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My education was in Montreal where I received my PhD and MA in psychology from Concordia University and my BSc from McGill University.
Prior to joining Laurier, I taught at Algoma University, Concordia University, Queen’s University and Laurier before coming here permanently in 1994. For the last few years I have been chair of the department, but before that I taught first year psychology, motivation, statistics and courses in the behavioural neuroscience side of psychology. Currently I teach our statistics courses at the third year and masters level.- Motivation: appetitive behaviours; feeding, drinking, sex, drug self-administration, wheel running, and exercise.
- Disorders of consumption: drug and alcohol consumption. Pathological gambling as a non-drug addiction. Eating disorders; anorexia nervosa, bulimia and obesity. Excessive behaviours in general.
- Neuroendocrinology and behaviour: feeding, physiological and behavioural substrates. Brain-pituitary-body interactions; the effects of stress. Sex differences.
- Psychopharmacology: drug abuse; the pharmacology of neurotransmitters; drug tolerance.
- Faith and Science: how a Christian faith can speak to and accommodate current science
At this point, I am not taking any students into my research group.
- Eikelboom, R. and Hewitt, R. (2016). Intermittent access to a sucrose solution for rats causes long-term increases in consumption. Physiology and Behavior, 165, 77-85.
- Hertel, A. and Eikelboom, R. (2010). Can overeating induce conditioned taste avoidance in food restricted rats? Physiology and Behavior, 99, 482-486.
- Adams, K. L., Parfeniuk, G. G., and Eikelboom, R. (2009). Chlorpromazine specifically prevents the wheel-induced feeding suppression in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry, and Behavior, 93, 470-473.
- Hertel A., Botzang, L., Parfeniuk, G. G., and Eikelboom, R. (2009). The effects of prior weight reduction on the running wheel-induced feeding suppression in rats. Behavioural Processes, 82, 56-61.
- Satvat, E. and Eikelboom, R. (2006). Dissociation of conditioned and unconditioned factors in the running-induced feeding suppression. Physiology and Behavior, 89, 428-437.
- Lopak V. and Eikelboom, R. (2004). Modulation of the pair housing induced feeding suppression. Physiology and Behavior, 83, 157-164.
- Afonso V. M. and Eikelboom, R. (2003). Relationship between wheel running, feeding, drinking, and body weight in male rats. Physiology and Behavior, 80, 19-26.
- Eikelboom, R. and Lattanzio, S. B. (2003). Wheel access duration in rats: 2. Day night and within session changes. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117, 825-832.
- Lattanzio, S. B. and Eikelboom, R. (2003). Wheel access duration in rats: 1. Effects on feeding and running. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117, 496-504.
PS394 Linear Models
PS395 Analysis of Variance
PS600 Advanced Behavioural Statistics I
PS601 Advanced Behavioural Statistics II
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