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Warren Grimes Hall

Anne W. Deane Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Neurobiology
Psychology & Neuroscience
Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0086
229 Soc-Psych, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


W.G. (Ted) Hall. 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 · 2005 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Psychological and Brain Sciences · 2005 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Appetitive Responses to Dehydration and Food-Deprivation are Learned

Journal Article Psychological Behavior · 2002 Cite

Thirst modulates a perception.

Journal Article Perception · January 2001 Does thirst make you more likely to think you see water? Tales of thirsty desert travelers and oasis mirages are consistent with our intuitions that appetitive state can influence what we see in the world. Yet there has been surprisingly little scrutiny of ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Acquisition of Appetite

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute for Child Health & Human Develo · 1998 - 2004

Undergraduate Neurosciences Summer Research Program in Mechanisms of Behavior

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1997

Developmental Psychobiology of Motivation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1987 - 1997

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Education, Training & Certifications


Johns Hopkins University · 1975 Ph.D.