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Liaison: Dr. Martha Hubner

Liaison: Maria Teresa Araujo Silva

News: B.F. Skinner's "Selection by Consequences" is now published in Portuguese! It was officially published on December 20th, 2007 in electronic form on the official website of Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Translation was conducted by: Dr. Sergio Cirino, Paulo Guerra Soares, Carlos Cancado with the collaboration and support of professors of behavior analysis in Brazil, including Drs. Martha Hubner and Maria Teresa Silva.

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Dr. Martha Hübner


Dr. Martha Hübner is one of the two B.F. Skinner Foundation's Brazil Liaisons.  She holds a Bachelors of Psychology from the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a Masters of Science as well as a Doctorate from the University of São Paulo in Experimental Psychology.   Currently, she is a professor at the University of São Paulo.  Dr. Hübner is also President of the Brazilian ABA Branch (known in Brazil as the Brazilian Association of Behavioral Psychology and Medicine/ABPMC.)
Dr. Hübner 's goals as Brazilian Liaison for the B.F. Skinner Foundation include increasing the number of Skinner publications in the Portuguese language and disseminating Skinner's ideas to the greater public and to the press. 

Maria Teresa Araujo Silva


Maria Teresa Araújo Silva is one of the two B.F. Skinner Foundation’s Brazilian Liaisons.  She received her Masters degree in Psychology from Teachers College at Columbia University.  While at Columbia, Teresa had the pleasure of meeting Fred Keller, who coincidentally had just returned from a one year stay in Brazil.
Teresa believes that in the United States, the study of Skinnerian Science is more diversely studied and researched than in Brazil.  However, according to Teresa, both the US and Brazil share a couple common problems. “There is difficulty in transmitting concepts that challenge the cultural view on freedom, decision making, and an initiator self,” explained Teresa.  “Another difficulty is the scientific nature of the behavior language, which tends to build select groups of people who interact with each other but have trouble putting their views into accessible, everyday language.”
As one of the Foundation’s Brazil Liaisons, Teresa welcomes any project ideas, goals or suggestions. 

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