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Mechner, F. (1958). Probability relations within response sequences under ratio reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1, 109-121. 

Mechner, F. (1958). Sequential dependencies of the lengths of consecutive response runs. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1, 229-233. 

Mechner, F. (1959). A notation system for the description of behavioral procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2, 133-150. 

Mechner, F. & Ray, R. (1959). Avoidance of time out from fixed-interval reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2, 261. 

Mechner, F. (1961) Programming for automated instruction. New York: Basic Systems, Inc.

Mechner, F. (1961). Behavioral contingencies. In J.G. Holland, Solomon, C., Doran, J., & Frezza, D.A. (Eds.), The Analysis of Behavior in Planning Instruction (pp. 50-62), 1976. New York: Addison-Wesley. 

Mechner, F., Snapper, A.G., & Ray, R. (1961). Behavioral effects of methamphetamine and methylphenidate in rat and man. In E. Rothlin (Ed.), Neuro-Psychopharmacology, Vol. 2. (pp. 167-171). Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company.  

Mechner, F. (1962). Effects of deprivation upon counting and timing in rats. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 5, 463-466. 

Cook, D. A. & Mechner, F. (1962). Fundamentals of programmed instruction. New York: Columbia Engineering Quarterly, 15:3, 18-21. 

Mechner, F., Guevrekian, L., & Mechner, V. (1963). A fixed interval schedule in which the interval is initiated by a response. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 323-330. 

Mechner, F. & Latranyi, M. (1963). Behavioral effects of caffeine, methamphetamine, and methylphenidate in the rat. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 331-342.

Mechner, F. (1963). Science education and behavioral technology. In R. Glaser (Ed.), Teaching Machines and Programmed Learning II (pp. 441-508), 1965. Washington, D.C.: National Education Association. 

Mechner, F. & Cook, D.A. (1964). Behavioral technology and manpower development. Publication of the Directorate of Scientific Affairs. Paris, France: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  

Mechner, F. (1964). Behavioral technology and the effective use of subject matter experts. New York: Basic Systems, Inc.  

Mechner, F. (1965). Some recent advances in behavioral technology. Presented at the March, 1965 American Hospital Association Conference on Programmed Instruction. New York: Basic Systems, Inc. 

Mechner, F. (1965). Learning by doing through programmed instruction. American Journal of Nursing, 65:5, 18-29. 

Mechner, F. (1965). Behavioral technology and the development of medical education programs. In J.P. Lysaught (Ed.), Programmed instruction in medical education (pp. 67-76). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester.

Mechner, F. (1966). Behavioral technology and social change. In Proceedings of the American Management Association. New York: American Management Association. 

Weingarten, K & Mechner, F. (1966). The contingency as an independent variable of social interaction. In T. Verhave (Ed.) Readings in the experimental analysis of behavior (pp. 447-459). New York: Appleton Century Crofts.

Mechner, F. (1967). Behavioral analysis and instructional sequencing. In P.C. Lange (Ed.), Programmed instruction: The sixty-sixth yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (pp. 81-103). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 

Mechner, F. (1977). A new approach to programmed instruction. http://mechnerfoundation.org/newsite/downloads.html.

Mechner, F. (1977). The "problem" of the schools. Educational Technology, 17:1, 45-47.

Mechner, F. (1978). Engineering supervisory job-performance change. Training, 15:10, 65-70. 

Mechner, F. (1981). A self-instructional course in behavioral analysis of interpersonal interaction skills (coaching, counseling, and leadership) and equipment maintenance skills. Arlington, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute Publication.

Mechner, F. (1989). Present certainty equivalents and weighted scenario valuations. Journal of Business Venturing, 4, 85-92. 

Mechner, F. (1993). Methodological points for behavioral scientists. http://mechnerfoundation.org/newsite/downloads.html.

Mechner, F. (1994a). The revealed operant: A way to study the characteristics of individual occurrences of operant responses. In S.S. Glenn (Ed.), Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies Monograph Series: Progress in Behavioral Studes, Monograph #3. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.

Mechner, F. (1994b). Learning and practicing skilled performance. http://mechnerfoundation.org/newsite/downloads.html.

Mechner, F., Hyten, C., Field, D.P., & Madden, G. (1997). Using revealed operants to study the structure and properties of human operant behavior. Psychological Record, 47, 45-68.

Mechner, F. (2008a). Behavioral contingency analysisBehavioral Processes, 78, 124-144.

Mechner, F. (2008b). Applications of the language for codifying behavioral contingencieshttp://mechnerfoundation.org/newsite/downloads.html.

Mechner, F. (2008c). An invitation to behavior analysts: Review of In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric R. Kandel, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 90, 235-248.

Mechner, F. (2009). Analyzing variable behavioral contingencies: Are certain complex skills homologous with locomotion? Behavioral Processes, 81, 316-321.

Mechner, F. (2010). Anatomy of deception: A behavioral contingency analysis. Behavioral Processes, in press.