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Speaker: Dr. David Euston (Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge)
Talk Title: Gambling Rats: Reward Schedules and the Development of Addiction
Bio:
David Euston received his PhD in psychology from the University of Oregon in 2000. His dissertation research, under the direction of Terry Takahashi, concerned the computation of sound source location in the barn owl. David did postdoctoral work in the lab of Bruce McNaughton at the University of Arizona from 2000-2008, studying the mechanisms of memory consolidation in rats. Dr. Euston has been a faculty at ULethbridge since 2008 specializing in studies of functions related to the rat prefrontal cortex including memory consolidation, ultrasonic vocalizations and gambling addiction.
This talk will be given in person (see below) and is also available remotely: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/99845863279?from=addon
Presented by the Department of Psychology and the PSYENCE Publishing Society
Contact:
Jamal Mansour | jamal.mansour@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2077