We're excited to share three recent publications from members of the ITLS Lab! Congratulations to Evelin on Her First Publication! A huge congratulations to Evelin Arredulfo on the publication of her first peer-reviewed article in Behavioral Sciences! Evelin began this project as an undergraduate student in the ITLS Lab, and it has now culminated in a published review article as she continues her academic journey as a master's student. The article reviews strategies and tacti

The Spring 2026 conference season was an exciting one for the ITLS Lab! Across multiple conferences, our students represented the lab through posters, paper presentations, and symposia while collaborating with researchers from across institutions. Across these conferences, our team shared research on a wide range of topics, including building empathy skills, code-switching, maintenance as a measure of social validity, the generalization and maintenance of prosocial skills, cu

For a second year in a row, the lab had a strong presence at the Sacramento State Psychology Department’s Annual Conference on November 4th, showcasing five outstanding poster presentations. Lab members disseminated the wide range of research conducted in the ITLS Lab. Poster presentations spanned quantitative evaluations of infant cry discrimination and infant preference assessments, systematic reviews examining generalization and maintenance tactics, mixed-methods research

Fall 2025 was eventful for the ITLS lab. In addition to conference presentations, two of our lab members reached major academic milestones. Anna successfully proposed her thesis: Exploring Indicating Response Topography as a Measure of the Establishing Operation. Her work aims to develop a translational assessment to help scientist-practitioners better understand the behavioral correlates of establishing operations. By examining how indicating response topography may functio

Are you 18 years old, identify as autistic, attend school, and work? We are inviting autistic adults to participate in an interview...

I’m thrilled to introduce three talented graduate students who have joined the ITLS Lab. Evelin, Kayla, and Xitlaly are part of...

The ITLS Lab was proud to represent five of our ongoing research lines at the 2025 Association for Behavior Analysis International...

The end of Spring 2025 was very busy for the ITLS Lab. We’re thrilled to celebrate the achievements of one of our outstanding...

On March 5, 2025, Sacramento State hosted its Student Research and Creative Activity Spring Symposium, providing students a platform to...

In alignment with Sacramento State’s Anchor Initiative, the ITLS lab is conducting interviews with caregivers to assess the current state...

Despite it being the end of the Fall semester, the ITLS lab somehow managed to disseminate our research at three conferences... all ...

We are thrilled to welcome Anna and Chloe to the ITLS lab! Anna and Chloe are part of Sacramento State's MS in Applied Behavior Analysis...

The ITLS Lab was well represented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) Conference this year in Philadelphia....