摘要：Object mouthing is associated with several potential deleterious side effects. In the current investigation, we modified the use of noncontingent access to competing items (food) and evaluated the effects of the treatment on object mouthing across three settings. Results demonstrated reductions in mouthing associated with the modified treatment. Full Text The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (63K). Selected References These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. Danford DE, Huber AM. Pica among mentally retarded adults. Am J Ment Defic. 1982 Sep; 87 (2):141–146. [ PubMed ] Piazza CC, Fisher WW, Hanley GP, LeBlanc LA, Worsdell AS, Lindauer SE, Keeney KM. Treatment of pica through multiple analyses of its reinforcing functions. J Appl Behav Anal. 1998 Summer; 31 (2):165–189. [ PubMed ] Piazza Cathleen C, Roane Henry S, Keeney Kris M, Boney Bobbi R, Abt Kimberly A. Varying response effort in the treatment of pica maintained by automatic reinforcement. J Appl Behav Anal. 2002 Fall; 35 (3):233–246. [ PubMed ]
