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The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative

Division 6 — American Psychological Association

Volume 17 • Number 3 • Winter 2002

In This Issue MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Message from the President 1 by Skip Spear 2004 APA Scientific Awards Program: Call for Nominations 2 Report on APA Council 3 The history of Division 6 BNCP Profile: Chana K. Akins 5 reveals some interesting twists and 2003 APA Annual Meeting turns, described in a chapter written Program Previews: by Donald A. Dewsbury for the book Division 6 Program 8 he edited in 1996, Unification Cluster A Program 10 Through Division: Histories of the IJCP Call for Papers 11 Divisions of the American Psycho- logical Association. This chapter describes an interesting process: DIVISION 6 EMAIL Doubt was raised from the very beginning, by prominent members REFLECTOR such as Edward Tolman, whether Division 6 (then Division of Physi- Division 6 maintains an email reflector to ological and Comparative , keep members up to date with the latest and one of APA’s charter divisions) information on research funding, employ- should exist separately from Division 3 ment opportunities, and other items of gen- NORMAN E. “SKIP” SPEAR eral interest. If you have recently changed (then Division of Theoretical-Experi- mental Psychology). Although a your email address, you may need to re- was due to exciting new data and subscribe to the reflector. To update your significant number of the more promi- insights about neurochemistry, psy- current address or to join the list for the first nent members of APA belonged to time, follow these simple instructions: Division 6, and although Division 6 chopharmacology and the neural basis contributed more papers per capita to of and memory, and to Send precisely the following 4-word mes- the APA meeting than any other renewed interest in comparative sage: division, the membership of Division 6 psychology, stimulated by Tinbergen, SUBscribe div6 John Doe was quite small. It was finally decided Lorenz, and Lehrman. Yet, as Change John Doe to your first and last name; in 1948 to have Division 6 absorbed Dewsbury (1996) shows, even at its the computer will find the subscriber’s email into Division 3, an amalgamation that peak membership year of 1963 the address in the message automatically. Put continued until 1963. number of members in Division 6 was nothing else in the message. Mail the 4- only about 2% of the total membership word message to the folowing address: At the time Division 6 was re- in APA. Under APA guidelines a established (1963), physiological [email protected] division can be dissolved when mem- psychology was . In my More info can be found at: bership falls below 0.5% of total APA view (retrospectively, and as a recent membership. Dewsbury notes that http://listserv.apa.org graduate student at that time), this Continued on page 4

Page 1 Division Officers and The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist is the official newslet- Committees 2002-2003 ter of APA Division 6 — and — and is published 3 times a year. Mailing addresses used are those appearing on the President: Norman E. (Skip) Spear official APA roster and a separate Division roster. Corrections and changes of address SUNY Binghamton should be sent directly to the APA Directory Office, 1400 North Uhle St., Arlington, VA [email protected] 22201, and to the newsletter editor (see below). President Elect: Edward A. Wasserman As the official newsletter of Division 6, BNCP publishes official business, committee University of Iowa reports, news items, job announcements, information on technical issues, topics of [email protected] current interest, and information about the professional activities of Division 6 mem- Past President: David C. Riccio bers. News items and articles should be submitted to the Editor at the address below Kent State University (preferably by email). Paid advertisements are not officially endorsed by Division 6. The [email protected] Editor welcomes comments and suggestions for ways in which BNCP can better serve the needs of the members. The preferred method of submission is by email. Send Secretary/Treasurer: James Grau correspondence and submissions to Stephen B. Fountain via e-mail at Texas A&M University [email protected]. Postal mail should be sent to Stephen B. Fountain, Department of [email protected] Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001. Other contact information: Phone: (330) 672-3826; FAX: (330) 672-3786 Council Representative: MaryLou Cheal Arizona State University [email protected] 2004 APA SCIENTIFIC AWARDS PROGRAM: Members-at-Large: William Timberlake CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Indiana University The APA Board of Scientific . For the 2004 program, [email protected] Affairs (BSA) invites nominations nominations of persons who received Ralph R. Miller for its 2004 scientific awards doctoral degrees during and since SUNY Binghamton program. The Distinguished 1994 are being sought in the areas of: [email protected] Scientific Contribution Award • Animal learning and behavior, honors psychologists who have made comparative Chair of Membership & Growth distinguished theoretical or empirical Committee: Roger K. R. Thompson • Human learning/cognitive Franklin & Marshall College contributions to basic research in • [email protected] psychology. The Distinguished • Scientific Award for the • Psychopathology Chair of Fellows Nomination Applications of Psychology honors To submit a nomination for the Committee: Mark E. Bouton psychologists who have made University of Vermont Distinguished Scientific Award for distinguished theoretical or empirical [email protected] Early Career Contribution to advances in psychology leading to Psychology, you should provide a Chair of Program Committee: the understanding or amelioration of letter of nomination, the nominee's Mark E. Stanton important practical problems. current vita with list of publications, University of Delaware To submit a nomination for and up to five representative reprints. [email protected] the Distinguished Scientific To obtain nomination forms Contribution Award and the Chair of Awards Committee: and more information, you can go to Jeffrey R. Alberts Distinguished Scientific Contribution the Science Directorate web page Indiana University Award for the Applications of (www.apa.org/science/sciaward.html) [email protected] Psychology, you should provide a or you can contact Suzanne letter of nomination, the nominee's Newsletter Editor: Wandersman, Science Directorate, current vita with list of publications, Stephen B. Fountain American Psychological Association, and the names and addresses of Kent State University 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC [email protected] several scientists who are familiar 20002-4242; by phone, (202) 336- with the nominee's work. Division Historian/ Archivist: 6000; by fax, (202) 336-5953; or by The Distinguished Donald A. Dewsbury E-mail, [email protected]. University of Florida Scientific Award for Early Career [email protected] Contribution to Psychology The deadline for all award nomina- ΨΨΨ recognizes excellent young tions is June 1, 2003.

Page 2 REPORT ON APA COUNCIL, FEBRUARY, 2003

by MaryLou Cheal Council Representative for Division 6

The Council of Representa- Costa. Costa’s primary interest is tives of the American Psychological science. Association met in Washington, DC, At present, we are enjoying a February 14th and 15th. The most three-year run with scientific presi- newsworthy part of the meeting was dents. To get back on that track, we the aftermath. The big storm of 2003 must be proactive. You need to was coming, so it was decided to end nominate colleagues who would be the meeting at 5:00 pm on Saturday good in these offices or nominate and we were all urged Saturday yourself. Let others know if you are morning to make arrangements to interested. This is one time when it return home early. Many who live on does not pay to be shy. MARYLOU CHEAL the east coast were able to leave on The Coalition for Academic, Saturday, but many of the rest of us very interesting short presentation Scientific, and were not able to get alternative after he was presented with an APA (CASAP) met from 9:30 to 10:30 pm reservations until Sunday and by then Presidential Citation. on Wednesday. Nominations for the airports were closed and we had Fortunately, the agenda was people to the various boards and an extended stay at the Capitol Hilton relatively light, so that even though we committees were discussed, but the or some other hotel. I was not able to had a shortened meeting, all business principal part of the meeting was a leave until Tuesday evening and items were addressed. This report discussion of the new format for arrived home about 3:00 am on will include only a very brief summary APA convention from the point of Wednesday. The good part was of that business. Agenda items of view of the divisions. This year’s getting to know some of our col- interest include approval of: program will have a similar format to leagues. Psychologists everywhere that of last year, and will again include 1. Recognition of enjoy talking and this was no excep- cluster programming. Be sure to look and of the Assessment and tion. for the Cluster A program, which Treatment of Serious Mental Now to go back to Wednes- includes input from Division 6 as well Illness as Proficiencies in Profes- day, February 13th: I arrived at the as Divisions 1 (General), 2 (Teaching sional Psychology and renewed hotel in time for the Candidate’s of Psychology), 3 (Experimental), 7 recognition of Industrial and Forum at 5:00 pm. Three of the five (Developmental), and 15 (Educa- Organizational Psychology as a candidates for President of APA tional). Division 6 has been a paid Specialty in Professional Psychol- gave brief presentations. All five of member of CASAP, the Council ogy. the candidates are men who represent caucus with scientific and academic 2. The Committee on Animal primarily clinical interests. The only interests. Research and Ethics Guidelines one that I know is Ron Levant; he has Friday morning, Council was for the Use of Animals in Behav- been the Recording Secretary of opened by President, Robert ioral Projects in Schools (K-12). APA for a number of years. As none Sternberg. The new CEO, Norman of these candidates represents 3. A task force on the Psychological Anderson spoke to us about his first science interests, I have no recom- Effects of Efforts to Prevent seven weeks progress report. The mendations as to nominating or voting. Terrorism. Board of Directors and the Finance Janet Matthews and Ruth Paige are 4. Rescinding the ban on Depart- Committee are attempting to reduce interested in the office of Recording ment of Defense (DoD) advertis- expenses and to increase revenue in Secretary. Janet is in academia and ing in APA publications. The ban ways that do not include dues in- has been a friend of science. Board had been imposed because APA creases. of Director candidates are Sandra opposed the DoD policy that Shullman, Thomas DeMaio, Sandra Dr. , the Harris, Ron Rozensky, and Paul winner of the Nobel prize, gave us a Continued on page 4

Page 3 Continued from “Cheal,” page 3 Continued from “Spear,” page 1 area may require, at some point, that we fight for it. Such an effort would should present trends continue, the denied military entrance and be successful only to the extent that outlook for Division 6 is not favor- subsequent service to gays and our views are represented in the able and that “… another amalgam- lesbians. With changes in council and other committees of ation of Division 6 into Division 3 or Federal law, that ban is no importance to decision-making in another unit may be in the offing.” longer relevant because APA. Amalgamation with other it was directed against a policy If APA is important to our divisions might be the best way to that no longer exists. area of research, does it matter achieve this. whether we stand alone with our 5. The 2003 Budget: Personally I am ambivalent present Division 6 membership or a. Council approved the 2003 about joining other divisions in a merge with one or more other budget of $85,205,400 with merger. I am also uncertain which divisions, as occurred in 1948? a surplus of $385,300. As Divisions would make our best Perhaps we should first ask whether always, this is a very partners for such a merger. Perhaps APA is in fact important to our complicated budget and to the divisions involved would be the research area, and why. We have understand it, one has to same ones clustered with us for the no data on how Division 6 members read through the 272-page program of the APA meeting, but feel about these issues. But for me, budget booklet. This is a big Division 6 has not chosen the divisions APA is important for four reasons. improvement over the 2002 with which we have been clustered. The first two are obvious: APA’s budget which showed a Division 3 () support of a meeting that allows us shortfall of $3,167,700. would of course be a natural partner, to present our research and learn although Divisions 28 (Psychophar- b. Council approved goals for about related research, and APA’s macology and Substance Abuse), 25 nondues-revenue including: provision of two excellent journals of (Behavior Analysis) and 40 (Clinical A convention goal of profit special value to our area, Behavioral ) make more contact of 12% (over allocations) Neuroscience and Comparative in some ways with behavioral neuro- annually over five years; a Psychology. Sponsor Approval goal of science. My own preference for 10% (over allocations) The other two ways APA is Divisions 7 (Developmental Psychol- annually over five years; A important to us are less obvious ogy) and 33 (Mental Retardation and CE Credit Program goal of although arguably more crucial for Developmental Disabilities) seems to 5% (over allocations) our research. One is APA’s devel- represent a distinct minority in Divi- annually over five years; opment and excellent support of the sion 6. CARE Committee (Committee on and a Communications goal For the benefits we presently Animal Research and Ethics) which to be set annually by the obtain from APA, would amalgam- helps to convey the value of re- CEO. ation help or hurt? It is unclear to me search with animals and secure its whether APA policy would be more c. Budget included funding for continuation. The other is the likely influenced by one large division membership retention and Science Directorate generally and than two or three smaller ones. recruitment. APA’s invaluable lobbying for Perhaps it would make a difference in federal support of basic science in Information items that were the research to which we are exposed our area. To me the lobbying effort presented included: (1) Evaluations at the APA meeting, but probably not means more than just seeking of the Restructuring of the Annual much, and less difference than before research dollars; it also serves to Convention; (2) Announcement of a the clustering procedure was intro- educate legislators and the public in Presidential Candidates’ Forum at duced for the APA program. Convention and a Presidential the value of our work. To my Candidates’ Website; and (3) knowledge, no other organization Because this is a topic we Announcement of new editorial currently provides these services to might want to consider, it is useful to appointments, new editorial our research area as effectively as be reminded by the Dewsbury chap- searches, discontinuation of paper APA. ter about the arguments for and against amalgamation raised 50-60 publication of four PsycSCANS, and To ensure that APA will sales of the Publication Manual in years ago. The issues do not seem a continue to support our research Ψ 2002 of $7 million. Ψ great deal different today.

Page 4 BNCP PROFILE: Chana K. Akins

Associate Professor Department of Psychology University of Kentucky

Sex, Drugs, and Associative several pairings, that may Learning begin to elicit sexual arousal on its own. Thus, deviant sexual behavior in The theories, concepts, and humans may be acquired, at least in principles of learning have played a part, via a Pavlovian conditioning vital and integral role in our under- process. Unfortunately, experiments standing of clinically-relevant issues, that have been conducted to investi- example, in our paradigm, the condi- as well as in the development of gate the conditioning of human sexual tioning of sexual arousal, as measured therapies and treatments for clinically- arousal have had many limitations, by sexual responding toward the CS, based problems. For example, it has including problems with subject is most likely to occur when the CS been well established that drug abuse expectation, voluntary or cognitive contains a small amount of female and drug relapse involve associative control, small sample sizes, lack of head and neck features (yet this mechanisms, and as a result many proper controls, and methodological amount is not sufficient to elicit drug treatments involve some aspect problems. Thus, studies with animal unconditioned responding). The head of counterconditioning and/or recondi- models may provide information about and neck plumage of these birds is a tioning. In addition, many sexual associative mechanisms of sexual sexually dimorphic feature, it disorders and sexual deviations, such arousal with fewer experimental differs between males and females. as pedophilia, may be traced back to limitations. It has also been shown that male birds an associative mechanism. Sexual conditioning has been learn to differentiate between sexes The focus of my research is perhaps most studied in the laboratory based on these head and neck fea- on the role of associative learning in: using an avian species, Japanese quail tures (Domjan & Nash, 1988). 1) sexual and sexual (see Domjan, 1990 for review). Therefore, during sexual conditioning, behavior; 2) drug reward and drug Much is known about the neurohor- features that are most closely related relapse; and 3) the interactive rela- monal mechanisms and sexual re- to the female bird may serve to prime tionship between sex and drugs. sponse system in these birds. In a the system and facilitate learning. These areas of interest lend them- typical sexual conditioning paradigm Our findings are in accordance with selves well to clinical, pharmacologi- with quail, an initially ineffective learning concepts such as “prepared- cal, and neuroscience-related levels of stimulus, the conditioned stimulus ness” that suggests that certain kinds analysis and interpretation. However, (CS), is presented. Following presen- of stimuli may be favored by natural a learning analysis and interpretation tation of the CS, male birds receive selection and therefore be more likely may contribute to a better understand- copulatory opportunity with a recep- to form associations than other kinds ing and a more complete picture of tive female bird, the unconditioned of stimuli. these areas. stimulus (US). After many pairings, Although no systematic According to some clinical the once ineffective stimulus comes to experimentation has been conducted theories of human sexual arousal, elicit a conditioned response such as with humans on the nature of the CS deviant sexual behavior may begin approach or courtship behavior in the or concepts such as “preparedness”, with an accidental pairing of an presence of the stimulus. the findings of some studies suggest abnormal or deviant stimulus with Findings from our laboratory that these concepts may be involved sexual arousal and/or ejaculation, (e.g., Akins, 2000) have helped to in the conditioning of human sexual thereby giving that stimulus a high identify the conditions under which arousal. For example, Rachman amount of erotic value. Later, after sexual conditioning occurs. For Continued on page 6

Page 5 Continued from “Akins,” page 5 Although rodents have been the tion suggest that cocaine has a typical animal model used in drug stimulatory effect on quail; that it (1966) and Rachman and Hodgson reward studies, because of their appears to be rewarding to this (1968) observed conditioned sexual limited visual capacity, they may not species; and that the dopaminergic arousal using a pair of black boots as serve as an appropriate model for mechanisms may be conserved their CS. Later, Gosselin & Wilson examining drug reward that solely between mammalian and avian (1980) found that in male fetishists, involves visual cues. Japanese quail species. Therefore, this avian species sexual arousal occurred mainly to have a well-developed visual system might serve as an alternative model stimuli that were pink, black, smooth, with color vision. Thus, we have for investigating associative mecha- silky, and shiny. In contrast, focused our research in this area on nisms of drug reward and environ- Langevin and Martin (1975) failed to developing an animal model to study mental cues. find evidence of conditioning when associative learning between There is increasing evidence they used randomly presented geo- psychostimulant drugs and visual for a high co-morbidity between drug metrical patterns as CSs associated environmental stimuli. abuse and impulsive sexual behavior with sexual arousal. According to Our findings have indicated in humans. The clinical literature McConaghy (1987), objects such as that chronic administration of cocaine, suggests a “reciprocal relapse pat- black boots and objects that contain a psychostimulant in humans, results tern” in which impulsive sexual the aforementioned stimulus charac- in increased locomotor activity or behavior precipitates relapse to teristics (as described by Gosslyn & behavioral sensitization in Japanese psychostimulant use and vice versa. Wilson, 1980) were effectively quail (Levens & Akins, 2001). This In particular, cocaine has been associated with sexual arousal be- facilitation of behavior in response to identified as being associated with cause they have similar properties to chronic cocaine may be related to risky sexual activities as well as that of the female vulva. Thus, increased dopaminergic transmission sexual transmission of HIV and other learning concepts such as “prepared- in dopamine-related brain areas, sexually transmitted diseases. For ness” and “belongingness” may also similar to increased dopaminergic example, studies have reported both come into play for conditioning transmission in the nigrostriatal and increased sexual activity, increased experiments of human sexual arousal. mesoaccumbens systems in mammals numbers of sex partners, and unpro- It is evident that environmen- (Beninger, 1983; Kalivas, Duffy, tected sex. While it may seem tal stimuli may become associated Dumars, & Skinner, 1988). We also intuitive that crack cocaine users are with sexual arousal to elicit sexual found that cocaine-induced behavioral exchanging sex for drugs and money, responding. There is also evidence sensitization could be blocked with a the literature suggests that other that environmental stimuli may dopamine antagonist, further implicat- factors may contribute to this relation- become associated with drug effects, ing the role of dopamine in our model. ship. thereby presumably increasing the When birds are given re- One factor that might help value of those stimuli and later serving peated pairings of cocaine with a explain this relationship concerns the to trigger a drug relapse. In humans, distinctly colored chamber and then neural overlap of sex and drug many of the environmental cues that given free access to that chamber and reward. Some literature suggests that trigger a relapse are distal visual cues. an equally familiar but distinct cham- psychostimulants and sex have These distal visual cues may then ber, they demonstrate a conditioned overlapping neural circuitry such that serve to motivate behavior toward place preference when tested in a prior drug exposure sensitizes the approach to environmental cues that drug-free state (Levens & Akins, system, thereby enhancing the moti- are more proximal to the drug experi- 2001). (Interestingly, we get a similar vational attractiveness and/or reward- ence (touching a “crack” pipe, place preference by pairing copula- ing properties of sex (e.g., Robinson smelling the odor, tasting the “burn”, tory opportunity with a distinct cham- & Berridge, 1993). In support of this, etc.). It has been hypothesized that a ber – Akins, 1998). Recently, we Fiorino & Phillips (1999) showed that contributing factor to a high relapse found that the cocaine-induced place chronic administration of amphet- rate might involve the association that preference is dose dependent, as amine that resulted in behavioral forms between environmental cues evident by an inverted U-shaped sensitization (increased locomotor and previous drug use. These cues curve (Akins, Levens, Prather, activity) later facilitated sexual may later serve to elicit a conditioned Cooper, & Fritz, submitted). These motivation and sexual behavior in rats. drug response or “craving” response findings, along with our findings of Neil Levens, my graduate student, that motivates drug-taking behavior. cocaine-induced behavioral sensitiza- and I replicated and extended this

Page 6 study in Japanese quail using chronic in the field of learning, progress in Gosselin, C., & Wilson, G. (1980). Sexual administration of cocaine and a many other areas of psychology might variations. London: Faber & Faber. different learning paradigm (unpub- not be where it is today. It is impor- Kalivas, P.W., Duffy, P., Dumars, L.A., & lished dissertation data). tant that we continue to teach our Skinner, C. (1988). Behavioral and Another factor, not necessar- students about the contributions of neurochemical effects of acute and daily ily exclusive to the first, is that of an learning research and that we con- cocaine administration in rats. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Thera- associative relationship between drugs tinue to train future researchers on peutics, 245, 485-492. and sex. First, a simple Pavlovian behavioral techniques in this field. relationship could exist such that the I would like to take this Levens, N., & Akins, C.K. (2001). Co- caine induces place preference and drug serves as a CS that later reliably opportunity to thank those of you who locomotor activity in male domesticated predicts a sexual encounter (US). have served as mentors and who quail (Coturnix japonica). Pharmacol- Future research in our laboratory will have supported me throughout my ogy, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 68, 71-80. explore this possibility. However, as career. Thanks to NSF for previous McGonaghy, N. (1987). A learning described above, many stimuli may funding and NIDA for current funding approach. In J. Geer, & W. T. O’Donohue become associated with a sexual of this research. Also, thanks to (Eds.), Theories of human sexuality (pp. event as well as with a drug-taking APA, Division 6 for giving me the 287-334). New York: Plenum Press. episode. Thus, it is likely that a more opportunity to share my research. Rachman, S. (1966). Sexual fetishism: An associative relationship exists experimental analogue. Psychological between a sexual event, a drug-taking Record, 16, 293-296. episode, and other stimuli in the Rachman, S., & Hodgson, R. J. (1968). environment. A more complex References Experimentally-induced “sexual fetish- Pavlovian account might involve an Akins, C.K. (1998). Conditioned excita- ism”: Replication and development. occasion setting situation in which a tion and modulation of sexual condition- Psychological Record, 18, 25-27. target cue (CS) predicts a sexual ing in male Japanese quail. Animal Robinson, T.E. & Berridge, K.C. (1993). Learning & Behavior, 26, 416-426. encounter (US) but only in a drug The neural basis of drug craving: An state. Therefore, the drug state might Akins, C.K. (2000). Constraints on the incentive-sensitization theory of addic- serve as an occasion setter or modu- sexually conditioned response in male tion. Brain Research Review, 18, 247- lator that predicts the CS-US relation- Japanese quail: Effects of the CS and CS- 291. ship. In a recent collaboration with US interval. Learning & Motivation, 31, Joe Troisi at Saint Anselm College, 211-235. we found preliminary evidence that Akins, C.K., Levens, N., Prather, R., cocaine may serve as an occasion Cooper, B., & Fritz, T. (Submitted for Chana K. Akins received her Ph.D. in setter for the relationship between a publication). Dose dependent effects of Experimental Psychology in 1994 from the CS (block of wood) and copulatory cocaine place preference in male Japanese University of Texas, under the supervi- sion of Michael Domjan. Her dissertation opportunity with a female bird. quail. . research was on the conditioned anticipa- Beninger, R.J. (1983). The role of dopam- Animals demonstrated a conditioned tory responses of male Japanese quail ine in locomotor activity and learning. response to the CS block prior to US during sexual behavior. From 1994-1996, Brain Research Review, 6, 173-196. presentation but only on days when she continued this line of research as a they received cocaine prior to the Domjan, M. 1990. The modification of postdoctoral fellow at the University of conditioning trial. sexual behavior through conditioning: An Kentucky. She was hired as faculty at the avian model. In: Pedophilia: Biosocial Collectively, the findings from University of Kentucky after completion Dimensions. (Ed by J. R. Feierman), pp. of her postdoctoral position in 1996, and our research have demonstrated the 242-273. New York: Springer-Verlag. she is currently an Associate Professor. importance of associative learning in She is a member of the faculty for the the acquisition and maintenance of Domjan, M., & Nash, S. (1988). Stimulus control of social behavior in male Japa- Animal Learning, Cognition, and Behav- motivated behaviors such as sexual nese quail. Animal Behavior, 36, 1006- ior and the Behavioral Neuroscience and arousal and drug-taking behavior. 1015. Psychopharmacology graduate programs Like other research in the field of in the Department of Psychology at the Fiorino, D.F., & Phillips, A.G. (1999). learning, these findings may contribute University of Kentucky. Facilitation of sexual behavior in male rats a piece of the puzzle with which to following d-amphetamine-induced E-mail: [email protected] better understand complex behavior. behavioral sensitization. Psychopharma- Website: http://www.uky.edu/AS/ Without the contribution of research cology, 142, 200-208. Psychology/faculty/cakins.html Ψ

Page 7 Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Division 6 Program for APA 2003 THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2003 Paper Session I - 11:00 AM – 12:50 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 801B Inability of Tactile Reading in Late Schooled Subjects Rita Simoes, M.D.; R. Fernandes, M.D., V.S. Nunes, M.A., M.A. Goncalves, M.A., A.L. Castro- Caldas, Ph.D., M.D. The Knowledge of Orthography Changes the Organization of Working Memory Vania Silva Nunes, M.A.; A.L. Castro-Caldas, Ph.D., M.D. The Neuropsychology of Second Language Acquisition Darleana McHenry, Ed.D. Possible Improvement of Visual Recall Through Chinese Character Learning Morihiro Sugishita, Dr.P.H. Paper Session II - 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 101 Intragenomic Conflicts and ‘Adapted’ Minds William M. Brown, Ph.D. Women’s Mating Strategies and Preferences of Dads versus Cads Maryanne L. Fisher, M.S., D.J. Druger, Ph.D. & I. Jobling, Ph.D. Poster Session - 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall Serial Order Learning in Associative Formation Murray J. Goddard, Ph.D. The Effects of Emotional and Neutral Stimuli on Interhemispheric Interaction Michael I Bloch, Ph.D. Caregiving AD and ALS Patients: What’s the Difference? Sonia S. Silva, BS, LCSW; Manuela MG Guerreiro, Ph.D., RN Metamemory and Objective Memory Sandra SG Gino, BS, LCSW; Manuela MG Guerreiro, Ph.D., RN; Carlos CG Garcia, Ph.D., RN Associations and Dissociations Between Implicit and Explicit Memory Tasks Peter J Bruss, MA; David B. Mitchell, Ph.D.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2003 Invited Address - 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 701A Mark E. Stanton, Ph.D., Chair Ontogeny of Conditioned Fear: Acquisition vs. Expression? Pamela S. Hunt, Ph.D. Hebb Award Address - 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 701B Mark E. Stanton, Ph.D., Chair Ghost in the Addict: Drug Anticipation and Drug Addiction Shepard Siegel, Ph.D.

Page 8 FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2003 (continued) Symposium: Learning to extinguish fears and phobias: Evidence from behavioral, neurobiological and preclinical experiments. 3:00 PM – 4:50 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 707 William Falls, Ph.D., Chair Importance of Context, New Learning, and Memory Retrieval in Understanding Extinction Mark E. Bouton, Ph.D. Learning not to fear: The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in fear extinction Gregory J. Quirk, Ph.D. Context specificity of extinction in phobias Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D.

Social Hour - 5:00 PM – 6:50 PM, Crowne Plaza Toronto Centre Hotel, Niagara Room

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2003 Symposium: Memory and Conditioning: Neurobiological, Developmental & Comparative Approaches 9:00 AM – 10:50 AM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 717B Mark E. Stanton, Ph.D., Chair Encoding Classical Eyeblink Conditioning in the Mammalian Brain Joseph E. Steinmetz, Ph.D. Ontogeny of Eyeblink Conditioning in Rodents and Humans Mark E. Stanton, Ph.D. What Functional Imaging of Eyelid Conditioning Can Tell Us About Learning and Memory Bernard G Schreurs, Ph.D.

Executive Committee Meeting - 6:00 PM – 8:50 PM, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Banff Hospitality Suite (1-263)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2003 Paper Session III - 9:00 AM – 9:50 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 718B An Investigation of Regular Expression-Based Pattern Matching and Creation Anthony M.Cox, Ph.D. & Maryanne L. Fisher, M.S. A Comparative Study of Three Sources of Constraint on Attention David A Washburn, Ph.D. Presidential Address - 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 701A Very Early Learning About Alcohol Norman E. Spear, Ph.D.

Business Meeting - 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Meeting Room 701A

Page 9 Cluster A Program for APA 2003 Division 1 – General Psychology: MaryLou Cheal, Cluster Chair Division 2 – Society for the Teaching of Psychology: Virginia Andreoli Mathie Division 3 – Experimental Psychology: Tom Zentall Division 6 – Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology: Roger Thompson Division 7 – Developmental Psychology: Jeffrey Lockman Division 15 – : Christopher Wolters

TRACK 1: THE RATIONAL MIND FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2003

Keynote Address - 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM MaryLou Cheal, Ph.D., Chair Mapping Bounded Rationality Daniel Kahneman, Ph.D.

Expert Forum: Developing the Rational Mind - 11:00 – 12:50 AM Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D., Moderator Early Scientific Thought: Knowing, Guessing, and Experimenting David Klahr, Ph.D. How Students Change Over Time as Psychological Thinkers Jane Halonen, Ph.D. Social Capital and the Rational Habit of Mind Daniel P. Keating, Ph.D. The Role of Technology in Developing Good Thinking Roxana Moreno, Ph.D., J.D.

Keynote Address - 1:00 – 1:50 PM Thomas Zentall, Ph.D., Chair The Rational Mind: “Thin Colonies of Reason Amid a Savage World” Edward A. Wasserman, Ph.D.

The Rational Mind Is there a rational mind? Sometimes it seems so, but there are other instances in which behavior does not seem to be rational. These ideas will be discussed in the opening keynote address by Daniel Kahneman, PhD, entitled “Mapping bounded rationality.” His address is an adaptation of the Nobel lecture given in Stockholm and will be followed by an expert forum of eminent psychologists. David Klahr, PhD, Jane Halonen, PhD, Daniel P. Keating, PhD, and Roxana Moreno, PhD, J.D., will each present one aspect of the development of the rational mind in both nonhuman and human infants, followed by discussion among the panel and the audience. The track will be completed by a keynote address by Edward A. Wasserman, PhD, entitled, “The rational mind: ‘Thin colonies of reason amid a savage world’.”

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Keynote Address - 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM Patricia L. Pliner, Ph.D., Chair You Make Me Sick: Revulsion and Disgust , Ph.D.

Expert Forum: Origins of Passions and Humors: From Affective Functioning to Motivation - 12:00 – 1:50 PM Martin Seligman, Ph.D., Moderator The Inseparability of and Cognition: What Temperament Teaches Us About Behavior Nathan Fox, Ph.D. in Adolescence: A Neurobiological and Comparative Perspective Linda Patia Spear, Ph.D. Interpersonal Regulation and Expression of Emotion Richard Michael Ryan, Ph.D. Pleasure vs. Gratification Martin Seligman, Ph.D.

Keynote Address - 2:00 – 2:50 PM Roger Thompson, Ph.D., Chair Reunification of the Rational Mind with the Emotional Mind Daniel Robinson, Ph.D.

The Emotional Mind What characteristics identify an emotional mind? What role does the emotional mind play in our lives? These issues will be introduced in a keynote address presented by Paul Rozin, PhD, speaking on revulsion and disgust. The expert forum that follows will explore origins of passions and humors, from affective functioning to motivation, and will be moderated by Martin Seligman, PhD. Nathan Fox, PhD, Linda Spear, PhD, Richard Ryan, PhD, and Martin Seligman, PhD will discuss these issues from a variety of perspectives. The two-day series will be concluded with a keynote address by Daniel Robinson, PhD, speaking on the reunification of the rational mind with the emotional mind.

CALL FOR PAPERS The International Journal of Comparative Psychology (IJCP) is scheduling two special issues of interest to Division 6 members. Contact the guest editors for further information. Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain and Behavior Guest Editors: Lori Marino (Emory University; [email protected]) and Sergio Pellis (University of Lethbridge; [email protected]) Pavlovian Conditioning: Basic Associative Processes Guest Editor: Todd Schachtman (University of Missouri; [email protected]) IJCP has a new website: www.ComparativePsychology.org

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Stephen B. Fountain, BNCP Editor Department of Psychology Kent State University PO Box 5190 Kent, OH 44242-0001

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