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Dr. Daniele Ortu

Research Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Behavior Analysis

Email: do0037@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Stirling, 2012
    Major: Psychology - Neuroscience
  • MS, Associazione Istituzione Libera Universita Nuorese, 2006
    Major: Science of Organization/Behavior Analysis
  • BA, University of Cagliari, 2004
    Major: Social Psychology

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Research Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2015 - Present).
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2013 - 2015).
  • Research Scholar, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2006 - 2008).
  • Research Scholar, Smith College. Smith College. (2006).

    • Professional

  • Supporting Worker, Scottish Society for Autism. Scottish Society for Autism. (2011 - 2012).

Professional Memberships

  • Texas Association for Behavior Analysis. (2020 - 2022).
  • Association for Behavior Analysis International. (May 2006 - 2022).
  • Brain Computer Interface Society. (2017 - 2018).
  • Federation of the European Neuroscience Societies. (2010).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2022, Association for Behavior Analysis International. Boston,United States of America. (May 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2021, Association for Behavior Analysis International. Virtual,United States of America. (May 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2020, Association for Behavior Analysis International. Virtual,United States of America. (May 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2019, Association for Behavior Analysis International. Chicago,United States of America. (May 2019).
  • Conference Attendance, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting 2019, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis. Forth Worth,United States of America. (March 2019).
  • Conference Attendance, National Science Foundation Grants Conference, National Science Foundation. New Orleans,Louisiana,United States of America. (November 8, 2018 - November 9, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2018, Association for Behavior Analysis International. San Diego,United States of America. (May 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, International Brain Computer Interface Conference, BCI Society. Pacific Grove,California,United States of America. (May 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, Think Tank V on Behavior and Culture, University of North texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (April 2, 2018 - April 4, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting 2018, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis. Houston,United States of America. (March 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, International Brain Computer Interface Conference, BCI Society. Graz,Austria. (September 2017).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BEHV 2300 - Behavior Principles I, 1 course.
  • BEHV 4900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.
  • BEHV 5020 - Theory and Philosophy in Behavior Analysis, 2 courses.
  • BEHV 5330 - Verbal Behavior and the Analysis of Human Behavior, 7 courses.
  • BEHV 5400 - Behavioral Neuroscience, 1 course.
  • BEHV 5810 - Practicum, 2 courses.
  • BEHV 5815 - Practicum, 8 courses.
  • BEHV 5820 - Internship, 5 courses.
  • BEHV 5900 - Special Problems, 7 courses.
  • BEHV 5950 - Master's Thesis, 19 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Guest Lecture, University of Oslo Akershus, 15 participants. (November 8, 2022).
  • Guest Lecture, Western Michigan University, 11 participants. (November 1, 2022).
  • Other (Invited Guest in Discussion about Rule Governed Behavior/Contingency Specifying Stimuli), Cook's Children's Hospital, 8 participants. (November 1, 2022).
  • Other (Roundtable on the paper "Confessions Selected by Consequences: An Operant Analysis of False Confessions and Interrogation Techniques"), Harvard Law School Law and Behavioral Science Student Organization, (December 2020 - February 2, 2021).
  • Other (Invitation to VB Student SIG Meeting), Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group, 8 participants. (April 11, 2020).
  • Guest Lecture, Kansas University Department for Applied behavioral Science Online M.A., (August 2019).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Investigation into the Cholinergic Basal Forebrain with Application to Stroke," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Major Professor, Behavior Analysis. (September 2022).
  • Major Professor, Behavior Analysis. (September 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC AND DISGUISED MANDS ON STAFF’S REINFORCER DELIVERY," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "ANALYSIS OF SENSORY INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES ON AUTOMAICALLY MAINTAINED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR.," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE RULE GENERATION ON SELF-MANAGEMENT IN A CPR GAME: EXTENDING THE EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF ELINOR OSTROM’S EIGHT DESIGN PRINCIPLES," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Evaluating an exchange program for the treatment of problem behavior maintained by access to tangibles," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "STIMULUS COMPOUNDING WITH AMBIENT INTRAMODAL ODORS IN RATS," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Supervised Research, "ERP Data Collection and Processing," Behavior Analysis. (2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of Observational Learning," Behavior Analysis. (2021 - 2023).
  • Supervised Research, "ERP Data Collection and Processing," Behavior Analysis. (2021 - 2022).
  • Supervised Research, "ERP Data Collection and Processing," Behavior Analysis. (2021 - 2022).
  • Supervised Research, "The Movement Cycle Under the Microscope: Expanding the Behavioral Unit to Include Neural Activity," Behavior Analysis. (September 2020 - 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AUDITORY MEASURES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CORTICAL MARKERS OF TINNITUS," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (August 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "An Evaluation of Differential Reinforcement on Preferred Topics of Conversation for Adults with ASD," Behavior Analysis. (July 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "ON THE UTILITY OF SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY-BASED BIOFEEDBACK ON REHABILITATION FROM TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: A CLINICAL TRIAL," Behavior Analysis. (December 2020 - July 2022).
  • Major Professor, "Free-Operant Event-Related Potential Research: Reevaluating the P3a Effect," Behavior Analysis. (2020 - July 2022).
  • Major Professor, "INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF CONCURRENT VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN A RULE-SHIFTING SCENARIO," Behavior Analysis. (2019 - July 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "EXPLORING FUNCTIONAL INTERDEPENDENCE OF MANDS, TACTS, AND INTRAVERBALS AFTER BRAIN INJURY," Behavior Analysis. (May 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Investigating the effects of teaching on response allocation by implementing a changing criterion procedure," Behavior Analysis. (2020 - May 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EFFECTS OF USING ARBITRARY SYMBOLS IN NAMING PROCEDURES WITH ADULTS," Behavior Analysis. (March 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EMERGENCE OF RECEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE LABELING THROUGH CONDITIONED REINFORCEMENT," Behavior Analysis. (2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The Emergence of Listener-Speaker Correspondence: A Further Analysis of Necessary Conditions," Behavior Analysis. (2021 - 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF PERCENTILE SCHEDULES WITH THE AMPLITUDE OF MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS," Behavior Analysis. (2021 - 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The Use of Instructive Feedback to Promote Emergent Verbal Responses: A Replication," Behavior Analysis. (2021).
  • Major Professor, "A Behavior Analytic Analysis of Humor: Taking a Joke Way Too Seriously," Behavior Analysis. (2019 - 2021).
  • Major Professor, "The Effects of a Contingent S-Delta," Behavior Analysis. (2019 - 2021).
  • Major Professor, "Stimulus Equivalence and Covert Verbal Behavior," Behavior Analysis. (2018 - 2021).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "The Use of Objective Auditory Measures to Identify Potential Biomarkers of Tinnitus," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (2019 - 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "What comes up? Analyzing patterns of resurgence using PORTL.," Behavior Analysis. (July 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "STIMULUS CONTROL EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT," Behavior Analysis. (June 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTIONS ON SCHEDULE SENSITIVITY," Behavior Analysis. (March 2020 - March 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "An Evaluation of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Matrix Training Permutations," Behavior Analysis. (March 2020 - March 2020).
  • Postdoctoral Research Supervision, "Effects of Positive Reinforcement on Response Competition/Reinforcement and Tinnitus," Behavior Analysis. (2019).
  • Supervised Research, "Confessions Selected by Consequences: An Operant Analysis of False Confessions and Interrogation Techniques," Behavior Analysis. (2019).
  • Supervised Research, "Distal and Proximal Sources of Stimulus Control in a Virtual Maze as a Function of Task Difficulty," Behavior Analysis. (2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF THE STROOP EFFECT," Behavior Analysis. (April 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Electrical Engineering. (2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (2018).
  • Major Professor, "The Effect of Contingency Type on Accuracy and Reaction Time," Behavior Analysis. (2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The Effect of Contingency Type on Accuracy and Reaction Time," Behavior Analysis. (2018).
  • Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (September 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Contingency Management of Physical Rehabilitation: The Role of Feedback," Behavior Analysis. (August 8, 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EFFECTS OF MODELING AND COACHING ON VERBAL NARRATIVES OF TEACHING INTERACTIONS BY NOVICE BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS," Behavior Analysis. (July 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "A Comparison of Observation Systems for Evaluating Early Intervention Programs," Behavior Analysis. (February 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Musical Priming and Operant Selection," Behavior Analysis. (November 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Green To-Go: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Intervention Package on Restaurateurs’ use of Styrofoam Take-Out Containers," Behavior Analysis. (June 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "USING A CONDITIONAL DISCRIMINATION TRAINING PROCEDURE TO TEACH COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PLAY MUSIC BY EAR," Behavior Analysis. (June 2016).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "THE EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE ON RICH-TO-LEAN TRANSITIONS," Behavior Analysis. (March 2016).

Awards and Honors

  • Association for Behavior Analysis Article of the Week, Association for Behavior Analysis International. (February 2021).
  • Association for Behavior Analysis Article of the Week, Association for Behavior Analysis International. (February 2020).
  • Association for Behavior Analysis Article of the Week, Association for Behavior Analysis International. (September 2018).
  • Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Verbal Behavior Award, Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group.
  • Best Professional Poster in the Tinnitus Category, American Academy of Audiology.
  • Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Verbal Behavior Award, Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Cihon, T.M., Becker, A.M., Ortu, D., Glenn, S. (2020). Establishing a research lab for cultural science. Behavior science perspectives on culture and community.

    • Journal Article

  • Caldwell, J., Gopal, K.V., Ortu, D., Miller, S.E. (2024). Electrophysiological auditory measures to identify potential cortical markers of tinnitus. Brain Research. 1842 Elsevier.
  • Luc, O.T., Ortu, D. (2023). Distal and Proximal Sources of Stimulus Control in a Virtual Maze as a Function of Task Difficulty: A Preliminary Study. The Psychological Record. Springer.
  • Schleifer-Katz , E.Z., Ortu, D. (2022). Crafting Sequences of Sight and Sound: A Behavior Analysis of Filmmaking. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40616-022-00178-5
  • Ortu, D., Bugg, R. (2022). Response Systems, Antagonistic Responses, and the Behavioral Repertoire.. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Modulation of Behavioral Outcomes by Conditioning Competing States, Valences, or Responses. Frontiers Publishing. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.778420/abstract
  • Ortu, D., Vaidya, M. (2020). Intraexperimental development of priming and event related potentials effects with abstract geometrical stimuli. Other. 172 Elsevier. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85078174002
  • Niland, H., Ortu, D. (2020). Confessions Selected by Consequences: An Operant Analysis of False Confessions and Interrogation Techniques. Behavior and Social Issues. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42822-019-00025-8
  • Ortu, D., Cihon, T.M. (2018). A neuro-operant analysis of mnemonic recognition. Perspectives on Behavior Science. 42 (2) 267-281.
  • Pal, A., Ortu, D. (2018). A Book Review on Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. Jastreboff, P., & Hazell, J. (2004). Tinnitus Retraining Therapy: Implementing the Neurophysiological Model.. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
  • Ortu, D., Vaidya, M. (2016). The Challenges of Integrating Behavioral and Neural Data: Bridging and Breaking Boundaries Across Levels of Analysis. Other.
  • Vaidya, M., Hudgins, C.D., Ortu, D. (2015). Conditional discriminations, symmetry, and semantic priming. Other. 118 90–97. Elsevier.
  • Ortu, D. (2015). How do we remember traumatic events? Exploring the role of neuromodulation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 38 Cambridge University Press.
  • Ortu, D., Vaidya, M. (2013). A Neurobiology of Learning beyond the Declarative Non-Declarative Distinction. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
  • Ortu, D., Allan, K., Donaldson, D.I. (2013). Is the N400 effect a neurophysiological index of associative relationships?. Neuropsychologia. 51 (9) 1742–1748. Pergamon.
  • Ortu, D., Skavhaug, I., Vaidya, M. (2013). Timescales of Learning in the Basal Ganglia and the Hippocampus. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 7 (98)
  • Ortu, D., Becker, A.M., Woelz, T.A., Glenn, S.S. (2012). An iterated four-player prisoner’s dilemma game with an external selecting agent: A metacontingency experiment. Other. 44 (1) 111–120. Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz.
  • Ortu, D. (2012). Neuroscientific measures of covert behavior. Other. 35 (1) 75–87. Springer International Publishing.
  • Schlund, M., Ortu, D. (2010). Experience-dependent changes in human brain activation during contingency learning. Neuroscience. 165 (1) 151–158. Elsevier.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Ortu, D. (2018). Consiousness and Decision Making: A Neuro-Operant Perspective. B.F. Skinner Foundation. https://www.bfskinner.org/behavioral-science/operants/

    • Webpage

  • Ortu, D. (2023). It Sounds like Sci-fi: A Giant Network of Repertoires. https://science.abainternational.org/2023/12/06/it-sounds-like-sci-fi-a-giant-network-of-repertoires/

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Ortu, D. (Author), Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis, Can Neuroscience Inform Cultural Analysis?, Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Texas Association for behavior Analysis Annual Meeting 2019, A Neuro-Operant Analysis of Anterograde Amnesia, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Forth Worth, United States of America. (2019).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Bugg, R.M. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Rosales-Ruiz, J. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, Free-Operant Event-Related Potential Research: Reevaluating the P3a Effect, ABAI, Boston, United States of America. (2022).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual meeting 2020, Mnemonic Recognition and the Defective Contingency, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, Shifting the Threshold of Observability: Can Measuring Brain Responses Improve Our Understanding of Complex Human Behavior and Help Patients With Paralysis and Disorders of Consciousness?, Denver, United States of America. (2017).
  • Morales, E. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), McNair 2016 Conference, Discrimination Training and Extinction Induced Variability: Introducing a Neurobehavioral Experiment, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2016).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International, Essentialism and Selectionism in the Neurosciences, San Antonio, United States of America. (2015).
  • Ortu, D. (Author), Vaidya, M. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, Do Equivalence Relations have Linguistic Properties? Behavioral and Neurophysiological Correlates of Emergent Symmetry, San Antonio, United States of America. (2015).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, Levels of Analysis in Neurobehavioral Research, Chicago, United States of America. (2014).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Radical Behaviorism and the Neurosciences, Fort Worth, United States of America. (2013).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, A Skinnerian Approach to Neuroscience, Seattle, United States of America. (2012).
  • Becker, A.M. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Glenn, S. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis, International Annual Convention, Cultural Consequences and the Iterated Prisoners' Dilemma Game: Understanding Metacontingency, Association for Behavior Analysis, International, United States of America. (2011).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, On Measuring Covert Behavior, Denver, United States of America. (2011).
  • Becker, A.M. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Glenn, S. (Author), European Association for Behavior Analysis, An Iterated N-Players Prisoner's Dilemma Game with an External Selecting Agent: A Metacontingency Experiment, Greece. (2010).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Woelz, T. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, An Iterated n-players Prisoner's Dilemma Game with an External Selecting Agent: A Metacontingency Experiment, Chicago, United States of America. (2008).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Glenn, S.S. (Author & Presenter), Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, Taking the Metacontingency Concept to the Laboratory, Dallas, United States of America. (2008).

    • Paper

  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual meeting 2019, Consciousness and Decision Making: A Neuro-Operant Analysis, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, United States of America. (2019).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association For Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2018, Rapid Inhibition of Competing Behavior within a Response System: A Neuro-Operant Analysis, Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Diego, United States of America. (2018).

    • Poster

  • Caldwell, J. (Author & Presenter), GopalV. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author), HPS Graduate Student Research Day, First Prize Winning Poster: The Use of Late Auditory Evoked Potentials as Potential Biomarkers of Tinnitus., College of Health and Public Service, UNT, Chilton Hall, UNT, United States of America. (2022).
  • Moore, M.K. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting, A Behavioral Analysis of Memory Reconsolidation, ABAI, Denver, United States of America. (2023).
  • Harris, B.E. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting, A Review of Teaching Methods for Absolute Pitch, ABAI, Denver, United States of America. (2023).
  • Rachel Krilcich, R. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting, A Behavior Analytic Perspective on Resilience., ABAI, Boston, United States of America. (2022).
  • Gopal, K.V. (Author), Caldwell, J. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), American Academy of Audiology National Conference, The Use of Late Auditory Evoked Potentials as Potential Biomarkers of Tinnitus  , American Academy of Audiology, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Bugg, R. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Rosales-Ruiz, J. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2021, The Movement Cycle Under the Microscope: Expanding the Behavioral Unit to Include Neural Activity, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Lovitz, E. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting 2020, Stimulus Equivalence and Covert Verbal Behavior, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).
  • Caldwell, J. (Author & Presenter), Gopal, K.V. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author), Electrophysiological Auditory Measures to Identify Potential Cortical Markers of Tinnitus, American Academy of Audiology, New Orleans, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Pal, A. (Author), Caldewell , J. (Author), Gopal, K.V. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis Internatiional Annual meeting 2019, Tinnitus Treatment: A Positive Reinforcement Learning-Based Neuro-Operant Experiment, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, United States of America. (2019).
  • Pal, A. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association For Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2019, Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Reaction Time and Event Related Potentials in a Stroop color-word task, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, United States of America. (2019).
  • Becker, A. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis, International Annual Convention 2019, Reflections on “Stroke Diary:" Verbal Behavior Perturbations and Recovery Strategies in a Single Case of Aphasia, Association for Behavior Analysis, International, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Becker, A. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis, International Annual Convention, Dopaminergic and Cholinergic Neuromodulation: A Neuro-Operant Review and Interpretation, Association for Behavior Analysis, International, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Pal, A. (Author), Caldwell, J. (Author), Gopal, K. (Author), Ortu, D. (Author), American Academy of Audiology Conference, Positive Reinforcement Learning-based Training as a Treatment Approach for Tinnitus, United States of America. (2019).
  • Amezquita, E. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting 2019, An Analysis of Humor, Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Forth Worth, United States of America. (2019).
  • Luc, O. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND THERAPY 2018, Developing a behavioral apparatus to measure stimulus control changes over repeated instances of episodic remembering, BERKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND THERAPY, Amherst, United States of America. (2018).
  • Adams, O. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Cihon, T.M. (Author), Brain Computer Interface International Conference, Effect of Contingency Type on Accuracy and Reaction Time, Brain Computer Interface Society, Asilomar, Monterey, California, United States of America. (2018).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Research Discovery Workshop, Training Techniques to Improve Hybrid BCI (Brain Computer Interface) Control of External Applications in a 3D Space, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2017).
  • Vail, K. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, Musical Training and Operant Selection, Denver, United States of America. (2017).
  • Becker, A.M. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Association for Behavior Analysis, International Annual Convention, The Concept of The 'Whole' Organism in Behavioral Neuroscience, Association for Behavior Analysis, International, United States of America. (2016).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Rosales-Ruiz, J. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, P3A Brain Responses Under Fixed Ratio and Variable Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement, Chicago, United States of America. (2016).
  • Morales, E. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), McNair 2015, Discrimination Training and Extinction Induced Variability, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2015).
  • Becker, A.M. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Glenn, S. (Author), Four Corners Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Metacontingency control in an Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game affects group behavior after the removal of the metacontingency, Four Corners Association for Behavior Analysis, United States of America. (2010).
  • Ortu, D. (Author & Presenter), Allan, K. (Author), Donaldson, D. (Author), Federation of the European Neuroscience Societies, Reinterpreting the N400 effect as a measure of associative response strength, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (2010).

    • Symposium

  • Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2021, Radical Behaviorism and Deep Neural Network Reconstruction of Perceptual Responses, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).
  • Amezquita, E.B. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2020, A Neurobehavioral Analysis of Humor Responses, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Ortu, D. (Discussant), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2020, Neuroscientific Measures of Stimulus Equivalence, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Lovitz, E. (Author & Presenter), Ortu, D. (Author), Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting 2020, Stimulus Equivalence Formation, Covert Verbal Behavior, and the Role of Compatible and Incompatible Responses, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "Beatrice H. Barrett Behavior Analytic Neuroscience Initiative," Dr. Edward Taub: Behavior analytic methodology and origins of constraint-induced movement: A family of rehabilitative therapies.. (October 2022).
  • "Beatrice H. Barrett Behavior Analytic Neuroscience Initiative," Dr. Edward Taub: The relationship between behavior analysis and neuroscience: The great feedback loop.. (September 2022).
  • "Beatrice H. Barrett Behavior Analytic Neuroscience Initiative," Dr. John Donahoe: Behavior Analysis and Biology, Searching for a Principle of Behavioral Selection. (June 2022).
  • "Beatrice H. Barrett Behavior Analytic Neuroscience Initiative," Dr. John Donahoe: Neural basis of the unified principle of reinforcement and its implications. (June 2022).
  • "Beatrice H. Barrett Behavior Analytic Neuroscience Initiative," (2021).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Ortu, D., "Ph. D. Full Funding," sponsored by SINAPSE, State, $65000 Funded. (2008 - 2011).
  • Ortu, D., "Borsa di Studio," State, $1100 Funded. ( - 1997).

    • Grant - Research

  • Ortu, D., Rosales, J. (Co-Principal), Bugg, R. (Supporting), "A Novel Approach to Event-Related Potentials based on the Free-Operant Paradigm - Grantwriting Support," sponsored by Seed Grant from HPS - University of North Texas, University of North Texas, Funded. (2021 - 2022).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Becker, A. (Co-Principal), Ortu, D. (Co-Principal), "The Beatrice H. Barrett Endowment for Research in Neuro-Operant Relations," sponsored by The Beatrice H. Barrett Endowment for Research in Neuro-Operant Relations, Private, $3500000 Funded. (2003).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Member (Ambassador), STEM(Science technology Engineering Mathematics). (2009).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. (July 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Perspectives on Behavior Science. (2020 - Present).
  • Conference-Related, TxABA. Texas. (2020 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Behavior and Social Issues. (September 2018 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Behavior and Philosophy. (January 2018 - Present).
  • Editor, Guest Editor, Frontiers in Neuroscience. (January 2018 - Present).