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Overview

Rick Richardson is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a particular emphasis on social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience. The scientist has contributed to cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as biological psychiatry through a series of publications.

Their work often addresses themes such as stress responses and cortisol, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, memory and neural mechanisms, tryptophan and brain disorders, neuropeptides and animal physiology, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and treatment of major depression.

Rick Richardson has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following scientific venues:

  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • The Lancet Psychiatry

Recent papers authored by Richardson include:

  • Does maternal separation accelerate maturation of perineuronal nets and parvalbumin-containing inhibitory interneurons in male and female rats? (2020) published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Fear extinction learning and retention during adolescence in rats and mice: A systematic review (2021) published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Esketamine as a treatment for paediatric depression: questions of safety and efficacy (2020) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Real-World Intake of Dietary Sugars Is Associated with Reduced Cortisol Reactivity Following an Acute Physiological Stressor (2023) published in Nutrients
  • Maternal Experience Does Not Predict Fear Extinction and Anxiety-Like Behaviour in Primiparous Rats Post-weaning (2021) published in Frontiers in Global Women s Health

Rick Richardson frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Kathryn Baker
  • Sylvia K. Harmon-Jones
  • Bronwyn M. Graham
  • Anthea A. Stylianakis
  • Madelyne A. Bisby

Best Publications

  • How low can you go? Ostracism by a computer is sufficient to lower self-reported levels of belonging, control, self-esteem, and meaningful existence

    Lisa Zadro;Kipling D Williams;Rick Richardson

  • Effects of D-Cycloserine on Extinction: Translation From Preclinical to Clinical Work

    Michael Davis;Kerry Ressler;Barbara O. Rothbaum;Rick Richardson

  • How long does it last? The persistence of the effects of ostracism in the socially anxious

    Lisa Zadro;Catherine Boland;Rick Richardson

  • Effects of D-cycloserine on extinction of conditioned freezing.

    Lana Ledgerwood;Rick Richardson;Jacquelyn Cranney

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of D-Cycloserine Enhancement of Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

    Adam J. Guastella;Rick Richardson;Peter F. Lovibond;Ronald M. Rapee

  • Attention and information Processing in infants and Adults : Perspectives From Human and Animal Research

    B. A. Campbell;H. Hayne;R. Richardson;Byron A. Campbell

  • d-cycloserine facilitates extinction of learned fear: Effects on reacquisition and generalized extinction

    Lana Ledgerwood;Rick Richardson;Jacquelyn Cranney

  • Erasing Fear Memories with Extinction Training

    Gregory J. Quirk;Denis Paré;Rick Richardson;Cyril Herry

  • Riding the ‘O’ Train: Comparing the Effects of Ostracism and Verbal Dispute on Targets and Sources:

    Lisa Zadro;Kipling D. Williams;Rick Richardson

  • New Findings on Extinction of Conditioned Fear Early in Development: Theoretical and Clinical Implications

    Jee Hyun Kim;Rick Richardson

  • Impaired Extinction Retention in Adolescent Rats: Effects of D-Cycloserine

    Jessica McCallum;Jee Hyun Kim;Jee Hyun Kim;Rick Richardson

  • D-cycloserine and the facilitation of extinction of conditioned fear: consequences for reinstatement.

    Lana Ledgerwood;Rick Richardson;Jacquelyn Cranney

  • Facilitation of fear extinction by D-cycloserine: theoretical and clinical implications.

    Rick Richardson;Lana Ledgerwood;Jacquelyn Cranney

  • Memory retrieval deficits based upon altered contextual cues: a paradox

    David C. Riccio;Rick Richardson;Debbie L. Ebner

  • A randomized controlled trial of the effect of D-cycloserine on exposure therapy for spider fear.

    Adam J. Guastella;Mark R. Dadds;Peter F. Lovibond;Philip Mitchell

  • Reinstatement of fear to an extinguished conditioned stimulus: two roles for context

    R. Frederick Westbrook;Mihaela Iordanova;Gavan McNally;Rick Richardson

  • Fear Extinction across Development: The Involvement of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex as Assessed by Temporary Inactivation and Immunohistochemistry

    Jee Hyun Kim;Adam S. Hamlin;Rick Richardson

  • Maternal Separation Results in Early Emergence of Adult-Like Fear and Extinction Learning in Infant Rats

    Bridget L. Callaghan;Rick Richardson

  • Immunohistochemical Analyses of Long-Term Extinction of Conditioned Fear in Adolescent Rats

    Jee Hyun Kim;Stella Li;Rick Richardson

  • Effects of multiple exposures to D-cycloserine on extinction of conditioned fear in rats.

    A. Sophie Parnas;Marianne Weber;Rick Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Riccio
David C. Riccio Kent State University
Byron A. Campbell
Byron A. Campbell Princeton University
Gavan P. McNally
Gavan P. McNally University of New South Wales
Mark R. Dadds
Mark R. Dadds University of Sydney
Markus Fendt
Markus Fendt Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Peter F. Lovibond
Peter F. Lovibond University of New South Wales
Kipling D. Williams
Kipling D. Williams Purdue University West Lafayette
Skye McDonald
Skye McDonald University of New South Wales
Adam J. Guastella
Adam J. Guastella University of Sydney
Michelle L. Moulds
Michelle L. Moulds University of New South Wales

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