Warren Grimes Hall | Scholars@Duke

Warren Grimes Hall
Anne W. Deane Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Neurobiology

Study of the ontogeny of motivation and learning; their neural basis and behavioral organization, using ingestive behavior and appetitive learning as prototypic systems. Animal and human studies including recent work utilizing functional MRI.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Anne W. Deane Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Neurobiology, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005
Professor Emeritus of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005

Contact Information

229 Soc-Psych, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0086
wghall@psych.duke.edu (919) 660-5713

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 1975
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1985 - 2005
- Professor of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2000 - 2005
- Professor in Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 1989 - 1999
- Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1982 - 1985
Research
Selected Grants
- Acquisition of Appetite 1998 - 2004
- (96-0804) Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 1994 - 1997
- (92-0268) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation 1987 - 1997
- (93-0836) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1997
- (94-0881) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1997
- (95-0874) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1997
- (96-0867) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1997
- (94-0325) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior 1992 - 1997
- (91-0523) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1997
- (93-0340) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior 1982 - 1997
- (95-0330) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior 1982 - 1997
- (96-0311) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1997
- (95-0828) Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 1994 - 1996
- (93-0208) Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 1993 - 1996
- (94-0160) Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 1994 - 1995
- (90-0681) Developmental Psychology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1990 - 1992
- (89-0652) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation 1989 - 1992
- (86-0007) Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1992
- (88-0595) Development Psychobiology of Motivation awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1992
- (91-0706) Developmental Psychology of Motivation 1987 - 1992
- (89-0656) Neural Substrates of Early Unilateral Olfactory Learning awarded by National Institutes of Health 1990 - 1991
- (90-0443) Reward and Learning Mechanisms in Infancy awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1991
- (87-0405) Reward and Learning Mechanisms in Infancy awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1991
- (89-0446) Reward and Learning Mechanisms in Infancy awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1991
- (87-0484) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1990
- (88-0158) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1990
- (89-0174) Origins of Ingestive Behavior 1982 - 1990
- (90-0038) Origins and Development of Ingestive Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1990
- (87-0483) Reward and Learning Mechanisms in Infancy awarded by National Institutes of Health 1982 - 1987
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Changizi, M. A., R. McGeHee, and W. G. Hall. “Appetitive Responses to Dehydration and Food-Deprivation are Learned.” Psychological Behavior 75 (2002): 295–304.
  - Changizi, M. A., and W. G. Hall. “Thirst modulates a perception..” Perception 30, no. 12 (January 2001): 1489–97. https://doi.org/10.1068/p3266.
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  - Myers, K. P., and W. G. Hal. “Experience with Drinking While Dehydrated is Required for Weanling Rats to Acquire an Appetitive Response to Cellular Dehydration.” Development Psychobiology 38 (2001): 145–53.
  - Arnold, H. M., S. Coyle, J. S. Goldberg-Arnold, W. G. Hall, and David C. Rubin. “Olfactory conditioning facilitates diet transition in human infants.,” November 2000.
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  - Hall, W. G., H. M. Arnold, and K. P. Myers. “The acquisition of an appetite..” Psychological Science 11, no. 2 (March 2000): 101–5. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00223.
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  - Myers, K. P., and W. G. Hall. “Conditioned changes in appetitive and consummatory responses to flavors paired with oral or nutrient reinforcement among adult rats..” Physiology & Behavior 68, no. 5 (March 2000): 603–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9384(99)00209-7.
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  - Myers, K. P., and W. G. Hall. “Evidence that oral and nutrient reinforcers differentially condition appetitive and consummatory responses to flavors..” Physiology & Behavior 64, no. 4 (June 1998): 493–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9384(98)00106-1.
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  - Swithers, S. E., M. W. Westneat, and W. G. Hall. “Electromyographic analysis of oral habituation in rat pups..” Physiology & Behavior 63, no. 2 (January 1998): 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9384(97)00421-6.
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  - Myers, K., and W. G. Hall. “Sensitization of ingestive responding and activity in developing rats.” Behav. Neurosci. 111 (1997): 413–23.
  - Kucharski, D., H. M. Arnold, and W. G. Hall. “Unilateral conditioning of an odor aversion in 6-day-old rat pups..” Behavioral Neuroscience 109, no. 3 (June 1995): 563–66. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.109.3.563.
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  - Swithers, S. E., and W. G. Hall. “Does oral experience terminate ingestion?.” Appetite 23, no. 2 (October 1994): 113–38. https://doi.org/10.1006/appe.1994.1041.
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  - Swithers-Mulvey, S. E., and W. G. Hall. “Integration of oral habituation and gastric signals in decerebrate rat pups..” The American Journal of Physiology 265, no. 1 Pt 2 (July 1993): R216–19. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1993.265.1.r216.
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  - Warwick, Z. S., W. G. Hall, T. N. Pappas, and S. S. Schiffman. “Taste and smell sensations enhance the satiating effect of both a high-carbohydrate and a high-fat meal in humans..” Physiol Behav 53, no. 3 (March 1993): 553–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(93)90153-7.
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  - Swithers-Mulvey, S. E., and W. G. Hall. “Control of ingestion by oral habituation in rat pups..” Behavioral Neuroscience 106, no. 4 (August 1992): 710–17. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.106.4.710.
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  - Westneat, M. W., and W. G. Hall. “Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats: an electromyographic analysis of suckling and chewing..” Behavioral Neuroscience 106, no. 3 (June 1992): 539–54. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.106.3.539.
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  - Swithers-Mulvey, S. E., K. R. Mishu, and W. G. Hall. “Oral habituation in rat pups is in the brainstem..” Physiology & Behavior 51, no. 3 (March 1992): 639–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(92)90189-9.
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  - Hall, W. G., and S. E. Swithers-Mulvey. “Developmental strategies in the analysis of ingestive behavior..” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 662 (January 1992): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb22851.x.
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  - Phifer, C. B., A. Denzinger, and W. G. Hall. “The early presence of food-oriented appetitive behavior in developing rats..” Developmental Psychobiology 24, no. 7 (November 1991): 453–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.420240702.
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  - Swithers-Mulvey, S. E., G. L. Miller, and W. G. Hall. “Habituation of oromotor responding to oral infusions in rat pups..” Appetite 17, no. 1 (August 1991): 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/0195-6663(91)90084-6.
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  - Hall, W. G., S. E. Swithers-Mulvey, C. M. Agrawal, N. R. Burka, J. Horner, and S. Menacherry. “Analysis of 2-DG autoradiograms using image-averaging and image-differencing procedures for systems-level description of neurobehavioral function..” Physiology & Behavior 50, no. 1 (July 1991): 109–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(91)90506-j.
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  - Phifer, C. B., M. D. Ladd, and W. G. Hall. “Effects of hydrational state on ingestion in infant rats: is dehydration the only ingestive stimulus?.” Physiology & Behavior 49, no. 4 (April 1991): 695–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(91)90304-7.
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  - Hall, W. G., and S. E. Swithers Mulvey. “On Rowland's "When is a (sham) drink a (sham) feed?" and Midkiff's response.” Ssiblings 4 (1991).
  - King, C., and W. G. Hall. “Developmental change in unilateral olfactory habituation is mediated by anterior commissure maturation..” Behavioral Neuroscience 104, no. 5 (October 1990): 796–807. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.104.5.796.
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  - Kucharski, D., N. Burka, and W. G. Hall. “The anterior limb of the anterior commissure is an access route to contralateral stored olfactory preference memories.” Psychobiology 18, no. 2 (January 1, 1990): 195–204. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327227.
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  - Swithers, S. E., and W. G. Hall. “A nutritive control of independent ingestion in rat pups emerges by nine days of age..” Physiology & Behavior 46, no. 5 (November 1989): 873–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(89)90051-6.
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  - Hall, W. G. “Neural systems for early independent ingestion: regional metabolic changes during ingestive responding and dehydration..” Behavioral Neuroscience 103, no. 2 (April 1989): 386–411. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.103.2.386.
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  - Saperstein, L. A., D. Kucharski, M. E. Stanton, and W. G. Hall. “Developmental change in reversal learning of an olfactory discrimination.” Psychobiology 17, no. 3 (January 1, 1989): 293–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03337783.
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  - Phifer, C. B., and W. G. Hall. “Ingestive behavior in preweanling rats: emergence of postgastric controls..” The American Journal of Physiology 255, no. 2 Pt 2 (August 1988): R191–99. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1988.255.2.r191.
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  - Kucharski, D., and W. G. Hall. “Developmental change in the access to olfactory memories..” Behavioral Neuroscience 102, no. 3 (June 1988): 340–48. https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.102.3.340.
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  - Sullivan, R. M., and W. G. Hall. “Reinforcers in infancy: classical conditioning using stroking or intra-oral infusions of milk as UCS..” Developmental Psychobiology 21, no. 3 (April 1988): 215–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.420210303.
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  - Hall, W. G., R. Hudson, and S. C. Brake. “Terminology for use in investigations of nursing and suckling..” Developmental Psychobiology 21, no. 1 (January 1988): 89–91. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.420210107.
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  - Kucharski, D., and W. G. Hall. “New routes to early memories..” Science (New York, N.Y.) 238, no. 4828 (November 1987): 786–88. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3672125.
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  - Bornstein, W. G., B. H, B. Terry, L. M, L. Browde, J. A, J. Jr, et al. “Sensory and nutritional contributions to rat pup's early activational responses to ingestion.” Dev. Psychobiol. 20 (1987): 147–63.
  - Hall, W. G., and R. W. Oppenheim. “Developmental psychobiology: prenatal, perinatal, and early postnatal aspects of behavioral development..” Annual Review of Psychology 38 (January 1987): 91–128. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.38.020187.000515.
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  - Kucharski, D., I. B. Johanson, and W. G. Hall. “Unilateral olfactory conditioning in 6-day-old rat pups..” Behavioral and Neural Biology 46, no. 3 (November 1986): 472–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-1047(86)90506-6.
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  - Phifer, C. B., J. A. Browde, and W. G. Hall. “Ontogeny of glucose inhibition of independent ingestion in preweanling rats..” Brain Research Bulletin 17, no. 5 (November 1986): 673–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0361-9230(86)90199-1.
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  - Hall, W. G., and J. A. Browde. “The ontogeny of independent ingestion in mice: or, why won't infant mice feed?.” Developmental Psychobiology 19, no. 3 (May 1986): 211–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.420190307.
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  - Phifer, C. B., C. R. Sikes, and W. G. Hall. “Control of ingestion in 6-day-old rat pups: termination of intake by gastric fill alone?.” The American Journal of Physiology 250, no. 5 Pt 2 (May 1986): R807–14. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1986.250.5.r807.
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  - Hall, W. G. “What we know and don't know about the development of independent ingestion in rats.” Appetite 6 (1985): 323–56.
  - Johanson, I. B., W. G. Hall, and J. M. Polefrone. “Appetitive conditioning in neonatal rats: conditioned ingestive responding to stimuli paired with oral infusions of milk..” Developmental Psychobiology 17, no. 4 (July 1984): 357–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.420170404.
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  - Hall, W. G., and J. P. Bruno. “Inhibitory controls of ingestion in 6-day-old rat pups..” Physiology & Behavior 32, no. 5 (May 1984): 831–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(84)90202-6.
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  - Bruno, J. P., and W. G. Hall. “Olfactory contributions to dehydration-induced anorexia in weanling rats.” Dev. Psychobiol. 15 (1982): 493–505.
  - Johanson, I. B., and W. G. Hall. “Appetitive conditioning in neonatal rats: Conditioned orientation to a novel odor.” Dev. Psychobiol. 15 (1982): 379–97.
  - DiRocco, R. J., and W. G. Hall. “Metabolic neural mapping in neonatal rats.” N. Neurosci. Res. 6 (1981): 13–19.
  - Hall, W. G., and T. E. Bryan. “The ontogeny of feeding in rats: IV. Taste development as measured by intake and behavioral responses to oral infusions of sucrose and quinine.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 95 (1981): 240–51.
  - Johanson, I. B., and W. G. Hall. “The ontogeny of feeding in rats: V. Influence of texture, home odor, and sibling presense on ingestive behavior.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 95 (1981): 837–47.
  - Williams, C. L., W. G. Hall, and J. S. Rosenblatt. “Changing oral cues in suckling of weaning-age rats: Possible contributions to weaning.” Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 94, no. 3 (June 1, 1980): 472–83. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077682.
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  - Cramer, C. P., E. M. Blass, and W. G. Hall. “The ontogeny of nipple-shifting behavior in albino rats: Mechanisms of control and possible significance.” Dev. Psychobiol. 13 (1980): 165–80.
  - Hall, W. G., and T. E. Bryan. “The ontogeny of feeding in rats: II. Independent ingestive behavior.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 94 (1980): 746–56.
  - Johanson, I. B., and W. G. Hall. “The ontogeny of feeding in rats: III. Thermal determinants of early ingestive responding.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 94 (1980): 977–92.
  - Stoloff, M. L., J. T. Kenny, E. M. Blass, and W. G. Hall. “The role of experience in suckling maintenance in albino rats.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 94 (1980): 847–56.
  - Szechtman, H., and W. G. Hall. “Otongeny of oral behavior induced by tail pinch and electrical stimulation of the tail in rats.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 94 (1980): 436–45.
  - Williams, C. L., J. S. Rosenblatt, and W. G. Hall. “Inhibition of suckling in weaning-age rats: a possible serotonergic mechanism..” Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 93, no. 3 (June 1979): 414–29. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077592.
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  - Balss, E. M., W. Beardsley, and W. G. Hall. “Age-dependent inhibition of suckling by cholecystokinin.” Am. J. Physiol. 236 (1979): E567–70.
  - Hall, W. G. “Feeding and behavioral activation in infant rats.” Science 205 (1979): 206–9.
  - Hall, W. G. “The otongeny of feeding in rats: I. Ingestive and behavioral responses to oral infusions.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 93 (1979): 977–1000.
  - Hall, W. G., and J. S. Rosenblatt. “Developmental changes in the suckling behavior of hamster pups: A comparison with rat pups.” Dev. Psychobiol. 12 (1979): 553–60.
  - Johanson, I. B., and W. G. Hall. “Appetitive learning in 1-day-old rat pups.” Science 205 (1979): 419–21.
  - Kornblith, C., and W. G. Hall. “Brain transections selectively alter ingestion and behavioral activation in neonatal rats.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 93 (1979): 1109–17.
  - Nock, B., C. L. Williams, and W. G. Hall. “Suckling behavior of the infant rat: modulation by a developing neurotransmitter system..” Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 8, no. 3 (March 1978): 277–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(78)90316-7.
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  - Hall, W. G., and J. S. Rosenblatt. “Development of nutritional control of food intake in suckling rat pups.” Behav. Biol. 24 (1978): 413–27.
  - Blass, E. M., M. H. Teicher, C. P. Cramer, J. P. Bruno, and W. G. Hall. “Olfactory, thermal, and tactile controls of suckling in preauditory and previsual rats.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 91 (1977): 1248–60.
  - Hall, W. G., C. P. Cramer, and E. M. Blass. “Ontogeny of suckling in rats: Transitions toward adult ingestion.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 91 (1977): 1141–55.
  - Hall, W. G., and E. M. Blass. “Orogastric determinants of drinking in rats: Interaction between absorptive and peripheral controls.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 91 (1977): 365–73.
  - Hall, W. G., and J. S. Rosenblatt. “Suckling behavior and intake control in the developing rat pup.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 91 (1977): 1232–47.
  - Blass, E. M., R. Jobaris, and W. G. Hall. “Oropharyngeal control of drinking in rats.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 90 (1976): 909–16.
  - Blass, E. M., and W. G. Hall. “Drinking termination: Interactions among hydrational, orograstric, and behavioral controls in rats.” Psych. Rev. 83 (1976): 356–74.
  - Hall, W. G. “Weaning and growth of artificially reared rats.” Science 190 (1975): 1313–15.
  - Hall, W. G., C. P. Cramer, and E. M. Blass. “Developmental changes in suckling of rat pups.” Nature 258 (1975): 318–20.
  - Hall, W. G., and E. M. Blass. “Orogastric, hydrational, and behavioral controls of drinking following water deprivation in rats.” J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 89 (1975): 939–54.
  - Blass, E. M., and W. G. Hall. “Behavioral and physiological bases of drinking inhibition in water deprived rats.” Nature 249 (1974): 485–86.
  - Hall, W. G. “A remote stomach clamp to evaluate oral and gastric controls of drinking in the rat.” Physiological Behavior 11 (1973): 897–901.

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