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A contingency management framework of ecological affordances across the lifespan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2026

Gabriel Armshaw Open the ORCID record for Gabriel Armshaw [Opens in a new window] ,
Maria Otero Open the ORCID record for Maria Otero [Opens in a new window]  and
Lee Mason Open the ORCID record for Lee Mason [Opens in a new window]
Gabriel Armshaw
Affiliation:
Child Study Center at Cook Children’s Health Care System, Fort Worth, TX, USA gabriel.armshaw@cookchildrens.org maria.otero@cookchildrens.org lee.mason@cookchildrens.org
Maria Otero
Affiliation:
Child Study Center at Cook Children’s Health Care System, Fort Worth, TX, USA gabriel.armshaw@cookchildrens.org maria.otero@cookchildrens.org lee.mason@cookchildrens.org
Lee Mason*
Affiliation:
Child Study Center at Cook Children’s Health Care System, Fort Worth, TX, USA gabriel.armshaw@cookchildrens.org maria.otero@cookchildrens.org lee.mason@cookchildrens.org Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Abstract

We briefly introduce the science of behavior analysis and the extent to which it overlaps with the model of ecological affordances described by Ko and Neuberg. Although we largely agree with the description of human-environment interactions offered by the affordance-management framework, we aim to refine the author’s discussion of goal seeking to avoid circular reasoning and afford validation through experimentation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e59
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press

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