Curriculum Vitae

Personal

Name: Anthony A. Wright
Title: Professor

Contact Address:

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
P.O. Box 20708
Houston, Texas 77225
Telephone: (713) 500-5627
E-mail: anthony.a.wright@uth.tmc.edu
Citizenship: United States of America

Education

  • B.A. Stanford University, Psychology, 1965
  • M.A. Columbia University, Psychology, 1970
  • Ph.D. Columbia University, Psychology, 1971
  • Ph.D. dissertation title: Psychometric and psychophysical hue discrimination functions for the pigeon

Awards And Honors

  • NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship at Columbia University 1968-1969
  • Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1983-1984.
  • Humboldt Prize – Recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Prize, Germany, 1989-1991.

NIH Study Section Appointments

  • National Institutes of Mental Health, Basic Behavioral Sciences study section, 1986-1989.
  • National Institutes of Health, NIDA Basic Behavioral Science review committee, 1996-1998.
  • National Science Foundation reviewer, 30 proposals 1996-2004.
  • National Institutes of Mental Health, BRLE study section special member, 2005-2007.

Academic Appointments

  • 1995-present: Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston
  • 1982-1995: Professor of Neural Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sensory Sciences Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • 1976-1982: Associate Professor of Neural Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sensory Sciences Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • 1972-1976: Assistant Professor of Neural Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sensory Sciences Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • 1980-present: Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at Rice University, Houston, Texas
  • 1975-present: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
  • 1971-1972: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
  • 1970-1971: Preceptor, Introductory Psychology Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, New York
  • 1969-1970: Instructor – Psychology Laboratory in Learning and Motivation and Sensation and Perception, Columbia University, New York, New York
  • 1966-1968: Teaching Assistant – Introductory Psychology, Experimental Psychology and Graduate Learning, Columbia University, New York, New York

Affiliations And Societies

  • Society of the Sigma Xi
  • Eastern Psychological Association
  • Psychonomic Society
  • Comparative Cognition Society
  • American Psychological Society

Editorial Positions

  • Editor – Neuroscience Research Center Newsletter, 1999-2005
  • Consulting Editor-Journal of Experimental Psychology:Animal Behavior Processes, 1986- 90
  • Consulting Editor – Animal Learning and Behavior, 1985-1989
  • Board of Editors – Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1993-1998
  • Board of Editors – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1976-1990.
  • Reviewer 1996-2007: Animal Learning & Behavior, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Psychobiology, Learning and Motivation, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Memory and Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Psychological Reports, Psychological Science, Learning and Memory, Science, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Learning & Memory.

Research Grant Support

  • PI: Memory Processing in Primates and Avians, NIH National Institute of Mental Health RO1 MH072616, 07/01/06 – 06/30/11, $1,296,255.

Past Grant Support

  • PI: Learning Processes in Matching-to-Sample by Pigeons, NIH National Institute of Mental Health RO1 MH61798, 5/15/01 – 4/30/06, $1,077,681.
  • PI: Memory Procedures for Drug Assessments in Monkeys, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, RO1DA10715, 5/1/97 – 4/30/02, $595,483, no-cost extension and $151,000 of additional funds to 4/30/04.
  • PI: Same-Different and Matching-to-sample Concept Learning, NSF, IBN-9985670, 5/1/00 – 4/30/03, $120,000.
  • CO-PI: (Jocelyne Bachevalier-PI) Visual Memory and its Neural Substrates in Monkeys, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health, R01-MH 54167, 9/1/96 – 8/31/01, $791,698.
  • PI: National Institutes of Mental Health MH-35202, “Avian and Primate Learning and Memory”, 1//4/91-3/31/96 total award amount of $434,629.
  • PI: U.S. Army “Psychophysical, Biochemical, and Histological Studies of Spectrally Selective Photic Damage to Primate Retina” 4/01/84 – 3/31/87. Direct cost amount $106,269.
  • PI: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advanced Research grant # 011618-012 1/01/90-1/6/92. Direct cost amount $110,000.
  • PI: National Institutes of Mental Health MH-35202, “Primate and Avian Memory Processing in an SPR Task” 4/01/81 – 3/31/89. Direct cost amount $339,481.
  • PI: National Institutes of Mental Health MH 42881, Learning and Decision processes in avians and primates. Grant period 9/30/87 – 8/31/90. Total award: $98,673. Current year: $50,931.
  • PI: National Science Foundation Grant BNS 78-07253, “Retinal and Central processing of wavelength Information in Avians” 8/01/78- 3/31/82. Total direct cost amount $116,819.
  • PI: National Institutes of Health: Eye Institute EY-01256, “Hue Discrimination Studies in Primates” 7/01/78 – 3/31/85. Total direct cost amount $225,319.
  • PI: National Institutes of Mental Health MH-25593, “Color Naming: A Model System of Coding” 5/01/74- 4/30/77. Total direct cost amount $47,075.

UTHSCH Committee Appointments

  • 1998: Chairman of committee for animal per diem rates
  • 1998: Faculty Senate chairman on clinical faculty tenure clock
  • 1997: Dean’s Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Reviews
  • 1995-1998: Faculty Senate of UT Medical School
  • 1985-1989: Standing Committee of the Interfaculty Council
  • 1982-1983: Standing Committee for GSBS Academic Standards
  • 1976-1980: Standing Committee for GSBS Curriculum
  • 1972-1974: Standing Committee for GSBS Admissions

Undergraduate Students

  • Jeff Allen – Rice University undergraduate – 1993-1995, took courses and conducted individual research project in my laboratory.
  • Judi Issacson – Rice University undergraduate – 1993-1994, took courses and conducted individual research project in my laboratory.
  • Brian Hickman – Rice University undergraduate, 1997-1998 took courses and conducted research in my laboratory.
  • Aval Allen Green – A&M undergraduate. Laboratory research summers 1992-1995. M.D. degree A&M 2003, resident at UVA.
  • Andrea Dawn Frazier – UH undergraduate. Laboratory research summers 1992-1995.
  • Ai T. Quach – MIT undergraduate. Laboratory research summer program 1998.
  • Angela Sellin – Reed University undergraduate. Laboratory research summer program 2000.
  • Wade Kothmann – Southwestern University undergraduate. Laboratory research summer program 2002.
  • Catherine J. Wei – Cornell University undergraduate. Laboratory research summer program 2002.
  • Lauren Caitlin Elmore – UT Austin undergraduate. Laboratory research summer program 2003

Graduate Students

  • Hector C. Santiago – M.S. degree 1977; Ph.D. degree June, 1982. Predoctoral Fellowship NIH grant EY-07024 1978-1982.
  • John Maier – Ph.D. degree from University of Houston. Conducted dissertation project conducted under my supervision.
  • Stephen Sands – M.S. degree 1978; Ph.D. degree 1979.
  • Lisa Y. Heinz – GSBS M.A. degree 1985.
  • Stephanie Edson, B.S. – GSBS M.S. candidate, tutorial project 1988.
  • Jose Yates, B.S. – GSBS Ph.D. candidate. Admitted in Fall 1997 and left in June 1998 to take a high school science teaching position.
  • Mark Lickteig, B.S. – GSBS Ph.D. candidate from Carleton College Northfield, MN. Admitted Fall 2001, M.S. degree 2002, left 2003 for navy air force training.
  • Lauren Caitlin Elmore, B.S. – GSBS Ph.D. candidate from UT Austin. Worked with me in the 2003 Summer Research Program. Admitted in Fall of 2006 and plans to do her MS and PhD work with me.

Postdoctoral Fellows And Visiting Professors

  • Peter J. Urcuioli – areas of research: learning and conditioning. NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant EY-07024 1979-1980. NIMH postdoctoral fellowship grant MH-08018 1980- 1981. Professor of Psychology at Purdue University.
  • Stephen F. Sands – areas of research: Learning, Memory, and Neurophysiology. NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant EY-07024 1979-1980. Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso.
  • Donald F. Kendrick – areas of research: Learning and animal cognition. NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant EY-07024 1982-1983. NIMH postdoctoral fellowship grant MH-08928 1983. Professor of Psychology at Middle Tennessee State University.
  • Robert G. Cook – areas of research: learning, memory, and animal cognition. NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant EY-07024 1983-1984. NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant EY-05653 1984- 1986. Professor of Psychology at Tufts University.
  • Melissa R. Shyan – Areas of research: Learning, memory, and animal cognition. NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant EY-07024 1986-1989. Professor of Psychology at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Julie Neiworth, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow. Individual fellowship from NIMH (MH-09610) from 10/1/87-8/30/88. Professor and Chairperson of the Psychology Department at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
  • Ramesh Bhatt, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow. Arrived 7/1/88 after completing his doctoral work at the University of Iowa (Dr. E. A. Wasserman, sponsor). Postdoctoral fellowship NEI EY 07024 from 7/1/88 – 1/31/89. Individual postdoctoral fellowship MH 09746 from 2/1/89 – 1/31/91. Associate professor at University of Kentucky.
  • Masako Jitsumori – Visiting Professor from Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. 1984-1986
  • Jacky Emmerton – Visiting Professor from Bochum University, West Germany. 1987-1988.
  • Dr. Julia Phillips – Postdoctoral Fellow. Arrived 7/1/92 after completing her doctoral work at the University of Georgia (Dr. Roger K. Thomas, sponsor). Received postdoctoral fellowship from the UTHSCH Postdoctoral Initiative program beginning 7/1/92-12/31/92. Received individual postdoctoral fellowship award NIH 1-F32-HD07631 beginning 1/1/93 to 12/31/94.
  • Esho Nakagawa – Visiting professor from Japan, March 20, 1993 – October, 1993.
  • Maria Alvarado – Postdoctoral Fellow. Arrived 12/1/93 from University of Colorado (Dr. Jerry Rudy, sponsor). She worked with me but primarily with Dr. Jocelyne Bachevalier. I supported her for 2 years on a Postdoctoral Minority Supplement Award on my NIMH grant R01-35202. She received an individual postdoctoral award from NIH.
  • Jeffrey Katz – Postdoctoral Fellow. Arrived 6/15/98 after completing doctoral work at Tufts University. Supported on Learning and Memory training grant to the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Department. Received individual postdoctoral fellowship to begin August 1999. Assistant professor (tenure track) Auburn University since August 2000.
  • Tamo Nakamura – Postdoctoral Fellow. Arrived 2002 from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Received an Invest award from NIH. Research Fellow at the University of Sidney.
  • Stephanie Babb – Postdoctoral Fellow. Arrived May, 2005 from the University of Georgia. Applied for NIH individual Postdoctoral fellowship.

Teaching

  • Medical Neuroscience – UT Medical School
  • Systems Neuroscience (GS140113)
  • Problem Based Learning – UT Medical School
  • Experimental Analysis of Behavior (GS140043)
  • Advanced Seminar in Learning and Memory (GS140031)
  • Animal Behavior Methods (Rice #450)
  • Memory and Cognition in Animals (Rice #523)
  • Supervised Research (Rice #480)

Convention Presentations (1995 – Present)

  • Wright, A. A. (1995). Concept learning and learning strategies in pigeons. Presentation at the thirty sixth annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Washington, D. C.
  • Wright, A. A. (1995). Concept learning in pigeons. Presentation at the twentieth annual Neurobiology of Learning and Memory winter conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Wright, A. A., Rivera, J. J., Hulse, S. H., Shyan, M., & Neiworth, J. J. (1998). Octave Generalization of Tonal Musical Passages, 39th annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas, Texas.
  • Machado, C., Wright, A. A., and Katz, J. (1999, August). Capuchins show a von Restorff effect in a Visual List Memory Task. American Society of Primatology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Wright, A. A., Katz, J. S., Bachevalier, J., & Alvarado, M., (2000, January).Relational Memory and Concept Learning in Rhesus Monkeys, 24th annual Winter Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Park City, Utah.
  • Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., & Bachevalier, J. (2000, June). Same-Different Concept Learning in Rhesus Monkeys. American Psychological Society, Miami Beach, FL.
  • Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., & Bachevalier, J. (2000, March). Monkey Concept Learning. The International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., Bachevalier, J., & Rivera, J. J. (2000, November). Same/Different Concept Learning by Capuchin and Rhesus Monkeys. Psychonomic Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Wright, A. A. & Katz, J. S. (2000, November). Configural Learning Enhances Concept Learning in Matching-to-Sample. Psychonomic Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Wright, A. A., Papanicolaou, A. C., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E. M., Brier, J. I., Katz, J. S. (2001, January) The Hippocampus, Retrieval Memory, and MEG Imaging. 25th annual Winter Conference on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Park City, Utah.
  • Katz, J. S. & Wright, A. A., (2001, March). Two-item Same/Different Concept Learning by Pigeons. The 9th annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Wright, A. A. (2001, March). Interference Among List Items Plays a Crucial Role in Monkey Auditory Memory. The 9th annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., Papanicolaou, A. C., Simos, P. G., Castillo, E. M., & Breier, J. I. (2001, November). The Hippocampus, Retrieval, and Recognition Memory. The 42nd Annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL.
  • Bodily, K., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2002, March). Pigeon Strategy Use in Matching-to-Sample. Graduate Research Forum, Auburn, AL.
  • Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2002, March). Set Size and Concept Learning by Pigeons and Monkeys. The International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2002, March). Pigeon Strategy Use in Matching-to-Sample. Research Forum, Auburn, AL.
  • Katz, J. S., Bodily, K., Hernandez, M., & Wright, A. A. (2002, July). Learning Strategies. International Congress on Behaviorism and the Science of Behavior. Auburn, AL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., Hernandez, M., & Wright, A. A. (2002, September). Differentiation of Pigeon Matching to Sample Strategies. 6th International Congress on Behaviorism and the Sciences of Behavior, Auburn, AL.
  • Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., Hernandez, M., & Wright, A. A. (2002, September). Learning Strategies. 6th International Congress on Behaviorism and the Sciences of Behavior, Auburn, AL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A., (2002, October). Pigeon matching strategies and display size. Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Charleston, SC.
  • Wright, A. A., & Katz, J. S. (2002, November). Same/Different Abstract Concept Learning by Two Monkey Species and Pigeons. Psychonomic Society Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
  • Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2002, November). Set Size Controls for Abstract-Concept Learning by Pigeons and Rhesus Monkeys. Psychonomic Society Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
  • Wright, A. A., & Katz, J. S. (2003, March). Abstract-concept learning and list-memory processing. International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., Hernandez, M. & Wright, A. A. (2003. March). Abstract-concept learning differs when vertical and horizontal stimulus panels are used in MTS by pigeons. International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2003, March). A display size effect on matching-to- sample strategies by pigeons. International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., Hernandez M. & Wright, A. A. (2003, May). Mechanisms of matching-to-sample in pigeons. American Psychological Society 15th Annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2003, October). Visual angle affects what is learned in MTS. Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Greensville, SC.
  • Hernandez, M., Sturz, B. R., Katz, J. S. & Wright, A. A. (2004, March). Simultaneous auditory and visual serial probe recognition. GSC Research Forum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
  • Sturz, B. R., Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D. & Wright, A. A. (2004, March). Same/Different learning by pigeons: The role of symmetry. International Conference on Comparative Cognition conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Wright, A. A. & Katz, J. S. (2004, May). Abstract concept learning. Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Boston, MA.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., Hernández, M., Sturz, B. R., & Wright, A. A. (2004, October). MTS set-size expansion produces control by relations. Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Charlotte, NC.
  • Katz, J. S., Sturz, B. R., Bodily, K. D., Hernandez, M. & Wright, A. A. (2004, November). Simultaneous and Sequential Abstract-Concept Learning by Pigeons. Psychonomic Society Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., Hernandez, M., Sturz, B. R., & Wright, A. A. (2005, March). Comparing concept learning in matching to sample and same/different by pigeons. International Conference on Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Nakamura, T., Wright, A. A., Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., & Sturz, B. S. (2005, March). Training with different initial set sizes and same/different concept learning in pigeons. International Conference on Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., Sturz, B. R., Nakamura, T., Rivera, J. J., & Bodily, K. D. (2005, November). Familiarity processing in primates and avians: Observing response requirements. Psychonomic Society Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
  • Wright, A. A., Katz, J. S., Nakamura, T., Rivera, J. J., Sturz, B. R., & Bodily, K. D. (2005, November). Familiarity processing in primates and avians: Proactive Interference. Psychonomic Society Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
  • Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., & Sturz, B. R. (2006, March). Same/different concept learning: familiarity and emergent features. International Conference on Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Nakamura, T., Wright, A. A., & Katz, J. S. (2006, March). Same/different abstract-concept learning by pigeons: Relational learning, item-specific learning, and the generalization hypothesis. International Conference on Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Wright, A. A., Nakamura, T., Rivera, J. J., & Katz, J. S (2006, March). Generalization, as rated by humans, does not explain same/different abstract-concept learning. International Conference on Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Katz, J. S., Wright, A. A., & Sturz, B. R., (2006, November). Set size expansion and abstract concept learning. Annual Psychonomic Society Meeting, Houston, TX.
  • Wright, A. A., & Katz, J. S. (2006, November). The generalization hypothesis of abstract concept learning. Annual Psychonomic Society Meeting. Houston, TX.
  • Schmidtke, K. A., Sturz, B. R., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2007, March). Observing Response, Set Size, and Abstract-Concept Formation by Pigeons. International Conference on Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, FL.
  • Schmidtke, K. A., Katz, J. S., Sturz, B. R., & Wright, A. A. (2007, March). Set Size and Observing Response Requirements Independently affect Abstract-Concept Learning. GSC Research Forum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
  • Wright, A. A., & Katz, J. S. (2007, November). What is Learned When Concept Learning Fails.
    48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
  • Wright, A. A., Katz, J. S., Bodily, K. D., & Sturz, B. (2008, March). Pigeons Compare Favorably to Monkeys in Abstract-Concept Learning. 15th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Elmore, C., Wright, A. A., Rivera, J., & Katz, J. (2008, March). Pigeons’ Color and Shape Processing in a Same-Different Task. 15th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Schmidke, K. A., Katz, J. S., & Wright, A. A. (2008, March). The Differential Outcomes Procedure’s Effect on Relational Strategies. 15th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.
  • Bodily, K. D., Hernandez, M., Schmidtke, K., Magnotti, J., Wright, A. A. (2008, March). Functionally Defining “Novelty” Through Pigeon Transfer Performance in Matching-to-Sample. 15th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.

Invited Presentations (1995 – Present)

  • Concept learning and learning strategies in pigeons, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, January, 1995.
  • Memory Processing in Monkeys and Humans, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Human Development, University of Texas at Dallas, 1996.
  • Monkey and Human Face Processing, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Human development, University of Texas at Dallas, 1996.
  • Music Perception in Monkeys, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Human Development, University of Texas at Dallas, 1996.
  • Memory processing in Rhesus Monkeys, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Rice University, December, 1996.
  • Auditory and Visual Memory Processing by Rhesus Monkeys, University Colloquium, Columbia University, 1997.
  • The Perception of Melody in Musical Passages, Ninth annual meeting of the Texas ARMADILLO society, Rice University, May, 1998.
  • Memory Processing in Rhesus Monkeys, University Colloquium, University of Houston, December, 1999.
  • Mechanisms of Primate Auditory and Visual Memory, Departmental Colloquium, Department of Psychology, Rice University, March, 2000.
  • Concept Learning and Learning Strategies, Department of Psychology, Rice University, October, 2000.
  • Auditory and Visual List Memory Processing, Psychology Department Colloquium, Auburn University, November 14, 2001.
  • Same/Different Abstract Concept Learning by Capuchin Monkeys, Rhesus Monkeys, and Pigeons, Rice University, November 2002.
  • Some Issues of Abstract-Concept Learning and List-Memory Processing, Invited presentation for Mind, Body, and Behavior seminar series, Rice University, April 15, 2003.
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Issues in Abstract-Concept Learning and List-Memory Processing, Invited presentation for conference on “The equivalence paradigm: applications to cognitive science”, University of California at Santa Cruz, Long Marine Laboratory, April, 2003.
  • Memories and Memory Processing, Invited Festschrift presentation in honor of John A. (Tony) Nevin. University of New Hampshire, May, 2004.
  • Testing Animal Intelligence and Cognition, Invited university-wide Scientia lecture at Rice University, March 26, 2006.
  • Animals: Intelligence, Cognition, & Ethics, Invited university-wide lecture at A&M University, May 3-4, 2006.
  • Memory Processing in Primates and Avians, Invited Psychology departmental colloquium presentation, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, October 11, 2006.
  • Abstract Concept Learning in Primates and Avians, Invited Psychology departmental colloquium presentation, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, October 12, 2006.
  • Memory Processing in Primates and Avians, Invited Neurobiology and Anatomy departmental colloquium presentation, Houston, TX, September, 25, 2007.
  • Concept Learning Strategies in Monkeys and Pigeons. Invited Psychology department colloquium presentation, Rice University, Houston, TX, November 7, 2007.