Professor Rick Richardson

Professor Rick Richardson

Professor
Science
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: http://richardsonlab.psy.unsw.edu.au/

ACADEMIC CAREER

BA, MA, PhD, Kent State University, USA

Phone
(61-2) 9385-1048
E-mail
r.richardson@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Mathews Building Room 508

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. 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.