Brett Gibson

Brett Gibson

Department Chair , Psychology
Professor
Phone: (603) 862-1569
Office: Psychology, McConnell Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:

Courses Taught

  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience
  • INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience
  • NSB 400: Topics Neuroscience & Behavior
  • PSYC 720: Animal Cognition
  • PSYC 741W: Special Topics/Neurobiology
  • PSYC 945: Adv Sem/Learn & Behav
  • PSYC 992: Pract&Sem/Teaching Psychology
  • PSYC 999: Doctoral Research

Education

  • Ph.D., Psychology, University of Nebraska
  • M.S., Animal Behavior and Ethology, Bucknell University
  • B.A., University of Minnesota

Research Interests

  • Behavior
  • Brain
  • Cognition

Selected Publications

  • Mair, R. G., Francoeur, M. J., Krell, E. M., & Gibson, B. M. (2022). Where Actions Meet Outcomes: Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Central Thalamus, and the Basal Ganglia. FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 16. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2022.928610

  • Kelly, D., Leonard, K., & Gibson, B. (2021). Adaptive specialization for spatial memory does not improve route efficiency: Comparing the ability of Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) and pigeons (Columba livia) to solve traveling salesperson problems. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(6), 1991-2002. doi:10.3758/s13423-021-01946-5

  • Mair, R. G., Francoeur, M. J., & Gibson, B. M. (2021). Central Thalamic-Medial Prefrontal Control of Adaptive Responding in the Rat: Many Players in the Chamber. FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 15. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2021.642204

  • Supplemental Material for Clark’s Nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) Use a Visual Barrier for Cache Protection (2021). Journal of Comparative Psychology. doi:10.1037/com0000262.supp

  • Francoeur, M. J., Wormwood, B. A., Gibson, B. M., & Mair, R. G. (2019). Central thalamic inactivation impairs the expression of action- and outcome-related responses of medial prefrontal cortex neurons in the rat. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 50(1), 1779-1798. doi:10.1111/ejn.14350

  • Gibson, B., Wasserman, E., & Luck, S. J. (2011). Qualitative similarities in the visual short-term memory of pigeons and people.. Psychon Bull Rev, 18(5), 979-984. doi:10.3758/s13423-011-0132-7

  • Gibson, B. M., Lazareva, O. F., Gosselin, F., Schyns, P. G., & Wasserman, E. A. (2007). Nonaccidental properties underlie shape recognition in mammalian and nonmammalian vision. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 17(4), 336-340. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.025

  • Gibson, B. M., Wasserman, E. A., Gosselin, F., & Schyns, P. G. (2005). Applying bubbles to localize features that control pigeons' visual discrimination behavior. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, 31(3), 376-382. doi:10.1037/0097-7403.31.3.376

  • Gibson, B. M., & Shettleworth, S. J. (2005). Place versus response learning revisited: Tests of blocking on the radial maze. BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 119(2), 567-586. doi:10.1037/0735-7044.119.2.567

  • Gibson, B. M., Wasserman, E. A., Frei, L., & Miller, K. (2004). Recent advances in operant conditioning technology: A versatile and affordable computerized touchscreen system. BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS INSTRUMENTS & COMPUTERS, 36(2), 355-362. doi:10.3758/BF03195582

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