Publications

  • Palmisano, A. N., Hudd, E. C., Mcquade, C. M., Wit, H. D., & Astur, R. S. (in press). The effects of nicotine on conditioning, extinction, and reinstatement in humans. Addictive Behaviors, 77, 51-58.
  • Childs, E,. Astur, R.S., de Wit, H. (2017).  Virtual reality conditioned place preference using monetary reward. Behavioural Brain Research. 322(Pt A):110-114.
  • Astur, R.S., Carew, A.W., Palmisano, A., Deaton, B.E., Kuhney, F., Niezrecki, R., & Santos, M. (2016). Cravings in a virtual reality room paired with chocolate predict eating disorder risk. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 9(3), 9-19.
  • Astur, R.S., Purton, A.J., Zaniewski, M.J., Cimadevilla, J., & Markus, E.J. (2016).  Human sex differences in solving a virtual realty problem. Behavioural Brain Research, 308, 236-243.
  • Lu, X., Luh, P., Tucker, A., Gifford, T., Astur, R.S., & Olderman, N.  (2016). Impacts of anxiety in building fire and smoke evacuation: Modeling and validation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
  • Astur, R.S., Palmisano, A.N., Carew, A.W., Deaton, B.E., Kuhney, F., Niezrecki, R., Hudd, E., Mendicino, K.L., Ritter, C. (2015). Human conditioned place preferences using a secondary reinforcer. Behavioural Brain Research, 297, 15-19.
  • Astur, R.S., Palmisano, A., Hudd, E.C., Carew, A.W., Deaton, B.E., Kuhney, F., Niezrecki, R., & Santos, M. (2015). Pavlovian conditioning to food reward as a function of eating disorder risk. Behavioural Brain Research, 291, 277-82.
  • Astur, R.S., Carew, A.W., & Deaton, B.E. (2014). Conditioned place preferences in humans using virtual reality. Behavioural Brain Research, 267, 173-7.
  • Newhouse, P., Albert, K., Astur, R.S., Johnson, J., Naylor, M., Dumas, J. (2013). Tamoxifen improves cholinergically-modulated cognitive performance in postmenopausal women. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38(13), 2632-43.
  • Spieker, E.A., Griego, J.A., Astur, R.S., Holcomb, H. & Rowland, L.M. (2013). Facilitation of relational learning in schizophrenia, Behavioral Sciences, 3(2), 206-216.
  • Spieker, E.A., Astur, R.S., West, J.T., Griego, J.A., & Rowland, L.M. (2012). Spatial Memory Deficits in a Virtual Reality Eight-Arm Radial Maze in Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia Research, 135(1-3), 84-9.
  • Astur, R.S., Keller, M.W., & Reini, S.A. (2011). Can You Handle the Stress: Testing to Predict Submariner Performance in High Stress Situations. The Submarine Review, 3, 121-128.
  • Folley, B.S., Astur, R.S., Jagannathan, K., Calhoun, V.D., Pearlson, G.D. (2010). Anomalous neural circuit function in schizophrenia during a virtual Morris water task. Neuroimage, 49(4), 3373-84.
  • Rzepecki-Smith, C.I., Meda, S.A., Calhoun, V.D., Stevens, M.C., Jafri, M.J., Astur, R.S., & Pearlson, G.D. (2010). Disruptions in functional network connectivity during alcohol intoxicated driving. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 34(3), 479-87.
  • Shipman, S.L., Baker, E.K., Pearlson, G.D., & Astur, R.S. (2009) Absence of established sex differences in patients with schizophrenia on a 2-dimensional object array task. Psychiatry Research, 166(2), 158-65.
  • Canovas, R., Leon, I., Roldan, M.D., Astur, R. S., Cimadevilla, J.M. (2009). Virtual reality tasks disclose spatial memory alterations in fibromyalgia. Rheumatology, 48(10), 1273-8.
  • Allen, A.J., Meda, S.A., Astur, R.S., Calhoun, V.D., Ruopp, K.C., & Pearlson, G.D. (2009). Effects of alcohol on performance on a visual oddball task during simulated driving. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 33(4), 617-25.
  • Meda, S.A., Calhoun, V.D., Astur, R.S., Turner, B.M., Ruopp, K., & Pearlson, G.D. (2009). Alcohol dose effects on brain circuits during simulated driving: An fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping, 30, 1257-70.
  • Meda, S.A., Bhattarai, M., Morris, N.A., Kuzu, C.H., Astur, R.S., Calhoun, V.D., Mathalon, D.H., Kiehl, K.A., & Pearlson, G.D. (2008). An fMRI study of Working Memory in First-Degree Unaffected Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients. Schizophrenia Research, 104, 85-95.
  • Shipman, S., & Astur, R. (2008). Factors affecting the hippocampal BOLD response during spatial memory. Behavioural Brain Research, 187(2), 433-441.
  • Newhouse, P., Newhouse, C., & Astur, R. (2007). Sex differences in visual-spatial learning using a virtual water maze in pre-pubertal children. Behavioural Brain Research, 183(1), 1-7.
  • Kurtz, M., Baker, E., Pearlson, G., & Astur, R. (2007). A virtual reality apartment as a measure of medication management skills in patients with schizophrenia: A pilot study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(5), 1162-1170.
  • Most, S., & Astur, R. (2007). Feature-based attentional set as a cause of traffic accidents. Visual Cognition, 15(2), 125-132.
  • Johnson, M., Morris, N., Astur, R., Calhoun, V., Mathalon, D., Kiehl, K., & Pearlson, G. (2006). A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Working Memory Abnormalities in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 60(1), 11-21.
  • Baker, E., Kurtz, M., & Astur, R. (2006). Virtual reality assessment of medication compliance in patients with schizophrenia. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9(2), 224-229.
  • Calhoun, V., Adali, T., Kiehl, K., Astur, R., Pekar, J., & Pearlson, G. (2006). A Method for Multitask fMRI Data Fusion Applied to Schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping, 27(7), 598-610.
  • Astur, R., Germain, S., Tolin, D., Ford, J., Russell, D., & Stevens, M. (2006). Hippocampus function predicts severity of post-traumatic stress disorder. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9(2), 234-240.
  • Carvalho KN, Pearlson GD, Astur, R.S., Calhoun VD. (2006). Simulated Driving and Brain Imaging: Combining Behavior, Brain Activity, and Virtual Reality. CNS Spectrums, 11(1), 52-62.
  • Calhoun, V., Carvalho, K., Astur, R., & Pearlson, G. (2005). Using Virtual Reality to Study Alcohol Intoxication Effects on the Neural Correlates of Simulated Driving. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 30(3), 285-306.
  • Astur, R.S., St. Germain, SA, Baker, EK, Calhoun, VD, Pearlson, GD, Constable, RT. (2005). fMRI Hippocampal Activity during a Virtual Radial Arm Maze. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 30(3), 307-17.
  • Levy, LA, Astur, R.S., Frick, KM. (2005) Men and women differ in object memory but not performance of a virtual radial maze. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119(4), 853-62.
  • Germain, S., Kurtz, M., Pearlson, G., & Astur, R.S. (2005). Driving Simulator Performance in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 74(1), 121-22.
  • Rowland, LM., Astur, R.S., Jung, RE., Bustillo, JR., Lauriello, J., Yeo, RA. (2005). Selective Cognitive Impairments Associated with NMDA Receptor Blockade in Humans. Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(3), 633-9.
  • Astur, R.S., Constable, R.T. (2004). Hippocampal dampening during a relational memory task. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118(4), 667-75.
  • Astur, R.S., Tropp, J., Sava, S., Constable, R.T., & Markus, E.T. (2004). Sex differences in a virtual Morris water task and a virtual eight-arm maze. Behavioural Brain Research. 151(1-2):103-15
  • Germain, S.A., Kurtz, M.M., Pearlson, G.D., Astur, R.S. (2004) Virtual Driving in Individuals with Schizophrenia. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine: Interactive Media in Training and Therapeutic Interventions, 2, 153-160.
  • Astur, R.S., Mathalon, DH, D’Souza, DC, Krystal, JH, St. Germain, S, Constable, RT, & Pearlson, GD. (2003).   Using Virtual Reality to Examine Hippocampus Functioning in Schizophrenia. International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation.
  • Washburn, D.A. & Astur, R.S. (2003). Exploration of virtual mazes by Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Animal Cognition, 6, 161-168.
  • Astur, R.S., Taylor, L.B., Mamelak, A.N., Philpott, L. & Sutherland, R.J. (2002). Humans with hippocampus damage display severe spatial memory impairments in a virtual Morris water task. Behavioural Brain Research, 132, 77-84.
  • Astur, R.S., Klein, R.K., Mumby, D.G., Protz, D., Sutherland, R.J. & Martin, G. (2002). A role for olfaction in object recognition by normal and hippocampus-damaged rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 78, 186-191.
  • Sutherland, R.J., Weisend, M., Mumby, D., Astur, R.S., Hanlon, F.M., Koerner, A., Thomas, M.J., Wu, Y., Moses, S., Cole, C., Hamilton, D.A., & Hoesing, J.M. (2001). Retrograde amnesia after hippocampal damage: Recent vs. remote memories in three tasks. Hippocampus, 11, 27.
  • Astur, R.S., Mamelak, A.N., Philpott, L.M., Schuman, E.M., & Sutherland, R.J. (1999). Patients with unilateral hippocampus damage are impaired on a virtual Morris water task. Epilepsia, 40, 75.
  • Hanlon, F.M., Astur, R.S., & Sutherland, R.J. (1999). Changes in adult brain and behavior caused by neonatal limbic damage: A rat model with implication for understanding cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 36, 64.
  • Mumby, D.G., Astur, R.S., Weisend, M.P., & Sutherland, R. J. (1999). Retrograde amnesia and selective damage to the hippocampal formation: memory for places and object discriminations. Behavioural Brain Research, 106, 97-107.
  • Astur, R.S., Ortiz, M.L., & Sutherland, R.J. (1998). A characterization of performance by men and women in a virtual Morris water task: A large and reliable sex difference. Behavioural Brain Research, 93, 185-190.
  • Astur, R.S., & Sutherland, R.J. (1998). Configural learning in humans: The transverse patterning problem. Psychobiology, 26, 176-182.
  • Washburn, D. A., & Astur, R.S. (1998). Comparative investigations of visuospatial memory: Rehearsal in the sketchpad? Memory and Cognition, 26(2), 277-286.
  • Abdulabiz, T., Astur, R.S.,….Nadel, L. (1995). Hippocampus. Behavioural Brain Research in Naturalistic and Semi-naturalistic Settings. Eds. E. Alleva, A. Fasolo, H. Lipp, L. Nadel, & L. Ricceri. Kluwer Academic Publishers. MA.
  • Lewine, J.D., Edgar, J.C., Repa, K., Paulson, K., Astur, R.S., & Orrison, W.W.,Jr. (1994). A physical phantom for simulating the impact of pathology on magnetic source imaging. Advances in Biomagnetism. Plenum Press.
  • Ciesielski, K. T., Yanofsky, R., Hill, D. E., Ludwig, R. N., Hart, B. L., Astur, R.S., & Snyder, T. (1994). Hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis and cognitive deficits in survivors of childhood leukemia. Archives of Neurology, 51(10), 985-993.
  • Lewine, J. D., Doty, R. W., Astur, R.S., & Provencal, S. L. (1994). Role of the forebrain commissures in bihemispheric mnemonic integration in macaques. Journal of Neuroscience, 14(5), 2515-2530.
  • Lewine, J. D., Astur, R.S., Davis, L. E., Knight, J. E., Maclin, E. L., & Orrison, W. W, Jr. (1994). Cortical organization in adulthood is modified by neonatal infarct: A case study. Radiology, 190(1), 93-96