin, G. A., Luckey, J., Dunlap, L. J., Novak, M. D., Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F.,  & Silverman, K. (2023). Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Abstinence Contingent Wage Supplements. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 109754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109754

Schwartz, L. P., Toegel, F., Devine, J. K., Holtyn, A. F., Roma, P. G., & Hursh, S. R. (2023). Latent factor structure of behavioral economic heroin and cocaine demand curves. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000594

Toegel, F., Holtyn, A. F., Silverman, K. (2022). Increased reinforcer immediacy can promote employment-seeking in unemployed homeless adults with alcohol use disorder. The Psychological Record, 72, 119-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-020-00431-0. Published Online September 2020.

Bertz, J. W., Panlilio, L. V., Stull, S. W., Smith, K. E., Reamer, D., Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., ... & Preston, K. L. (2022). Being at work improves stress, craving, and mood for people with opioid use disorder: Ecological momentary assessment during a randomized trial of experimental employment in a contingency-management-based therapeutic workplace. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 152, 104071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104071

Novak, M. D., Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Leoutsakos, J., & Silverman, K. (2022). Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: Post-intervention outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109322

Toegel, F., Novak, M. D., Rodewald, A. M., Leoutsakos, J., Silverman, K., & Holtyn, A. F. (2022). Technology-assisted opioid education for out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. http://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000769

Bertz, J. W., Smith, K. E., Panlilio, L. V., Stull, S. W., Reamer, D., Murville, M., Sullivan, M., Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Epstein, D. H., Phillips, K. A., & Preston, K. L. (2021). Quality of life during a randomized trial of a therapeutic-workplace intervention for heroin dependence: Web-based mobile assessments reveal effects of drug abstinence and access to paid work. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2021.100011

Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Novak, M. D., & Silverman, K. (2021). Factors associated with obtaining employment among opioid use disorder patients enrolled in a therapeutic workplace intervention. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108907

Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Novak, M. D., Leoutsakos, J., Fingerhood, M., & Silverman, K. (2021). Remotely delivered incentives to promote buprenorphine treatment engagement in out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 225.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108786

Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Arellano, M., Subramaniam, S., & Silverman, K. (2021). Employment outcomes of substance use disorder patients enrolled in a therapeutic workplace intervention for drug abstinence and employment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108160

Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Subramaniam, S., Arellano, M., Leoutsakos, J., Fingerhood, M., & Silverman, K. (2020). Financial incentives promote engagement in employment services for unemployed adults in treatment for opioid use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 212, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107982

Toegel, F., Holtyn, A. F., Subramaniam, S., & Silverman, K. (2020). Effects of time-based administration of abstinence reinforcement targeting opiate and cocaine use. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 1726-1741. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.702

Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., Subramaniam, S., Jarvis, B. P., Leoutsakos, J. M., Fingerhood, M., & Silverman, K. (2020). Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74, 445-452. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-213761

Silverman, K., Holtyn, A. F., & Toegel, F. (2019). The utility of operant conditioning to address poverty and drug addiction. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42, 525-546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-019-00203-4


** = mentored student of the Toegel Laboratory


HIV Medication Adherance

Novak, M.D., Holtyn, A.F., Toegel, F., Rodewald, A. R., Leoutsakos, J., Fingerhood, M. & Silverman, K.  (2024). Long-Term Effects of Incentives for HIV Viral Suppression: A Randomized Clinical Trial. AIDS and Behavior (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04249-z

Toegel, F., Rodewald, A. R., Novak, M. D., Pollock, S., Arellano, M., Leoutsakos, J., Holtyn, A. F., & Silverman, K. (2021). Psychosocial interventions to promote  undetectable HIV viral loads: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03534-z

Pollock, S., Toegel, F., Holtyn, A. F., & Silverman, K. (2020). Effects of incentives on viral suppression in people living with HIV who use cocaine or opiates. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 212, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108000

Toegel, F., Holtyn, A. F., Pollock, S., Rodewald, A. M., Leoutsakos, J., Fingerhood, M. & Silverman, K. (2020). Effects of incentivizing viral suppression for previously incarcerated adults living with HIV. HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 21, 1-10. http://doi.org/10.1080/25787489.2020.1735816

BOOK CHAPTERS

Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., & Novak, M. D. (2023). Contingency management treatment of opioid use disorder. In K. E. Dunn (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618431.013.27

Silverman, K., Holtyn, A. F., Toegel, F., & Novak, M. D. (2023). Substance Abuse. Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis: Integrating Research into Practice, 1257-1275. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19964-6_65

Perone, M. & Toegel, F. (2019). Better safe than sorry. In P. Soares, J. H. de Almedia, & C. Cançado (Eds.), Experimentos Clássicos em Análise do Comportamento (Vol 2). (pp. 272-285). Brasília: Instituto Walden4. ISBN: 978-85-65721-15-8. Also printed in Portuguese (pp. 106-118).  Access: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Forrest-Toegel/publication/339146718_Better_Safe_than_Sorry/links/5e416bc7299bf1cdb91da42d/Better-Safe-than-Sorry.pdf