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Brenda Jones, B.A.    
Graduate Student
Callitrichid Research Center
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Education

M.A. (Psychology), University of Nebraska at Omaha, expected 2005

B.A. (Psychology, Minor - Biology), University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001

 
 



Experience

5.5 years working with nonhuman primates. I was previously employed as a research technician at the New England Regional Primate Research Center under Dr. Melinda Novak. Research there focused on the behavioral and physiological underpinnings of abnormal behavior in rhesus macaques, especially self-injurious behavior.


Research Interest

My current research interest involves the impact of social and environmental factors on stress reactivity in marmosets.


Publications

•   Tiefenbacher, S., Marinus, L. M., Davenport, M. D., Pouliot, A. L., Kaufman, B. M., Fahey, M. A., Novak, M. A., & Meyer, J. S. (2003). Evidence for the endogenous opioid involvement in the expression of self-injurious behavior in rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 60, 103.

•   Klitzing, P. A., Kaufman, B. M., Pouliot, A. L., & Novak, M. A. (2003). Captive rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) search behavior on a vertical invisible displacement task. American Journal of Primatology, 60, 48-49.

•   Lutz, C. K., Pouliot, A. L., Kaufman, B. M., Davenport, M. D., Tiefenbacher, S., Meyer, J. S., & Novak, M. A. (2003). Extinction deficits in male rhesus macaques with a history of self-injurious behavior. American Journal of Primatology, 60, 49-50.

•   Kaufman, B. M., Pouliot, A. L., Tiefenbacher, S., & Novak, M. A. (2002). Effects of cage size on abnormal behavior in rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 57, 39-40.

•   Lutz, C. K., Tiefenbacher, S., Pouliot, A. L., Kaufman, B. M., Meyer, J. S., & Novak, M. A. (2002). Spontaneous episodes of self-biting and associated cortisol levels in captive male Macaca mulatta. American Journal of Primatology, 57, 43.

•   Pouliot, A. L., Kaufman, B. M., Davenport, M. D., Lutz, C. K., Tiefenbacher, S., Meyer, J. S., & Novak, M. A. (2002). Behavioral and cortisol responses of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to impossible tasks. American Journal of Primatology, 57, 61.

•   Kaufman, B., & Novak, M. (2001). Object permanence in young rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 54, 93.