University Address
- Department of Psychology
University of Iowa
11 Seashore Hall E
Iowa City, IA 52242-1407
(319) 335-2431
isidore-gormezano@uiowa.edu
Interests
- Conditioning and learning
Behavioral laws, neural mechanisms
Pharmacological effects upon appetitive and aversive conditioning and learning
Education
- B.A.
- New York University, University Heights College
1952
- M.A.
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Experimental Psychology, 1957
- Ph.D.
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Experimental Psychology & Mathematical Statistics, 1958
Academic and Professional Experience
- 1958- 1966
- Instructor to Professor
Indiana University, Bloomington
- Fall, 1963
- Visiting Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley
- September 1, 1966
- Professor
The University of Iowa
- Winter-Spring, 1970
- Visiting Professor
University of California, Berkeley
- Fall, 1975
- Distinguished Visiting Professor
University of Western Australia, Perth
- Spring, 1977
- Visiting Professor
University of California, Irvine
- Spring, 1990
- Visiting Professor
University of Miami, Coral Gables
- Fall, 1990
- Visiting Professor
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Professional Organizations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Psychological Society
American Psychological Association (Divisions 3 and 6)
Midwestern Psychological Association
Psychonomics Society
Society for Neuroscience
International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
Honors, Scholarships, Fellowships
- Member, Society of Experimental Psychologists; Executive Committee (1980- 1985)
Governing Board, Psychonomic Society (1981 - 1986)
Fellow, American Psychological Association (Divisions 3 and 6)
Fellow, American Psychological Society
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Section J) (1974)
Member-at-Large, Section Committee, Section on Psychology (J) American
Association for the Advancement of Science (1990-1994)
Member, Pavlovian Society
The Pavlovian Investigator Award, The Pavlovian Society, for Distinguished
Research Achievements
Founding Council Member of the I. P. Pavlov International Scientific Center, St.
Petersburg, Russia
The Howard Crosby Warren Medal, Society of Experimental Psychologists, for
Distinguished Contributions to Experimental Psychology
Publications, 1990-Present
- Nowak, A., & Gormezano, I. (1990).
- Electrical stimulation of brainstem nuclei: Elicitation, modification, and conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Behavioral Neuroscience, 104, 4-10.
- Gibbs, C. M., Kehoe, E. J., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Conditioning ofthe rabbit's nictitating membrane response to a CSA-CSB-US serial compound: Manipulations of CSB's associative character. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 17, 423-432.
- Kehoe, E. J., Cool, V., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Trace conditioning of the rabbit's nictitating membrane response as a function of CS-US interval and trials per session. Learning & Motivation, 22, 269-290.
- Kirkpatrick-Steger, K. K., Vander Linden, S., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Interactive effects of MDA, CS and US intensity on the rabbit's conditioned nictitating membrane response. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 29, 560-562.
- Kirkpatrick-Steger, K. K., Vander Linden, S., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Effects of MDA on classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 39, 183-189.
- Marshall-Goodell, B., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Effects of cocaine on conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 39, 503-507.
- McEchron, M., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Morphine's effects upon differential serial compound conditioning and reflex modification of the rabbit's (Oryctolagus cuniculus) nictitating membrane response. Behavioral Neuroscience, 105, 510-520.
- Gibbs, C. M., Cool, V., Land, T., Kehoe, E. J., & Gormezano, I. (1991).
- Second-order conditioning of the rabbit's nictitating membrane response: Interstimulus interval and frequency of CS-CS pairings. Integrative Physiology and Behavioral Science, 26, 282-295.
- Kirkpatrick-Steger, K. K., Vander Linden, S., & Gormezano, I. (1992).
- The effects of MDA upon differential serial compound conditioning and reflex modification of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 41, 333-342.
- Chen, P., I., Ghoneim, M. M., & Gormezano, I. (1992).
- Sodium peutobarbital: Sensory and associative effects in classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Psychopharmacology, 107, 365-372.
- Gormezano, I. Introduction. In I. Gormezano & E. A. Wasserman (Eds.) (1992).
- Learning and memory: The behavioral and biological substrates. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Gormezano, I., & Wasserman, E. (Eds.) (1992).
- Learning and memory: The behavioral and biological substrates. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Marshall-Goodell, B., Kehoe, E. J., & Gormezano, I. (1992).
- Laws of the unconditioned reflex in the rabbit nictitating membrane preparation. Psychobiology, 20, 229-237.
- Gormezano, I. (1992).
- Conditioning, classical and instrumental: Behavioral definitions and methodological issues. In L. R. Squire (Ed.), Encyclopedia of learning and memory (pp. 123-127). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Schreurs, B. G., Kehoe, E. J., & Gormezano, I. (1993).
- Concurrent associative transfer and competition in serial conditioning of the rabbit's nictitating membrane response. Learning and Motivation, 24, 395-412.
- Moon, Y. H., Ghoneim, M. M., & Gormezano, I. (1994).
- Nitrous oxide: Sensory, motor, associative and behavioral tolerance effects in classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 41, 333-342.
- El-Zahaby, H. M., Ghoneim, M. M., Johnson, M M., & Gormezano, I. (1994).
- Effects of subanesthetic concentrations of isoflurane and their interaction with epinephrine on acquisition and retention of the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Anesthesiology, 81, 229-237.
- Gormezano, I. (1994).
- MDA effects on classical appetitive conditioning ofthe rabbit jaw movement response. Brain Research Bulletin, 35, 183-187.
- Kehoe, E. J., Schreurs, B. G., Macrae, M., & Gormezano, I. (In press).
- Effects of modulating tone frequency, intensity, and duration on the classically conditioned rabbit nictitating membrane response. Psychobiology.
- El-Zahaby, H. M., Ghoneim, M. M., & Gormezano, I. (In press).
- Nitrous oxide and interstimulus interval: Conditioning the rabbit nictitating membrane response. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior.
- Ghoneim, M. M., Chen, P., Gormezano, I., El-Zahaby, H. M., & Block, R. I. (In press).
- Ketamine: Acquisition and retention of classically conditioned responses during treatment with large doses. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior.
Isidore Gormezano