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Eric Murphy

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2003
MS., Washington State University, 2000
BA., University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1998

Office: SSB 219A   
Phone: (907) 786-1626
Email: afesm@uaa.alaska.edu

Research
  • Behavior Analysis
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
Teaching Responsibilites
  • General Psychology
  • Statistics for Psychology
  • Motivation and Emotion
  • Learning and Cognition
  • Learning and Cognition Lab
  • Biological Psychology
  • Biological and Pharmacological Bases of Behavior
Professional and Departmental Service
  • Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
  • Chair, Task Force on Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Publications

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., & Kowal, B. P. (in press). Motivation to consume alcohol in rats: The role of habituation. In F. H. Columbus (Ed.), Psychology of Motivation. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., Kowal, B. P., McDonald, J., & Wiediger, R. V. (2006). Spontaneous recovery and dishabituation of ethanol-reinforced responding in alcohol-preferring rats. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, 471-482.

Murphy, E. S., Harding, J. W., Muhunthan, K., Holtfreter, K., & Wright, J. W. (2005). Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases during recovery from head-shake response habituation in rats. Brain Research, 1050, 170-179.

Murphy, E. S., McSweeney, F. K., Smith, R. G., & McComas, J. J. (2003). Dynamic changes in reinforcer effectiveness: Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications for applied research. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 421-438.

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