Dr. Hurtado-Parrado bio pictureDr. Camilo Hurtado-Parrado
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Troy University 
353 Hawkins Hall
Troy, AL 36082
 hhurtadoparrado@troy.edu
334-670-3359

Dr. Hurtado-Parrado's research focuses on the study of behavior in relation to aversive events (i.e., aversive control of behavior), superstitious behavior, verbal and non-verbal behavior interactions, and conceptual and methodological issues in psychology.

Courses

  • Seminar in Special Topics: Behavior, Language and Thought (graduate)
  • Research Methods in Behavior Analysis (graduate)
  • Senior Seminar in Psychology (undergraduate)
  • Psychology of Learning (undergraduate)
  • Basic statistics (undergraduate)
  • Evaluation of Research for the Behavioral Treatment of Individuals with Autism and Developmental Delays (undergraduate)

Recent Publications

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Pfaller-Sadovsky, N., Medina, L., Gayman, C. Rost, K. & Schofill, D.  (accepted). A systematic review and metanalysis on the effectiveness of interteaching. Journal of Behavioral Education.

Acevedo-Triana, C., Córdoba-Patiño, D., Muñoz-Olano, J., Cifuentes, J., Melgarejo, V., Rodriguez Wilchez, O., Hurtado-Parrado, C. (in press). Comparing the short and long-term effects of acute moderate-intensity exercise on mnemonic similarity and emotional memory tasks. Acta Neuropsychologica.

Virues-Ortega, J., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Arias-Higuera, M., & Iwata, B. (2021). Nathan H. Azrin: A Case Study in Research Translation in Behavior Science. Perspectives on Behavior Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-020-00278-4

Orduz-Bastidas, L., Martinez-Martinez, A. M., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Lopez-Lopez, W., & Acevedo-Triana, C. (2020). Parkinson disease patients' performance in Theory of Mind (ToM) and decision-making tasks with and without Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). Terapia Psicologica, 38(2), 259-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48082020000200259

Pfaller-Sadovsky, N. Hurtado-Parrado, C., Cardillo, D., Medina, L. G., & Friedman, S. G.  (2020). What’s in a click? The efficacy of conditioned reinforcement in applied animal training: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Animals, 10(10), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101757

Pfaller-Sadovsky, N. & Hurtado-Parrado, C. (2020). A cultural selection analysis of human-dog interactions – a primer. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2020.1791682

Acevedo-Triana, Rico, J. L., Ortega, L. A., Cardenas, M. A. N., Cardenas, F., Rojas, M., Forigua, J. C., Cifuentes, J., & Hurtado-Parrado, C. (2020). Fear incubation using an extended fear-conditioning protocol for rats. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), 162(e60537), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3791/60537

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Gantiva, C., Gómez-A, A., Cuenya, L., Ortega, L., & Rico, J. L. (2020). Editorial: Research on emotion and learning: contributions from Latin America. Frontiers in Psychology,11, 585-590. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00585

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Arias-Higuera, M., Sierra, M. C., López-López, W., Velásquez, L., Moncaleano, C., Parra, M. F., & Gantiva, C. A. (2020). Emotional response to pictures of the armed conflict in Colombia. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 6(2), 202–212. doi: 10.1037/pac0000451

Pfaller-Sadovsky, N., Arnott, G., Hurtado-Parrado, C. (2019). Using principles from applied behaviour analysis to address an undesired behaviour: Functional analysis and treatment of jumping up in companion dogs. Animals, 9(1091), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9121091

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Acevedo-Triana, C., & Pear, J. (2019). Swimming against the current": Behavioral data of Betta splendens during an escape and avoidance task with water flows as the aversive stimulus. Data in Brief, 25, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104260

Pfaller-Sadovsky, N., Medina, L. G., Dillenburger, K. & Hurtado‐Parrado, C.  (2019). We don’t train in vain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human and canine caregiver training. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2019.1646134

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Sierra-Puentes, M., Morales, A., Gutiérrez-Villamarín, D., Velásquez, Correa-Chica, A., Rincón, J. C., Henao, K., Castañeda, J. G., El Hazzouri, M., & López-López, W. (2019). Emotion regulation and attitudes toward conflict in Colombia: effects of reappraisal training on negative emotions and support for conciliatory and aggressive statements. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(908), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00908

Rico, J., Muñoz, L. F., Lamprea, M., Hurtado-Parrado, C. (2019). Ethopharmacological analysis of gerbils exposed to an extended elevated plus-maze session. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(748), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00748

Acevedo-Triana, C., Torres, M., Aguilar-Bustamante, C., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Silva, L. M., López-López, W. (2018). Analysis of Productivity and Impact of Colombian Journals in Psychology between 2000 and 2016. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia, 50(3), 145-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2018.v50.n3.2 

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Acevedo-Triana, C., & Pear, J. (2019). Aversive control of betta splendens behavior using water disturbances: effects of signaled and unsignaled free-operant avoidance and escape contingencies. Behavioural Processes, 158(1), 18-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.10.021

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Cardona-Zea, A., Arias-Higuera, M., Cifuentes, J., Muñoz, A., Rico, J. & Acevedo-Triana, C. (2018). Behavioral Patterns of Laboratory Mongolian Gerbils by Sex and Housing Condition: A Case Study with an Emphasis on Sleeping Patterns. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 30, 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2018.12.004

Hurtado-Parrado, C., González, C., Arias, M. Ortiz, A., Cardona, A., Medina, L., García, L., Sánchez, C., Cifuentes, J., Forigua, J., Acevedo-Triana, C., & Rico, J. L. (2017). Assessing Mongolian gerbil emotional behavior: Effects of two shock intensities and response-independent shocks during an extended inhibitory-avoidance task. PeerJ, 5(e4009), 1- 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4009

Pfaller-Sadovsky, N., Medina, L., & Hurtado-Parrado, C. (2017). It's mine! Using backward chaining as a treatment of object guarding in companion dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 22, 57-65. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.08.002

Muñoz-Olano, J. F., & Hurtado-Parrado, C. (2017). Effects of goal clarification on impulsivity and academic procrastination of college students. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 49, 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rlp.2017.03.001

Rico J. L., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Vásquez-Sepúlveda, J., Fonseca, J., & Cardona, A. (2016). Time spent in the central area of the elevated plus-maze correlates with impulsivity-related measures during a temporally-defined schedule of reinforcement. Universitas Psychologica, 15(5), 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy15-5.tcae

Robayo-Castro, B., Rico, J. L., Hurtado-Parrado, C., & Ortega, L. (2016). Impacto y calidad de la productividad académica de los investigadores en Colombia en neurociencia comportamental utilizando modelos animales [Productivity, impact and academic quality of colombian researchers that contribute to the field of Behavioral neuroscience with animal models]. Universitas Psychologica, 15(5), 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy15-5.icpa 

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Arias, M., González, C., Bohorquez, M., Henao, K., García, E., & Zapata, A. (2016). Verbal-Nonverbal interactions during a computerized adaptation of Catania et al.’s (1982) experimental task: The effects of embedding an aversive contingency on the nonverbal component. Learning and Motivation, 55, 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2016.05.006

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Gonzalez, C.H., Moreno, L. M., Gonzalez, C., Arias, M., Beltran, L., & Cardona, S. (2015). A behavioural catalogue of Meriones unguiculatus f. dom. (Mongolian gerbil) and wild conspecies in captivity and in natural conditions based on a systematic literature review. Journal of Ethology, 33(2), 65 - 86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-015-0421-0

Hurtado-Parrado, C. & Lopez-Lopez, W. (2015). Single-Case Research Methods: History and suitability for a psychological science in need of alternatives. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 49(3), 323-349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-014-9290-2

Virués-Ortega, J., Pritchard, K., Grant, R. L., North, S., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Lee, M. S. H., … Yu, C. T. (2014). Clinical decision making and preference assessment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 119(2), 151–70. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-119.2.151

Virues-Ortega, J., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Cox, A., & Pear, J. J. (2014). Analysis of the interaction between experimental and applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 47(2), 380-403. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.124