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Jacquelyn Cranney
Associate Professor
Research Areas: Neural bases of fear reduction, attention and memory. Adaptive cognition. University student learning and performance.
Academic Career:
PhD, 1983, Bryn Mawr College
Selected Publications:
Journal Articles
- Cranney, J., & Ashton, R. (1980). Witelson’s Dichhaptic Task as a measure of hemispheric specialization in hearing and deaf populations. Neuropsychologia, 18, 95-98.
- Cranney, J., & Powers, A.S. (1983). The effects of core nucleus and cortical lesions in turtles on reversal and dimensional shifting. Physiological Psychology, 11, 103-111.
- Cranney, J., Hoffman, H.S., & Cohen, M. (1984). Tonal frequency shifts and gaps in acoustic stimulation as reflex-modifying events. Perception & Psychophysics, 35, 165-172.
- Cranney, J., Cohen, M.E., & Hoffman, H.S. (1985). Reflex modification in the rat: The inhibitory effects of intensity and frequency changes in steady tones. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 11, 112-119.
- Cranney, J., & Ashton, R. (1985). Preexposure to contextual stimuli: Effects on startle responding in humans. Physiological Psychology, 13, 253-257.
- Cranney, J. (1987). Startle responding and context conditioning: Naloxone® pretreatment and stimulus intensity. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 22, 47-51.
- Cranney, J. (1988). Analgesia following startle-eliciting stimuli. Psychobiology, 16, 67-69.
- Cranney, J., Fowler, C.A., & Musiek, F. (1989). Duplex perception: Some initial findings concerning its neural basis. Brain & Cognition, 9, 48-56.
- Borszcz, G.S., Cranney, J., & Leaton, R.N. (1989). Influence of long-term sensitization on long-term habituation of the acoustic startle response in rats: Central gray lesions, preexposure, and extinction. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 15, 54-64.
- Leaton, R.N., & Cranney, J. (1990). Potentiation of the acoustic startle response by a conditioned stimulus paired with an acoustic startle stimulus in rats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 16, 279-287.
- Kiernan, M.J., & Cranney, J. (1992). Immediate-startle stimulus presentation fails to condition freezing responses to contextual cues. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 121-124.
- Kiernan, M.J., Westbrook, R.F., & Cranney, J. (1995). Immediate shock, passive avoidance, and potentiated startle: Implications for the unconditioned response to shock. Animal Learning & Behavior, 23, 22-30.
- Zavitsanou, K., Cranney, J., & Richardson, R. (1999). Dopamine antagonists in the orbital prefrontal cortex reduce prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 63, 55-61.
- Kowalczyk, A., McDonald, S., Cranney, J., & McMahon, M. (2001). Cognitive flexibility in the normal elderly and in persons with dementia as measured by the written and oral Trail Making Tests. Brain Impairment, 2, 11-21.
- Ledgerwood, L., Richardson, R., & Cranney, J. (2003). Effects of D-cycloserine on extinction of conditioned freezing. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117, 341-349.
- Ledgerwood, L., Richardson, R., & Cranney, J. (2004). D-cycloserine and the facilitation of extinction of conditioned fear: Consequences for reinstatement. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 505-513.
- Ledgerwood, L., Richardson, R., & Cranney, J. (2005). D-cycloserine facilitates extinction of learned fear: Effects on reacquisition and generalised extinction. Biological Psychiatry, 57, 841-847.
Articles In Press
- Cranney, J., Morris, S., Spehar, B., & Scoufis, M. Helping first year students think like psychologists: Supporting information literacy and team-work skill development. Psychology Learning and Teaching.
- Watts, K., Cranney, J., & Gleitzman, M. Automatic evaluation of body-related images. Body Image.
- Zhang, S., & Cranney, J. The role of GABA and pre-existing anxiety in the reconsolidation of conditioned fear. Behavioral Neuroscience.
- Cranney, J., Ahn, M., McKinnon, R., Morris, S., & Watts, K. The testing effect, collaborative learning, and retrieval-induced facilitation in a classroom setting. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology.
Courses:
PSYC3241: Psychobiology of Memory and Motivation
PSYC1021: Introduction to Psychological Applications
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