Daren H. Kaiser
CURRICULUM VITAE
January, 2012
Office Address: Department of Psychology
380F Neff
e-mail: Kaiserd@ipfw.edu
Home Address: 4810 Winterfield Run
Telephone: (260) 481-6404 (office)
(260) 481-6565 (Laboratory)
(260) 432-7567 (home)
Education:
A.A. (December, 1988) Highland Community College, Freeport, Illinois
B. S. (May,
1991)
Major: Psychology
M. A. (March,
1994)
Experimental Psychology
Ph. D. (August, 2000)
Experimental Psychology
Faculty Positions:
Associate Professor: Indiana University Purdue University
Fort Wayne (2009 - Present)
Assistant Professor: Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (2003-2009)
Visiting Assistant Professor: East Carolina University (1999-2003)
Professional
Publications:
Book Chapter:
Zentall, T. R., Roper, K. L., Kaiser, D. H., & Sherburne, L. M. (1997) A critical analysis
of directed forgetting research in animals. in J. M. Golding, and C. Macleod (Eds).
Interdisciplinary approaches to intentional
forgetting.
Journal Articles:
Kaiser D. H. (2009). Fewer peak trials per session facilitate acquisition of peak responding
despite elimination of response rate differences. Behavioural Processes, 80(1), 12-19.
Kaiser D. H. (2008). The proportion of fixed interval trials to probe trials affects
acquisition
of the peak procedure fixed interval timing task. Behavioural Processes, 77 (1),
100-108. DOI information: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.06.009
Kaiser D. H. & Means L. (2006). Value
transfer across odor stimuli using probability of
reinforcement in the rat. Behavioural Processes, 73, 164-169.
Zentall, T. R. & Kaiser, D. H. (2005). Interval timing with gaps: Gap ambiguity as an
alternative to temporal decay. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal
Behavior Processes,
31, 484-486.
Kaiser, D. H., Zentall, T. R., & Neiman, E. (2002). Timing in pigeons: Effects of the
similarity
between intertrial interval and gap in a timing
signal. Journal of
Experimental Psychology, Animal Behavior Processes, 28, 416-422.
Dorrance, B. R., Kaiser, D. H., & Zentall, T. R. (2000). Event-duration discrimination by
pigeons: The choose-short effect may result from
retention-test novelty. Animal Learning
and Behavior, 28, 344-353.
Zentall, T. R., Kaiser, D.H., Clement, T. S., Weaver, J. E., & Campell, G., (2000).
Presence/absence-sample matching by pigeons: Divergent retention functions may result from
differential
sample responding rather than from a single-code default coding strategy. Journal
of
Experimental Psychology, Animal Behavior Processes, 26, 294-304.
Clement, T. S., Feltus, J., Kaiser, D. H., & Zentall, T. R. (2000). Work ethic in pigeons:
Reward value is directly related to
the effort or time required to obtain it.
Psychonomic Bulletin and
Review,
7, 100-106.
Dorrance, B .R., Kaiser, D.H., & Zentall, T. R. (1998). Value transfer in a simultaneous
discrimination by pigeons: Value of the S+ is not specific to the simultaneous discrimination context.
Animal Learning & Behavior, 26, 257-263.
Zentall, T. R., Clement, T. S., & Kaiser, D. H. (1998). Delayed matching in pigeons:
Apparent memory loss may be
confounded with effects of increase in delay of reinforcement. Behavioural
Processes, 43, 1-10.
Sherburne, L. M., Zentall, T. R., & Kaiser, D. H. (1998). Timing in pigeons: The choose-
short effect may result from pigeons’ “confusion” between delay and intertrial
intervals. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 5, 516-522.
Kaiser, D.H., Zentall, T. R., & Galef, B. G. (1997). Can imitation in pigeons be explained
by local enhancement together with trial-and-error learning? Psychological Science, 8, 459-460.
Kaiser, D. H., Sherburne, L. M., Steirn, J. N., & Zentall, T. R. (1997).Perceptual learning
in pigeons: Decreased ability to discriminate samples mapped onto the same comparison in many-to-one
matching. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 4, 378-381.
Kaiser, D. H., Sherburne, L. M., & Zentall, T. R. (1997). Directed forgetting in pigeons resulting from the
reallocation of memory-maintaining processes on forget-cue trials.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,
4, 559-565.
Barron, S.,Hansen-Trench, L. S., Kaiser, D. H., & Segar, T. M. (1996). Problem solving
following
neonatal exposure to cocaine, ethanol, or cocaine/ethanol in combination in
rats. Pharmacology,
Biochemistry, and Behavior, 53, 197-203.
Barron, S., Hansen-Trench, L. S., & Kaiser, D. H. (1996). Neonatal cocaine exposure
and activity rhythms in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 74, 167-174.
Barron, S., Kaiser, D.H., & Hansen, L.S. (1995). Neonatal cocaine exposure,activity and
responsivity to cocaine in a rodent model. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 16, 401-409.
Roper, K .L., Kaiser, D. H., & Zentall, T. R. (1995). True directed forgetting in pigeons
may occur
only when alternative working memory is required on forget-cue trials. Animal
Learning
and Behavior, 23, 280-285.
First Author
Presentations:
Kaiser, D. H. & Austin, A. (2008, May). Timing performance in rats is disrupted by
increased
attentional load. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H. (2008, May). Reinforcement following probe trials and acquisition of the peak
procedure. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H. (2007, May). Acquisition of peak responding affected by proportion of probe trials.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H. (2007, March) Animal Timing. Invited Presentation at Brain and Cognitive
Sciences seminar at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H. (2006, May) Similarity of Ambient Conditions During Intertrial Intervals and
Gaps Affect Peak Shifts in Rats. Presented at Midwestern Psychological
Association,
Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H.,
Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H. (2004, May) Lesions of the hippocampus disrupt value transfer in rats. Invited
Presentation at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H. (2003, November). The role of the hippocampus in associative learning.
Presented to Sigma Xi at
Kaiser, D. H., Means, L. W., Trulli, N. M., Holmes, B. M. & Schopp, S. E. (2003, May).
Value transfer across odor stimuli in rats. Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D.H., Campbell, G., & Zentall, T.
R. (1999, May). Presence/absence coding in
pigeons. Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H., Zentall,
T. R., and Sherburne, L.M (1997, May).
Directed forgetting in pigeons:
Reallocation
of stimulus processing results in directed forgetting when potential
interference effects are controlled. Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H., Cook, B. R., Bevins, R. A., and Zentall, T. R.
(1996, May). Conditioned taste
aversion in a distinct context results in an inverse relationship between place
preference and consumption. Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association,
Kaiser, D. H., Sherburne, L. M., & Zentall
T. R. (1995, May). Common coding in pigeons
using many-to-one matching: Discrimination between commonly coded samples
disrupts matching accuracy. Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association,
Kaiser, D. H., Hansen, L. S., Spalmacin, K. A., & Barron, S. (1994, May). The
effect of
neonatal cocaine exposure on running wheel activity following a challenging
dose
of cocaine in rats. Presented at Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Kaiser, D. H., Robinet,
P. M., Bardo, M. T., & Barron, S. (1994, November). The
effects of
neonatal cocaine exposure on dopamine receptor binding and D2 mediated behavior.
Presented at the
annual Neuroscience meeting, Miami, Florida.
Other Presentations:
March, D. & Kaiser, D. H. Suboptimal choice behavior in rats? (2011, May) Presented at Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Austin A. R. & Kaiser D. H. (2008, March). Timing performance in rats is disrupted by
an increased attentional load. Presented at Tristate Animal Learning and Behavior Conference at
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Trulli, N. M., Holmes, B. M., Schopp, S. E., Kaiser, D. H., and Means, L. W. (2002,
October). A
demonstration of value transfer in rats. Presented at Sixth Annual Neuroscience
Research meeting at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Walker, E. M., Means, L. W., McMillen, B. A., and Kaiser, D. H. (2001, April). Effects
of Zinc
and Tryptophan deficient diets on the motivation to obtain alcohol in the
Myers
high ethanol preferring (mHEP) rat. Presented at International Behavioral Neuroscience Society,
Cancun, Mexico.
Walker, E. M., Means, L. W., McMillen,
B. A., and Kaiser, D. H. (2000, October) Motivational
effects in high ethanol preferring (mHEP) rat to
obtain alcohol based on zinc and
tryptophan deficient diets. Presented at Fourth Annual Neuroscience Research meeting at
East Carolina
University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Cook, B. R., Kaiser, D. H., and Zentall, T. R. (1997, May). Value
transfer from S+ to S- in a
simultaneous discrimination in pigeons: Further evidence. Presented at Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Sherburne, L. M., Zentall,
T. R., and Kaiser, D. H. (1996, May). Can confusion account for the
choose short effect? Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago,
Illinois.
Hansen-Trench, L. S., Kaiser, D. H., &
Barron, S. (1995, May).
Neonatal cocaine exposure
and activity rhythms in rats. Presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Barron, S., Hansen, L.S., & Kaiser, D.
H. (1994, June). Developmental
measures following
neonatal exposure to ethanol, cocaine, or ethanol/cocaine in rats. Presented at
Research Society
on Alcoholism, Maui, Hawaii.
Barron, S., Kaiser, D. H., Harrod,
S. B., & Hansen, L. S. (1994, June).
Problem solving
following neonatal exposure to ethanol, cocaine, or ethanol/cocaine in rats.
Presented at the International Society for Biochemical Research on Alcoholism, Summer,
Gold Coast, Australia.
Hansen, L. S., Kaiser, D. H., Harrod,
S., & Barron, S. (1994, May). Digging
maze behavior in
rats following neonatal exposure to ethanol, cocaine, or ethanol/cocaine. Presented at Midwestern
Psychological
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Hansen, L. S., Kaiser, D. H., Spalmacin, K., & Barron, S. (1993, March). Motor
performance
following neonatal exposure to, ethanol, cocaine, or ethanol and cocaine in rats.
Presented at Indiana-Purdue-Kentucky Conference on Animal Learning and Behavior at Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Barron, S., Hansen, L. S., Kaiser, D. H.,
Massey, K., & Stone, M. (1993, June). Motor
performance following neonatal exposure to, ethanol, cocaine, or ethanol and
cocaine in rats.
Presented as a
poster at Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, Texas.
Barron, S., Kaiser, D. H., Spalmacin, K.
A., & Hansen, L. S. (1992, October).
Activity and responsivity
to
cocaine following third trimester cocaine exposure in rats. Presented at the annual Neuroscience meeting,
Anaheim, California. Abstract published in Society for NeuroscienceAbstracts 18:366.