Animal Cognition & Neuroscience Laboratory

 

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Principal Investigator
   

Stephen B. Fountain (Ph.D., Biopsychology, Johns Hopkins University, 1981)
     Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program
 
     sfountai@kent.edu | Contact Information | FountainBio | CV | My Psychology Department page | Mendeley
   
Graduate Students
   

Karen E. Doyle (M.A., Villanova University)
     Specialty: Animal Cognition
     karenedoyle@gmail.com
Laura R. G. Pickens (M.A., ABD, Kent State University)
     Specialty: Neurobehavioral Teratology, Drugs, & Cognition
     lglass2@kent.edu
 
Samantha M. Renaud (B.A., Converse College)
     Specialty: Behavioral Pharmacology
     srenaud@kent.edu
   
Denise P. A. Smith (M.A., ABD, Kent State University)
     Specialty: Brain Systems & Cognition
     dpsmith@kent.edu
   
   
 Undergraduate Research Assistants for Spring 2012
 
  • Adrienne Cole

  • Jeff DaMert

  • Alison Dickerhoof

  • Ben Faulhaber

  • Laura Frear

  • Barbara Irons

  • Tara Marthe

  • Carissa Martin

  • Nicole Ostovich

  • Rebecca Ryan

  • Ashley Smith

  • Alyssa Taylor

  • Sydney Traylor

  • Maggie Young

Former RAs in the Fountain Lab

 
Graduate Students Who Completed Theses or Dissertations with Dr. Fountain

 

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Yen-Ling Teresa Ting, Ph.D. 1989
     Universita Calabria, ITALY, golemme@ccuscl.unical.it
          Dissertation:  Triethyltin Neuotoxicity: Effects on CNS Synaptic Transmission
James D. Rowan III, M.A. 1990, Ph.D. 1993
     Professor & Chair, Dept. of Psychology, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, jrowan@WesleyanCollege.edu 
          Master's Thesis:  Carbon Monoxide Decreases the Rewarding Quality of Brain Stimulation Reward in Rats
          Dissertation:  The Effects of MK-801, an NMDA Antagonist, on Serial-Pattern Learning and Retention in the Rat
Michael O. Wollan, Ph.D. 1995
     Asst. Professor of Psychology, Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC, wollam@chowan.edu
          Dissertation:  Atropine Effects on Rats' Retention of Phrased and Unphrased Serial Patterns

 

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Nannette K. Stempowski, M.A. 1997
          Master's Thesis:  Temporal Phrasing and Rat Serial-Pattern Learning

 

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Heidi M. Carman, Ph.D. 1997
          Dissertation:  Pattern Induction in Rats: Violations of Formal Structure in Serial-Pattern Learning
Scott M. Krauchunas, M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 1998, O.D.
     InFocus EyeCare, Belmont, NH
          Master's Thesis:  Extracellular Ca2+ Modulation of Triethyllead and Triethyltin Neurotoxicity
                    in Area CA1 of the Rat Hippocampal Slice
          Dissertation:  Differential Effects of MK-801 and Atropine on Serial-Pattern Tracking in the CF1 Mouse
Don M. Benson, Jr., M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 1999, M.D. 1999
     James Cancer Center, Ohio State University, DonMBenson@aol.com
          Master's Thesis:  Characteristics of Chunking Nonadjacent Items in Rat Serial-Pattern Learning
          Dissertation:  Determining the Cognitive Mechanisms Involved in Rat Interleaved Serial Pattern Learning
Douglas G. Wallace, M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2000
     Assoc. Professor of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
                    http://www.niu.edu/user/tj0dgw1/, dwallace@niu.edu
          Master's Thesis:  Do Rats Learn Rules? A Computational Model of Food Quantity Pattern Learning   APA Award Winner
          Dissertation:  Stimulus Control of Serial Behavior in Three-Level Hierarchical Sequences
Clifford F. Lewis, Ph.D. 2003
          Dissertation:  A Neural Network Model of Virtual Pitch
Denise P. A. Smith, M.A. 2004
          Master's Thesis:  The Effects of MK-801 and Hippocampal Lesions on Serial Pattern Learning
Melissa D. Muller, M.A. 2000, Ph.D. 2006
     Asst. Professor of Psychology, University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH, mullermd@muc.edu
          Master's Thesis:  Stimulus Control of Responding to Within Chunk, Chunk Boundary, and Violation Elements
                    in a Rat Serial Learning Task
          Dissertation:  Serial Pattern Learning in Rats: Identifying the Processes Underlying Three Patterns
Shannon M. A. Kundey, Ph.D. 2008
     Asst. Professor of Psychology, Hood College, Frederick, MD, kundey@hood.edu
          Dissertation:  Irrelevant Relations in Rat Serial Pattern Learning
Amber M. Chenoweth, M.A. 2007, Ph.D. 2010
     Asst. Professor of Psychology, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, chenowetham@hiram.edu
          Master's Thesis:  The Effects of Muscarinic Cholinergic Blockade on Rat Serial Pattern Learning and Retention
          Dissertation:  The Effects of Scopolamine on Rat Serial Pattern Learning and Reversal Learning
   

Honors Theses

 

 

Aimée M. Benson, Honors Thesis, 1996, Rel ati veT imi ng:  The Effect of Temporal Structure on Serial Pattern Learning
Jennifer Knick, Honors Thesis, 2001, The Use of Counting and Timing in Serial Pattern Learning in Rats
Colleen Trhlik, Honors Thesis, 2010, Rat Serial Pattern Learning: Interleaved Pattern Transfer
   

 


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