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  • 1976 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

J. Bruce Overmier is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1976.

Overmier's academic contributions are recorded without specific details on recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues. No data on book publications or exact main and subfields of study are provided.

The available record does not include titles or years of publication for any papers, nor a listing of research topics or specialized fields of study. Consequently, no enumerations of such items can be provided.

The acknowledgment as an APA Fellow indicates engagement with the broader field of psychology, though exact areas of research focus, including main topics or subfields, remain unspecified.

There is no indication that Overmier is deceased, suggesting ongoing affiliation with the University of Minnesota.

Best Publications

  • Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance responding.

    J. Bruce Overmier;Martin E. P. Seligman

  • Pavlovian conditioned stimulus effects upon instrumental choice behavior are reinforcer specific

    John M. Kruse;J.Bruce Overmier;Wilbert A. Konz;Eric Rokke

  • The neurobiology of stress ulcers

    G B Glavin;R Murison;J B Overmier;W P Pare

  • Affect, conditioning, and cognition : essays on the determinants of behavior

    F. Robert Brush;J. Bruce Overmier;Richard L. Solomon

  • Pavlovian Conditioning and the Mediation of behavior1

    J. Bruce Overmier;Janice A. Lawry

  • On learned helplessness.

    J. Bruce Overmier;J. Bruce Overmier

  • Inflammatory pathogenesis in Alzheimer's disease: biological mechanisms and cognitive sequeli.

    Ethan Gahtan;J.Bruce Overmier

  • Effects of an exogenous β-amyloid peptide on retention for spatial learning

    Michael P. McDonald;Eric E. Dahl;J. Bruce Overmier;Patrick Mantyh;Patrick Mantyh

  • Sensitization, conditioning, and learning: can they help us understand somatization and disability?

    J. Bruce Overmier

  • Teleost telencephalon and learning: An interpretive review of data and hypotheses☆

    Nancy C. Flood;J.Bruce Overmier;George E. Savage

  • Discriminative cue properties of different fears and their role in response selection in dogs.

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  • Expectancies as Factors Influencing Conditional Discrimination Performance of Children

    Pauline Maki;J. Bruce Overmier;Sandra Delos;Arlyne J. Gutmann

  • Cardiac responses to shock in curarized dogs: effects of shock intensity and duration, warning signal, and prior experience with shock.

    Church Rm;LoLordo;Overmier Jb;Solomon Rl

  • A reevaluation of Rescorla's early dictums about Pavlovian conditioned inhibition.

    Douglas A. Williams;J. Bruce Overmier;Vincent M. LoLordo

  • Environmental Contingencies as Sources of Stress in Animals

    J. Bruce Overmier;Jeff Patterson;Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  • Interference with avoidance behavior: Failure to avoid traumatic shock.

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  • Within-compound associations modulate the relative effectiveness of differential and Pavlovian conditioned inhibition procedures.

    Douglas A. Williams;Gary M. Travis;J. Bruce Overmier

  • Improving Face Recognition in Alcohol Dementia

    Angela K. Hochhalter;Whitney A. Sweeney;Bruce L. Bakke;Richard J. Holub

  • Anxiety and helplessness in the face of stress predisposes, precipitates, and sustains gastric ulceration.

    J B Overmier;R Murison

  • Inhibition of return in aging and Alzheimer's disease: performance as a function of task demands and stimulus timing.

    L K Langley;L J Fuentes;A K Hochhalter;J Brandt

  • Differential outcomes effect in children and adults with down syndrome.

    Angeles F. Estévez;Luis J. Fuentes;J. Bruce Overmier;Carmen González

  • On unpredictability as a causal factor in “learned helplessness”

    J.Bruce Overmier;Richard M Wielkiewicz

  • IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology

    Paul R. Martin;Fanny M. Cheung;Michael C. Knowles;Michael Kyrios

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Murison
Robert Murison University of Bergen
Luis J. Fuentes
Luis J. Fuentes University of Murcia
Holger Ursin
Holger Ursin University of Bergen
Fanny M. Cheung
Fanny M. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Michael Kyrios
Michael Kyrios Flinders University
Kathleen M. Thomas
Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota
Travis Thompson
Travis Thompson University of Minnesota
Michael Colombo
Michael Colombo University of Otago
A. Charles Catania
A. Charles Catania University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

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