This thesis consisted of experiments designed to explore the construct of attention and investigate the disruptive effects of psychotomimetics, with a specific focus on NMDA antagonists. Phencyclidine (PCP) was administered through a variety of treatment regimens in order to to …
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The cost of sleepiness-related accidents runs into tens of billions of dollars per year in America alone (Leger, 1994), and can play a contributing role in motor vehicle accidents and large-scale industrial disasters (Reason, 1990). Likewise, the effects of an ill-timed distract…
This research explored the cognitive processes underlying the Response Amplification Effect (RAE), which is ambivalent people's tendency to judge the object of their ambivalence (typically, a stigmatized other) more extremely than a comparable control target. Being in a state of…
Interindividual differences in neurobehavioral response to sleep loss are ubiquitous and unexplained. Numerous factors have been examined as potential predictors of phenotypic response to sleep loss but none have yielded a comprehensive view of the phenomenon. This dissertation …
The capacity for human-wildlife conflict is increasing as anthropogenic development continues to expand across the planet. Many species of wildlife experience adverse anthropogenic effects on their behavior, life history, and ecology. Behavioral changes often manifest as shifts …