Mariana Castillo

Mariana Castillo

Mariana Castillo is a researcher and first author of two 2022 papers titled Save the best for last.

Who they are

Mariana Castillo is a researcher and first author of two 2022 papers titled Save the best for last. On this site the name is tied to Preference for Improving Sequences.

Key papers

Castillo, M. I., Sun, S., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Borrero, J. C. (2022). Save the best for last I: Young adults demonstrate negative time preference, a replication and extension. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 22(2), 143-163.

Castillo, M. I., Sun, S., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Rooker, G. W., Borrero, J. C. (2022). Save the best for last II: Whether one saves the best for last depends on outcome category. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 22(2), 164-178.

Key ideas

Preference for Improving Sequences: Preferring a run of outcomes that rises over time to one that falls.

Sources

  1. Castillo, M. I., Sun, S., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Borrero, J. C. (2022). Save the best for last I: Young adults demonstrate negative time preference, a replication and extension. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 22(2), 143-163.
  2. Castillo, M. I., Sun, S., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Rooker, G. W., Borrero, J. C. (2022). Save the best for last II: Whether one saves the best for last depends on outcome category. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 22(2), 164-178.