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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1996 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For his pioneering anatomical, physiological, and behavioral studies that identify pathways in the brain, subserving a basic form of learning, associating conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.

Overview

Joseph E. Steinmetz is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their recent research contributions focus on issues relevant to public universities and higher education.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The Pandemic Appears to Be Waning: What's Next for Our Universities, 2022, Merrill Series on The Research Mission of Public Universities
  • Assessing Quality in Higher Education in a Changing Environment, 2023, Merrill Series on The Research Mission of Public Universities

The Merrill Series on The Research Mission of Public Universities is the primary venue where Steinmetz has published, with at least two publications in that series.

The scientist's awards include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1996, for pioneering anatomical, physiological, and behavioral studies identifying brain pathways involved in associative learning

Best Publications

  • Lesions of the inferior olivary complex cause extinction of the classically conditioned eyeblink response

    David A. McCormick;Joseph E. Steinmetz;Richard F. Thompson

  • Classical conditioning in rabbits using pontine nucleus stimulation as a conditioned stimulus and inferior olive stimulation as an unconditioned stimulus.

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Classical conditioning using stimulation of the inferior olive as the unconditioned stimulus.

    Michael D. Mauk;Joseph E. Steinmetz;Richard F. Thompson

  • Disruption of classical eyelid conditioning after cerebellar lesions: damage to a memory trace system or a simple performance deficit?

    JE Steinmetz;DG Lavond;D Ivkovich;CG Logan

  • The role of the cerebellum in classical conditioning of discrete behavioral responses

    R.F. Thompson;J.E. Steinmetz

  • Acquisition of classical conditioning without cerebellar cortex.

    David G. Lavond;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Decision-Making Biases, Antisocial Personality, and Early-Onset Alcoholism

    Carlos A. Mazas;Peter R. Finn;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Dorsal accessory inferior olive activity diminishes during acquisition of the rabbit classically conditioned eyelid response.

    Lonnie L. Sears;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Working memory, executive processes and the effects of alcohol on Go/No-Go learning: testing a model of behavioral regulation and impulsivity

    Peter R. Finn;Alicia Justus;Carlos Mazas;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Classical conditioning of the rabbit eyelid response with a mossy-fiber stimulation CS: I. Pontine nuclei and middle cerebellar peduncle stimulation.

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;Daniel J. Rosen;Paul F. Chapman;David G. Lavond

  • Initial Localization of the Acoustic Conditioned Stimulus Projection System to the Cerebellum Essential for Classical Eyelid Conditioning

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;Christine G. Logan;Daniel J. Rosen;Judith K. Thompson

  • Early-onset alcoholism with conduct disorder: go/no go learning deficits, working memory capacity, and personality.

    Peter R. Finn;Carlos A. Mazas;Alicia N. Justus;Joseph Steinmetz

  • Brain substrates of classical eyeblink conditioning: a highly localized but also distributed system.

    Joseph E Steinmetz

  • Abnormal Classical Eye-Blink Conditioning in Autism.

    Lonnie L. Sears;Peter R. Finn;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Acquisition of classically conditioned-related activity in the hippocampus is affected by lesions of the cerebellar interpositus nucleus.

    Lonnie L. Sears;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Retention and acquisition of classical trace conditioned responses by rabbits with hippocampal lesions.

    Richard L. Port;Anthony G. Romano;Joseph E. Steinmetz;Adel A. Mikhail

  • Classical nictitating membrane conditioning in rabbits with varying interstimulus intervals and direct activation of cerebellar mossy fibers as the CS.

    Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Changes in Rabbit Cerebellar Cortical and Interpositus Nucleus Activity during Acquisition, Extinction, and Backward Classical Eyelid Conditioning

    Thomas J. Gould;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • The Influence of Traits of Disinhibition on the Association Between Alcohol Use and Risky Sexual Behavior

    Alicia N. Justus;Peter R. Finn;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Possible conditioned stimulus pathway for classical eyelid conditioning in rabbits. I. Anatomical evidence for direct projections from the pontine nuclei to the cerebellar interpositus nucleus

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;Dale R. Sengelaub

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Lavond
David G. Lavond University of Southern California
William P. Hetrick
William P. Hetrick Indiana University
Peter R. Finn
Peter R. Finn Indiana University
Richard F. Thompson
Richard F. Thompson University of Southern California
Donald B. Katz
Donald B. Katz Brandeis University
Thomas J. Gould
Thomas J. Gould Pennsylvania State University
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak Temple University
Richard M. McFall
Richard M. McFall Indiana University
Preston E. Garraghty
Preston E. Garraghty Indiana University
Barbara J. Knowlton
Barbara J. Knowlton University of California, Los Angeles

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