Publications from the Adaptive Behavior Lab
Ward, R.D., Kellendonk, C., Simpson, E.H., Lipotova, O., Drew, M.R., Fairhurst, S., Kandel, E.R. & Balsam, P.D (in revision). Impaired timing precision produced by striatal D2 receptor overexpression is mediated by cognitive and motivational deficits, Behavioral Neuroscience
Balsam, P.D. & Gallistel, C.R. (2009). Time, uncertainty and anticipation in associative learning. Trends in Neuroscience, 32, 73-78.
S. Pfirman, P. Balsam, R.E. Bell, P. Culligan, J.D. Laird (2008) Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 2: Collaboration and Networking.
Taylor, K.M. , Joseph, V., Balsam, P.D & Bitterman, M.E. (2008) Target-absent controls in blocking experiments with rats. Learning & Behavior, 36, 145-148.
S. Pfirman, P. Balsam, R.E. Bell, J.D. Laird, P. Culligan (2007) Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 1: Publication, Citation, and Impact.
Drew, M.R., Simpson, E.H.,Kellendonk, C., Herzberg, W.G, Lipatova, O., Fairhurst, S., Kandel, E.R., Malapani, C., Balsam, P.D. (2007) Transient overexpression of striatal D2 receptors impairs operant motivation and interval timing. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 7731-7739.
Luber, B., Balsam, P. Nguyen, T., Gross, M. & Lisanby, S.H. (2007) Classical Conditioned Learning Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Experimental Brain Research, 183, 361-369.
Horvitz, J.C., Choi, W.Y., Morvan, C., Eyny, Y., Balsam, P.D. (2007). A “Good Parent” function for dopamine: transient modulation of learning and performance during early stages of training. In B. Balleine, K. Doya, J. O’Doherty & M. Sakagami (Eds.) Reward and Decision-making in Cortico-Basal Ganglia Networks(pp. 270-288). New York: New York Academy of Sciences.
Taylor, K.M. , Horvitz, J. & Balsam, P.D. (2007) Amphetamine affects the start of responding and response rate in the peak interval timing task. Behavioural Processes, 74, 168-175.
Balsam, P.D., Fairhurst, S. & Gallistel, C.R. (2006) Pavlovian contingencies and temporal uncertainty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 32, 284-294.
Cagniard, B., Balsam, P.D, Brunner, D. and Zhuang, X. (2006) Mice with chronically elevated dopamine exhibit enhanced motivation, but not learnng, for a food reward. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31, 1362-1370.
Rick, J.H., Horvitz, J.C. & Balsam, P.D (2006) Dopamine blockade unlike extinction affects behavioral variability. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 488-492 .
Choi, W-Y. , Balsam, P.D & Horvitz, J.C. (2005) Dopamine mediation of an appetitive behavior decreases with extended training. Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 6729-6733.
Drew, M.R., Zupan, B., Cooke, A., Couvillon, P.A. & Balsam, P.D. (2005). Temporal Control of Conditioned Responding in Goldfish. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 31, 31-39
Gallistel, C.R., Fairhurst, S. & Balsam, P.D. (2004) The Learning Curve: Implications of a quantitative analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 13124-13131.
Drew, M., Yang, C., Ohyama, T. & Balsam, P. D (2004). Temporal specificity of extinction in autoshaping. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 30, 163-176.
Balsam, P.D & Drew, M. (2004) Learning theory, feed-forward mechanisms, and the adaptiveness of conditioned responding. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 698-699.
Drew, M..R., Fairhurst, S., Malapani, C., Horvitz, J.C. and Balsam, P. D. (2003). Effects of dopamine antagonists on the timing of two intervals. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. 75, 9-15.
Stokes, P. D. & Balsam, P.D (2003) Effects of early strategic hints on sustained variability levels. Creativity Research Journal, 15, 331-341.
Balsam, P. Drew, M. & Yang, C. (2002) Timing at the start of Associative Learning. Leaning and Motivation, 33, 141-155.
Balsam, P.D & Deich, J. (2002) Development of Pecking in Ring Doves. In R. Cook (Ed.) Avian Visual Cognition. Cyberbook
Ohyama, T., Horvitz, J. Kitsos, E. & Balsam, P. D. (2001) The role of dopamine in the timing of Pavlovian CRs. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 69, 617-627.
Stokes, P., & Balsam, P.D (2001). A critical period for setting variability levels in an operant task. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 177-184.
Ohyama, T., Horvitz, J., Drew, M., Gibbon, J. Malapani, C. & Balsam, P. D. (2000). Conditioned and Unconditioned behavioral/cognitive effects of a dopamine antagonist in Rats . Behavioral Neuroscience,114, 1251-1255.
Balsam, P. D. & Silver (1994). Behavioral change as a result of experience: Toward principles of learning and development. In J. Hogan & J. Bolhuis (Eds.), Causal Mechanisms of Behavioral Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Deich, J. & Balsam, P. (1994). Development of prehensile feeding in ring doves (Streptopelia risoria). In M. Davies & P. Green (Eds.), Perception and Motor Control in Birds. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag (pp. 160-181).
Stokes, P. & Balsam, P. (1991) The effects of specific shaping approximations on the topography of the rat's barpress. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 55, 213-231.
Balsam, P.D. (1988) Selection, representation and equivalence of controlling stimuli. In R. Atkinson, R.J. Herrnstein, G. Lindzey, & R.D. Luce (Eds.) Handbook of Experimental Psychology. New York: Wiley.
Balsam, P.D. (1985). The functions of context in learning and performance. In P. Balsam and A. Tomie (Eds.) Context and Learning. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Balsam, P.D. (1984).Relative time in trace conditioning. In: J. Gibbon and L. Allen (Eds.) Timing and Time Perception. New York: New York Academy of Sciences.
Gibbon, J. and Balsam, P.D. (1981). The spread of association in time. In Locurto, C., Terrace, H.S. and Gibbon, J. (Eds.) Autoshaping and Conditioning Theory. New York: Academic Press.