Theses Directed by J. Bruce Overmier:
Bull, John A. III. The influence of appetitive Pavlovian CSs on the performance of discriminated instrumental avoidance response. University of Minnesota, 1969.
Flood, Nancy C. B. Effects of telencephalic and olfactory tract lesions on appetitive runway performance of the goldfish. Carassius auratus . University of Minnesota, 1970.
Dorworth, Thomas R. The effect of electroconvulsive shock on "helplessness" in dogs. University of Minnesota, 1971. (with M. A. Trapold)
Payne, Ralph J. Interactions between appetitive Css and instrumental avoidance behavior. University of Minnesota, 1972.
Levitan, Lee. Can a stimulus which is consistently paired with a shock suppress avoidance responding? University of Minnesota, 1975. (with M. A. Trapold)
Brackbill, Robert M. A systematic treatment of conditioned fear stimulus control of unsignaled avoidance. University of Minnesota, 1977.
Kochevar, James. Transformation of an appetitive CS into an aversive CS and its implications for mediation of instrumental behavior. University of Minnesota, 1978.
Hollis, Karen L. Effects of telecephalon ablation upon the reinforcing and eliciting properties of species-specific events in Betta splendens. University of Minnesota, 1979.
Patterson, Jeff. The dynamics of motivation: An assessment of the opponent-process model. University of Minnesota, 1981.
Ehrman, Ronald M. Analysis of the mechanisms governing the use of the "advance-strategy" in regulating exposure to signals for reward. University of Minnesota, 1982.
Kruse, John M. Feedback stimuli in discriminative choice acquisition in rats. University of Minnesota, 1982.
Dess, Nancy K. Changes in controllability and predictability: Immediate physiological and proactive behavioral effects upon responses to shocks in dogs. University of Minnesota, 1984.
Williams, Douglas A. Differences in the associative structure amoung five types of conditioned inhibitors. University of Minnesota, 1987.
Linwick, Daniel. Interaction of retrospective memories and prospective expectancies as mediators of choice behavior ini pigeons. University of Minnesota, 1988.
Schwandt, Leslie. A. Exploring conditions for the occurrence of stress-induced hypoalgesia. University of Minnesota, 1991.
Rudski, Jeffrey M. Methadone and feeding. University of Minnesota, 1992. (with A. Levine)
Schuh, Kory J. Discrimination and generalization of the stimulus effects of feeding-inducing operations. University of Minnesota , 1992. (with A. Levine and T. Thompson)
Maltzman, Sara F. An analysis of visual stimulus characteristics which modify the perception of acute pain. University of Minnesota , 1992
Jewett, David C. Neuropeptide Y (NPY): Effects on food reinforced behavior and discriminative stimulus effects. University of Minnesota , 1992. (with A. Levine and T. Thompson)
Savage, Lisa M. Animal models of memory: An interaction between psychological and pharmacological variables. University of Minnesota , 1992. [APA Early Career Award Winner, 2002]
Joseph, Beth A. Equivalence relations and differential outcomes in Prader-Willi syndrome. University of Minnesota, 1994 (with T. Thompson)
Maki, Pauline. M. The role of target production in tests of implicit memory in Alzheimer's desease. University of Minnesota, 1994.
McDonald, Michael. Effects of post-training intrahippocampal beta- amyloid protein on retention of spatial learning in rats. University of Minnesota, 1994.
Langley, Linda K. Mechanisms of selective attention in Alzheimer's disease. University of Minnesota, 1998.
Sweeney, Whitney A. The differential outcomes effect: An examination of psychological and pharmacological factors. University of Minnesota, 1999.
Gahtan, Ethan B. Effects of immune activation on learning and memory in rodent models of Alzheimer's pathogenesis. University of Minnesota, 1999.
Kovera, Craig. Behavioral and neurochemical mechanisms of antidepressant-methadone interactions. University of Minnesota , 2000. (with J.Cleary)
Glasner, Suzette. Motivational control of alcohol-seeking behavior. University of Minnesota, 2002.
Hochhalter, Angela. Spaced retrieval and differential outcomes training procedures. University of Minnesota, 2003.
Holden, John M. Stimulus discriminability and outcome expectancy: sources of behavioral control in pigeon's delayed matching-to- sample under differential outcomes. University of Minnesota, 2003.
Mok, Leh Woon (expected 2005)
Manor, Julia (expected 2009)
