Jeffrey A Lamoureux, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Jeffrey A Lamoureux

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
PhD, Duke University, 1998
mailing address: Box 90086 Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience 9 Flowers Drive Duke University Durham, NC 27708
office: 242 Soc-Psych
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phone: (919) 660-5792

research interests | publications | courses

Research Summary:
 My research interests center on the mechanisms by which animals learn predictive relationships in their environment (e.g., Pavlovian and operant conditioning). Using rodent models, I investigate both the circumstances under which animals learn these predictive associations, as well as the neural systems that underly the process. Of particular interest to me are the mechanisms by which animals use contextual cues to retrieve "ambiguous" memories, and response recovery phenomena observed following extinction procedures (i.e., renewal, reinstatement).

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Buhusi, C.V., Lamoureux, J.A., & Meck, W.H. (2008). Neurotoxic lesions of the hippocampus attenuate renewal but not reinstatement of appetitive Pavlovian conditioning. Brain Research, 1237, 204-213.
  2. Lamoureux, J.A., Meck, W.H., & Williams, C.L. (2008). Prenatal dietary choline manipulation alters context sensitivity of Pavlovian conditioning in young adult rats. Learning & Memory, 15(12), 866-875.
  3. Lamoureux, J.A., Schmidt, J.A., Gould, C.E., & Buhusi, C.V. (2006). Neurotoxic lesions of the hippocampus attenuate renewal but not reinstatement of appetitive Pavlovian conditioning. Proceedings and Abstracts of the Eastern Psychological Association, 77, 50.
  4. McKeon-O’Malley, C., Siwek, D., Lamoureux, J. A., Williams, C.L., & Kowall, N.W. (2003). Prenatal choline deficiency decreases the cross-sectional area of cholinergic neurons in the medial septal nucleus. Brain Research, 977, 278-283.
  5. Holland, P.C., Lamoureux, J.A., Han, J.S., & Gallagher, M.H. (1999). Hippocampal lesions interfere with Pavlovian negative occasion setting. Hippocampus, 9, 143-157.
  6. Schmajuk, N.A., Lamoureux, J.A., & Holland, P.C. (1998). Occasion setting: A neural network approach. Psychological Review, 105, 3-32.
  7. Lamoureux, J.A. (2009). Extinction and savings in serial feature-positive discriminations: Tests of a network model of occasion setting, in prep.
  8. Lamoureux, J.A., & Tow, S. (2009). Hippocampal lesions abolish renewal of aversive, but not appetitive, conditioned responding, in prep.

Typical Courses Taught::

  • Psy 91, Bio bases of behavior Synopsis
  • Psy 120, Comparative psychology Synopsis
  • Psy 200a, Distinction thesis workshop i
  • Psy 200b, Distinction thesis workshop ii