Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE200100856

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE200100856

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Funded Activity Summary

Oxytocin enhances the processing of environmental cues. Oxytocin is a powerful neuromodulator for social and emotional processing. Despite extensive research demonstrating pro-social and anxiolytic effects of oxytocin, the psychological processes that produce its effects are unknown. My hypothesis is that oxytocin enhances attention to cues that signal emotionally significant outcomes. This project will systematically assess the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying OT's effects using an associative learning framework through an innovative combination of Pavlovian conditioning, behavioural pharmacology, chemogenetic and transgenic methods. This is the first project to use an associative learning framework to understand the psychological processes that produce oxytocin’s effects.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-07-2020

End Date: 08-12-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $398,671.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Psychology

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