The Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA), a regional affiliate of the Association for Behavior Analysis, is a membership organization devoted to promoting scholarly interchange in behavior analysis through its annual convention. The 8th annual Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA) convention was held October 5th-6th, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More than 100 people attended the convention, with graduate and undergraduate students comprising the majority of attendees. The convention began when Dr. Jay Moore (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) described the effects of reinforcer delay on choice and Tal Yarkoni (Washington University) discussed the use of functional neuroimaging to study decision-making. Later, Dr. Douglas Woods (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) spoke about basic and applied research on Tourette’s Syndrome, and Dr. David Wacker (University of Iowa) described the long-term maintenance of functional communication training. During th e afternoon of the first day, Dr. Linda LeBlanc (Western Michigan University) addressed the role of intraverbals and problem-solving in children’s language, Dr. David Jewett (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) spoke about discriminative stimulus effects associated with acute food restriction, Dr. Valeri Farmer-Dougan (Illinois State University) presented research on individual differences in reward sensitivity during paired and group foraging, and Dr. Leonard Green (Washington University) shared his recent research on choice, impulsivity, and self-control. The first day ended with poster presentations by students and faculty.