SoTL
In recent years, I have merged my teaching and research endeavors by engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). My colleagues and I have been examining the effectiveness and application of evidence-based teaching and learning strategies in novel ways and/or contexts.
Emotion & Fear
Broadly, I study emotion. I'm interested in how people experience emotions, how they can regulate their emotions, and how those processes play a role in fear learning and anxiety disorders. I investigate these processes using psychophysiological measures (e.g., facial EMG, startle response, EEG/ERP).
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Publications
Benson, W., Dunning, J. P., Barber, D. (2022). Using distributed practice to improve students’ attitudes and performance in statistics. Teaching of Psychology, 49(1), 64-70.
Dunning, J. P., & Hajcak, G. (2015). Gradients of fear potentiated startle during generalization, extinction, and extinction recall—and their relations with worry. Behavior Therapy, 46(5), 640-651.
Parvaz, M. A., Konova, A. B., Proudfit, G. H., Dunning, J. P., Malaker, P., Moeller, S. J., Maloney, T., Alia-Klein, N., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2015). Impaired neural response to negative prediction errors in cocaine addiction. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(5), 1872-1879.
Hajcak, G., Dunning, J. P., Foti, D., & Weinberg, A. (2014). Temporal dynamics of emotion regulation. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation (2nd ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Dunning, J. P., DelDonno, S., & Hajcak, G. (2013). The effects of contextual threat and anxiety on affective startle modulation. Biological Psychology, 94, 130-135.
Moeller, S. J., Hajcak, G., Parvaz, M., Dunning, J. P., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2012). Psychophysiological prediction of choice: relevance to insight and drug addiction. Brain, 135, 3481-3494.
Dunning, J. P., Parvaz, M. A., Hajcak, G., Maloney, T., Alia-Klein, N., Woicik, P. A., Telang, F., Wang, G., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2011). Motivated attention to cocaine and emotional cues in abstinent and current cocaine users: An ERP study. European Journal of Neuroscience, 33(9), 1716-1723.
Dunning, J. P., Auriemmo, A., Castille, C., & Hajcak, G. (2010). In the face of anger: Startle modulation in the context of graded facial expressions. Psychophysiology, 47, 874-878.
Coryell, M., Wunsch, A., Haenfler, J., Allen, J., Schnizler, M., Zieman, A., Cook, M., Dunning, J. P., Price, M., Rainier, J., Liu, Z., Light, A., Langbehn, D., & Wemmie, J. (2009). Acid-sensing ion channel-1a in the amygdala, a novel therapeutic target in depression-related behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 5381-5388.
Moeller, S. J., Maloney, T., Parvaz, M. A., Dunning, J. P., Alia-Klien, N., Woicik, P. A., Hajcak, G., Telang, F., Wang, G., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2009). Enhanced choice for viewing cocaine pictures in cocaine addiction. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 169-176.
Hajcak, G., Dunning, J. P., & Foti, D. (2009). Motivated and controlled attention to emotion: Time-course of the late positive potential. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120, 505-510.
Hajcak, G., Castille, C., Olvet, D. M., Dunning, J. P., Roohi, J., & Hatchwell, E. (2009). Genetic variation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and human fear conditioning. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 8, 80-85.
Dunning, J. P. & Hajcak, G. (2009). See no evil: Directing visual attention within unpleasant images modulates the electrocortical response. Psychophysiology, 46(1), 28-33.
Hsu, R., Woodroffe, A., Lai W., Cook, M. N., Mukai, J., Dunning, J. P., Swanson, D. J., Roos, J.L., Abecasis, G. R., Karayiorgou, M., & Gogos, J. A. (2007). Nogo Receptor 1 (RTN4R) as a candidate gene for schizophrenia: Analysis using human and mouse genetic approaches. PLoS ONE, 2(11), e1234.
Dunning, J. P. & Hajcak, G. (2007). Error-related negativities elicited by monetary loss and cues that predict loss. NeuroReport, 18(17), 1875-1878.
Hajcak, G., Dunning, J.P., & Foti, D. (2007). Neural response to emotional pictures is unaffected by concurrent task difficulty: An event-related potential study. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(6), 1156-1162.
Cook, M. N., Dunning, J. P., Wiley, R. G., Chesler, E. J., Johnson, D. K., Miller, D. R., Goldowitz, D. (2007). Neurobehavioral mutants identified in an ENU-mutagenesis project. Mammalian Genome, 18(8), 559-572.
Dunning, J. P., & Hajcak, G. (2015). Gradients of fear potentiated startle during generalization, extinction, and extinction recall—and their relations with worry. Behavior Therapy, 46(5), 640-651.
Parvaz, M. A., Konova, A. B., Proudfit, G. H., Dunning, J. P., Malaker, P., Moeller, S. J., Maloney, T., Alia-Klein, N., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2015). Impaired neural response to negative prediction errors in cocaine addiction. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(5), 1872-1879.
Hajcak, G., Dunning, J. P., Foti, D., & Weinberg, A. (2014). Temporal dynamics of emotion regulation. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation (2nd ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Dunning, J. P., DelDonno, S., & Hajcak, G. (2013). The effects of contextual threat and anxiety on affective startle modulation. Biological Psychology, 94, 130-135.
Moeller, S. J., Hajcak, G., Parvaz, M., Dunning, J. P., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2012). Psychophysiological prediction of choice: relevance to insight and drug addiction. Brain, 135, 3481-3494.
Dunning, J. P., Parvaz, M. A., Hajcak, G., Maloney, T., Alia-Klein, N., Woicik, P. A., Telang, F., Wang, G., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2011). Motivated attention to cocaine and emotional cues in abstinent and current cocaine users: An ERP study. European Journal of Neuroscience, 33(9), 1716-1723.
Dunning, J. P., Auriemmo, A., Castille, C., & Hajcak, G. (2010). In the face of anger: Startle modulation in the context of graded facial expressions. Psychophysiology, 47, 874-878.
Coryell, M., Wunsch, A., Haenfler, J., Allen, J., Schnizler, M., Zieman, A., Cook, M., Dunning, J. P., Price, M., Rainier, J., Liu, Z., Light, A., Langbehn, D., & Wemmie, J. (2009). Acid-sensing ion channel-1a in the amygdala, a novel therapeutic target in depression-related behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 5381-5388.
Moeller, S. J., Maloney, T., Parvaz, M. A., Dunning, J. P., Alia-Klien, N., Woicik, P. A., Hajcak, G., Telang, F., Wang, G., Volkow, N. D., & Goldstein, R. Z. (2009). Enhanced choice for viewing cocaine pictures in cocaine addiction. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 169-176.
Hajcak, G., Dunning, J. P., & Foti, D. (2009). Motivated and controlled attention to emotion: Time-course of the late positive potential. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120, 505-510.
Hajcak, G., Castille, C., Olvet, D. M., Dunning, J. P., Roohi, J., & Hatchwell, E. (2009). Genetic variation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and human fear conditioning. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 8, 80-85.
Dunning, J. P. & Hajcak, G. (2009). See no evil: Directing visual attention within unpleasant images modulates the electrocortical response. Psychophysiology, 46(1), 28-33.
Hsu, R., Woodroffe, A., Lai W., Cook, M. N., Mukai, J., Dunning, J. P., Swanson, D. J., Roos, J.L., Abecasis, G. R., Karayiorgou, M., & Gogos, J. A. (2007). Nogo Receptor 1 (RTN4R) as a candidate gene for schizophrenia: Analysis using human and mouse genetic approaches. PLoS ONE, 2(11), e1234.
Dunning, J. P. & Hajcak, G. (2007). Error-related negativities elicited by monetary loss and cues that predict loss. NeuroReport, 18(17), 1875-1878.
Hajcak, G., Dunning, J.P., & Foti, D. (2007). Neural response to emotional pictures is unaffected by concurrent task difficulty: An event-related potential study. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(6), 1156-1162.
Cook, M. N., Dunning, J. P., Wiley, R. G., Chesler, E. J., Johnson, D. K., Miller, D. R., Goldowitz, D. (2007). Neurobehavioral mutants identified in an ENU-mutagenesis project. Mammalian Genome, 18(8), 559-572.