Psychology Faculty

Jeffrey Lamoureux

Distinguished Senior Lecturer

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Jeffrey Lamoureux

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall S132

Telephone: 617-552-6653

Email: jeffrey.lamoureux@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Duke University

Courses

UNCP5569 Capstone: How We Decide

PSYC1111 Introduction to Brain, Mind, and Behavior

PSYC2289 Comparative Psychology: Animal Behavior

PSYC3373 Learning and Motivation

PSYC3383 Neurobiological Basis of Learning

PSYC3386 Psychopharmacology

Research Interests

Comparative psychology and behavioral neuroscience. Neurobiology of learning and memory. Fundamental associative learning processes in both humans and animals. Of particular interest are models of response recovery following extinction learning. Current studies focus on how humans learn predictive relationships in their environment, and how contextual cues related to the learning experience control later behavior.

Curriculum Vitae

Department

Psychology

Representative Publications

Nelson, J.B., Fabiano, A.M., & Lamoureux, J.A. (2018). The effects of extinction-aroused attention on context conditioning. Learning & Memory, 25, 165-175.

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, 866-875.

Lamoureux, J.A., Buhusi, C.V., & Schmajuk, N.A. (1998). A real-time theory of Pavlovian conditioning: Simple stimuli and occasion setters. In N. A. Schmajuk & P. C. Holland (Eds.), Occasion setting: Associative learning and cognition in animals (pp. 383-424). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

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