Professor Rick Richardson
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               School of Psychology
            
            
         RESEARCH AREAS
- Development of emotion, attention, learning, and memory in the rat
 - Developmental analysis of fear inhibition at the behavioural, neural, and pharmacological levels
 - Behavioural and neural analyses of memory
 - Effects of early life trauma
 
See our lab webpage for more details:聽http://richardsonlab.psy.unsw.edu.au/
ACADEMIC CAREER
BA, MA, PhD, Kent State University, USA
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          School of Psychology
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
Mathews Building
Room 508
        
      
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In our lab, we investigate a number of different issues related to behavioural neuroscience. Many, but not all, of the studies take a developmental perspective. We examine a broad range of topics, including the behavioural and neural processes involved in fear expression and inhibition, pharmacological adjuncts to enhance fear loss, and the effects of early life stress on physical and emotional development.聽Our overarching aim is to gain a better understanding of learning and memory, and conduct our research in a way that has potential translational value for understanding anxiety disorders.