Кодекс этики и профессиональной ответственности поведенческих аналитиков от сертификационной комиссии ВАСВ (далее «Кодекс») объединяет, уточняет и замещает «Руководство по профессиональной этике: Рекомендации по ответственному поведению для поведенческих аналитиков» и «Этические стандарты и дисциплинарные процедуры» ВАСВ. Кодекс включает 10 разделов, относящихся к профессиональному и этичному поведению поведенческих аналитиков, а также глоссарий терминов. Все претенденты на сертификацию ВАСВ, сертифицированные и зарегистрированные специалисты обязуются придерживаться правил данного кодекса с 1-го января 2016 года.

Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts (Translation to Greek)

What you see is what you hear: Twenty years of research using the Sound-Induced Flash Illusion

Twenty years ago, the first report on the sound-induced double flash illusion, a visual illusion induced by sound, was published. In this paradigm, participants are presented with different numbers of auditory and visual stimuli. In case of an incongruent number of auditory and visual stimuli, the influence of auditory information on visual perception can lead to the perception of the illusion. Thus, combining two auditory stimuli with one visual stimulus can induce the perception of two visual stimuli, the so-called fission illusion. Alternatively, combining one auditory stimulus with two visual stimuli can induce the perception of one visual stimulus, the so-called fusion illusion. Overall, current research shows that the illusion is a reliable indicator of multisensory integration. It has also been replicated using different stimulus combinations, such as visual and tactile stimuli. Importantly, the robustness of the illusion allows the widespread use for assessing multisensory integration across different groups of healthy participants and clinical populations and in various task setting. This review will give an overview of the experimental evidence supporting the illusion, the current state of research concerning the influence of cognitive processes on the illusion, the neural mechanisms underlying the illusion, and future research directions. Moreover, an exemplary experimental setup will be described with different options to examine perception, alongside code to test and replicate the illusion online or in the laboratory.

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Double Flash Illusions: Current Findings and Future Directions.

Audiovisual temporal integration: Cognitive processing, neural mechanisms, developmental trajectory and potential interventions

Tuning alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception

Higher proneness to multisensory illusions is driven by reduced temporal sensitivity in people with high schizotypal traits.

Body representations and basic symptoms in schizophrenia.

The temporal sensitivity to the tactile-induced double flash illusion mediates the impact of beta oscillations on schizotypal personality traits.

Body structural representation in schizotypy.

Challenging behaviours represent a common issue amongst people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). As a result, such behaviours can significantly interfere with learning processes and both the individual and their caregiver’s quality of life. To implement a procedure that eliminates or reduces CB, a wide range of techniques can be utilised. Although there seems to be consensus regarding the need to reduce and eliminate CB, it is nonetheless important to implement an intervention which replaces the target behaviour with a socially acceptable alternative behavior through reinforcement. The present study has been realised with the intention of replicating a Functional Communication Training procedure (FCT; [1]). In practice, the intention was to apply the procedure to a four-year old boy with autism, with the aim of reducing CB, improving his relationship with his caregivers and increasing compliance times with the adult’s requests. The results demonstrate a significant reduction of CB, an improvement in functional communication, and a gradual improvement of compliance time.

Francesca Fotia

Papers

Higher proneness to multisensory illusions is driven by reduced temporal sensitivity in people with high schizotypal traits.

Body representations and basic symptoms in schizophrenia.

The temporal sensitivity to the tactile-induced double flash illusion mediates the impact of beta oscillations on schizotypal personality traits.

Body structural representation in schizotypy.

Functional Communication Training for Autism: An Italian Case Study