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The effects of an mGluR7 agonist, AMN082, on conditioned taste aversion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Metabotropic glutamate receptors impact learning and memory. The current studies examined the effects of AMN082, a recently discovered selective metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) allosteric agonist, on the acquisition ...
Influence of conditioned compensatory response on drinking and driving decision making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Perceived intoxication is a strong determinant of one's willingness to drive after drinking alcohol. When contextual cues are conditioned with the administration of alcohol, a compensatory response is elicited that decreases ...
Alcohol cues, approach bias, and inhibitory control : applying a dual process model to alcohol sensitivity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Low sensitivity to the acute effects of alcohol, or needing a relatively large amount to feel alcohol's effects, is a risk factor for developing AUDs ...
The interaction of positive and negative outcome expectancies on drinking: a latent growth modeling approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Despite the fact that a number of studies on expectancies have included measures of positive and negative expectancies, only a few have tested the ...
Emotional modulation by food rewards : blink and pinna-flexion reflex amplitude while anticipating and viewing images of food
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Understanding individual differences in approaching and avoiding food cues is necessary given the rise of disorders of eating (i.e. obesity, anorexia, ...
The drunken self : the five-factor model as an organizational framework for charcterizing one's own drunkenness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study evaluated the use of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) as an organizational framework for understanding self-perceptions of drunkenness (i.e. ...
Correlates of affective instability in borderline personality disorder : an assessment using the electronically activated recorder (EAR)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Affective instability (AI) is a key feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Given the dynamic nature of affective instability, it is ideally ...
Resolving the conflict between the discrete-slots and distributed-resources models of working-memory capacity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
It is generally accepted that Working Memory is limited in capacity. However, there has been substantial debate over whether this limit in capacity is best described as a finite limit on the number of items that can be ...
Consistecy [sic] in reporting of lifetime alcohol use disorder diagnoses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research suggests a decline in the rate of lifetime alcohol use disorders (AUD) over time, indicating possible psychometric problems with ...
Socioeconomic status and adolescent alcohol involvement : evidence for a gene-environment Interaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Adolescent alcohol use patterns stem from both genetic and environmental influences. In addition to these factors contributing additively to risk for use, genetic and environmental factors interact with each other to inhibit ...
Model-based recursive partitioning of structural equation models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The goal of this dissertation is to describe the algorithmic method of model-based recursive partitioning, and to compare different estimation techniques ...
Testing for incidental reactivation of episodic information during memory retrieval : an electrophysiological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Neuro-computational models of memory posit that successful episodic retrieval is accompanied by reactivation of the cortical representations that were active during encoding. Several fMRI and EEG studies have shown that ...
A multi-method analysis of the acquired preparedness model of risk for alcohol problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The acquired preparedness model (APM) integrates both general risk factors and alcohol-related cognitive factors to understand the development of alcohol use and its associated problems. The present project utilized an ...
What would James Bond do? : signaling and precarious manhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In five studies, we investigate the connection between precarious manhood, signaling, and the mate-choice behavior of men. Specifically, we propose ...
Disclosure in close egalitarian relationships during emerging adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Using social domain theory (Smetana, 2013; Turiel, 2002), the present study examines the patterns of disclosure within and across emerging adults' sibling, friend, and romantic relationships, as well as associations between ...
Ambulatory assessment of physiological arousal, emotion, and alcohol use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Research examining whether negative affect leads to drinking has produced mixed results (Greeley and Oei, 1999; Sher and Grekin, 2007). The current project enlisted participants (n=43) oversampled for affective instability, ...
Genetic variation in the exome : associations with alcohol and tobacco co-use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Shared genetic factors represent one mechanism underlying alcohol and tobacco co-use and dependence, although common genetic variants identified by ...
Application of systems factorial technology and hierarchical Bayesian modeling to chunking in working memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Although there is substantial evidence supporting the existence of chunking in Working Memory, much of it is dependent on a small range of experimental methods, many of which rely on accuracy measures. Consequently, I feel ...
Long-term effects of multisystemic therapy on caregivers of serious and violent juvenile offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
This study examined caregiver criminal and civil court outcomes 26 years following treatment for serious and violent juvenile offenders who participated in either a family-based treatment (multisystemic therapy, MST) or ...
The debt of heroism : an initial test of the legacy attained by social transaction (last) model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Rhetoric surrounding heroes suggests their contributions create a sense of indebtedness and that they deserve to be awarded a legacy for such contributions. Utilizing a novel theoretical framework, coined the legacy ...