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  • Charles Heyser

    Associate Professor of Psychology
    717-291-3834
    Office: LSP-116
    Summary: Neuroscience, Behavioral Pharmacology, Behavioral Genetics, Substance Abuse

    Education

    Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1994
    M.A., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1992
    B.S., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, 1985

    Research Interests

    Neuroscience

    Behavioral Pharmacology

    Behavioral Genetics

    Substance Abuse

    Publications

    Mason, B.J. & Heyser, C.J. (2010). The neurobiology, clinical efficacy and safety of acamprosate in the treatment of alcohol dependence.  Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 9, 177-188.

     

    Mason, B.J. & Heyser, C.J. (2010).  Acamproate:  A prototypic neuromodulator in the treatment of alcohol dependence. CNS & Neurological Disorders – Drug Targets. 9, 23-32.

     

    Chemero, A. & Heyser, C. (2009).  Methodology and reduction in the behavioral neurosciences:  Object exploration as a case study.  In J. Bickle (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience, (pp. 68-90). Oxford University Press.

     

    Chemero, A. & Heyser, C. (2005).  Object exploration and a problem with reductionism.  Synthese. 17, 403-423.

     

    Heyser, C.J., Pelletier, M. & Ferris, J.S. (2004). The effects of methylphenidate on novel object exploration in weanling and periadolescent rats.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1021, 465-469.