Jeffrey R. Alberts Professor Department of Psychology, Associate Dean, Research & the University Graduate School Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana  47405  USA

Research: Developmental psychobiology: Ontogeny of species-typical behavior; Parent-offspring relations; Maturation of sensory and physiological processes; Development of learning; Gravitational and space biology Teaching (sample courses): Developmental Psychology (with lab) Psychology of Motivation Psychobiology and Society Development of Brain and Behavior Brain, Body, and Behavior in Space Comparative-Developmental Psychology Developmental Psychobiology Rodent Ethology Topics in Psychobiology Psychobiology of Parental Behavior Evolution of Proximal Mechanisms for Affiliation

Ph.D. 1974

Neural Science & Behavior

Princeton University

M.A. 1972

Neural Science & Behavior

Princeton University

M.A. 1970

Comparative Psychology

McMaster University

B.A. 1969

Psychology

McMaster University

Alberts, J.R. and Galef, B.G., Jr. (1971) Acute anosmia in the rat: A behavioral test of a peripherally-induced olfactory deficit. Physiology and Behavior, 6: 619-621.

Alberts, J.R. and Friedman, M.I. (1972) Olfactory bulb removal but not anosmia increases emotionality and mouse-killing. Nature, 238: 454-456.

Alberts, J.R. and Galef, B.G., Jr. (1973) Olfaction and movement: Stimuli mediating intraspecific aggression in wild rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 85: 233-242.

Alberts, J.R. (1974) Producing and interpreting experimental olfactory deficits. Physiology and Behavior, 12: 657-670.

Alberts, J.R. (1974) Olfactory contributions to behavioral development in rodents. In R.L. Doty (Ed.), Mammalian olfaction, reproductive processes, and behavior. New York: Academic Press, pp 67-93.

Alberts, J.R. (1978) Huddling by rat pups: Multisensory control of contact behavior. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92: 220-230.

Alberts, J.R. (1978) Huddling by rat pups: Group behavioral mechanisms of temperature regulation and energy conservation. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92: 231-245.

Alberts, J.R. and Brunjes, P.C. (1978) Ontogeny of thermal and olfactory determinants of huddling in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology,, 92: 897-906.

Campbell, B.A. and Alberts, J.R. (1979) Ontogeny of long term memory for learned taste aversions. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 25: 139-156.

Martin, L.T. and Alberts, J.R. (1979) Taste aversions to mother's milk: The age-related role of nursing in acquisition and expression of a learned association. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93: 4300-445.

Brunjes, P.C. and Alberts, J.R. (1979) Olfactory stimulation induces filial huddling preferences in rat pups. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93: 548-555.

Alberts, J.R. and Leimbach, M.P. (1980) The first foray: Maternal influences on nest egression in the weanling rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 13: 417-430.

Alberts, J.R. and May, B. (1980) Development of nasal respiration and sniffing in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 24: 957-963.

Alberts, J.R. and May, B. (1980) Ontogeny of olfaction: Development of the rat's sensitivity to urine and amyl acetate. Physiology and Behavior, 24: 965-970.

Brunjes, P.C. and Alberts, J.R. (1980) Precocious nasal chemosensitivity in hyperthyroid rat pups. Hormones and Behavior, 14: 76-85.

Friedman, M.I., Bruno, J.P. and Alberts, J.R. (1981) Physiological and behavioral consequences of water recycling during lactation. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 95: 26-35.

Brunjes, P.C. and Alberts, J.R. (1981) Early auditory and visual function in normal and hyperthyroid rats. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 31: 393 412.

Alberts, J.R. (1981) Ontogeny of olfaction: Reciprocal roles of sensation and behavior in the development of perception. In: R. Aslin, J. Alberts and M. Petersen (Eds.), The Development of Perception, Vol. 1. New York: Academic Press, pp 321-357.

Aslin, R.N., Alberts, J.R. and Petersen, M.P. (1981) The Development of Perception: Psychobiological Perspectives, Vol. 1: Audition, Somatic Perception, and the Chemical Senses. New York: Academic Press.

Aslin, R.N., Alberts, J.R. and Petersen, M.P. (1981) The Development of Perception: Psychobiological Perspectives, Vol. 2: The Visual System. New York: Academic Press.

Alberts, J.R. (1982) Ontogeny of olfaction: Contemporary issues and perspectives. In: H. Briepohl (Ed.), Olfaction and endocrine regulation. Oxford: IRL Press Ltd., pp 161-172.

Martin, L.T. and Alberts, J.R. (1982) Associative learning in neonatal rats revealed by heartrate response patterns. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 96: 668-675.

Alberts, J.R. and Gubernick, D.J. (1983) Reciprocity and resource exchange: A symbiotic model of parent-offspring relations. In: L. Rosenblum and H. Moltz (Eds.), Symbiosis in parent-offspring interactions. New York: Plenum Press, pp 7-44.

Alberts, J.R. (1983) Developmental psychobiology. In: R. Harre and R. Lamb (Eds.), Blackwell's encyclopedic dictionary of psychology. London: Basil Blackwells Ltd.

Alberts, J.R. (1983) The psychobiology of parent-offspring relations: A "State-of-Knowledge paper" commissioned by the National Institute of Mental Health (Behavioral Sciences Cluster), 29 pp, 10 pp. ref., Compiled and distributed by NIMH.

Gubernick, D.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1983) Maternal licking of young: Resource exchange and proximate controls. Physiology and Behavior, 31: 593-601.

Alberts, J.R. (1983) Behavioral biology of mammalian reproduction and development for a space station. Public report, commissioned by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 150 pp.

Alberts, J.R. (1984) Sensory-perceptual development in the Norway rat: A view toward comparative studies. In: R. Kail & N. Spear (Eds.), Comparative perspectives on memory development. New York: Plenum, pp. 65-101.

Alberts, J.R., and May, B. (1984) Non-nutritive, thermotactile induction of olfactory preferences for huddling in rat pups. Developmental Psychobiology, 17: 161-181.

Gubernick, D.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1984) Specialization of learning during suckling and its weaning-associated transformation. Developmental Psychobiology, 17: 613-628.

Alberts, J.R. and Gubernick, D.J. (1984) Early learning as ontogenetic adaptation for ingestion by rats. Learning and Motivation, 15: 334-359.

Alberts, J.R. (1985) Ontogeny of social recognition: An essay on metaphor and mechanism in behavioral development. In: E.S. Gollin (Ed.), Comparative development of adaptive skills: Evolutionary implications. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum Assoc., pp 65-101.

Novotny, M.V., Harvey, S., Jemiolo, B., and Alberts, J.R. (1985) Synthetic pheromones that promote inter-male aggression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA , 82: 2059-2061.

Gubernick, D.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1985) Maternal licking by virgin and lactating rats: Water transfer from pups. Physiology and Behavior, 34: 501-506.

Jemiolo, B., Alberts, J.R., Sochinski-Wiggins, S., Novotny, M.V., and Harvey, S. (1985) Urinary volatile compounds from male mice and their effects on females. Animal Behaviour, 33: 1114-1119.

Melcer, T., Alberts, J.R. and Gubernick, D.J. (1985) Early weaning does not accelerate the expression of nursing-related taste aversions. Developmental Psychobiology, 18: 375-382.

Thiels, E. and Alberts, J.R. (1985) Role of milk availability in weaning by the Norway rat. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 99: 447-456.

Alberts, J.R., Serova, L., Keefe, J.R., Apanasenko, Z. (1985) Early postnatal development of rats gestated during flight of Cosmos 1514. The Physiologist, 28: S165-166.

Mains, R.C. and Alberts, J.R. (1985) Vivaria requirements for animal life cycle studies on space station. The Physiologist, 28: S81-82.

Alberts, J.R. (1986) New views of parent-offspring relations. In: W.T. Greenough and J. Juraska (Eds.), Developmental Neuropsychobiology. New York: Academic Press, pp. 451-480.

Alberts, J.R. (1986) Development of olfactory-guided behavior in rodents. In: R. Apelbach and H. Briepohl (Eds.), Ontogeny of vertebrate olfaction. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 227-236.

Alberts, J.R., Serova, L.V., Keefe, J.R. and Apanasenko, Z. (1986) Early postnatal development of rats derived from Cosmos 1514. NASA Technical Memorandum #88223, pp 145-188.

Keefe, J.R., Alberts, J.R., Krasnov, I.B., and Serova, L.V. (1986) Developmental morphology of the eye, vestibular system and brain in 18 day fetal and newborn rats exposed in utero to null gravity during the flight of Cosmos 1514. NASA Technical Memorandum #88223, pp 189 279.

Alberts, J.R., Leon, M. and Thelen, E. (1987) Statement of purpose and scope (editorial preface to anniversary year volume). Developmental Psychobiology, 20.

Moore-Ede, M., Alberts, J.R., Lichtenberg, B., Sulzman, F., West, J. and Young, L. (1987) Science program and policy issues. In: Space Biology and Medicine for the 1980s and 1990s. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, pp 184-196.

Alberts, J.R. (1987) Human sides of science. Contemporary Psychology, 32: 38.

Alberts, J.R. (1987) Early learning and ontogenetic adaptation. In: N. Krasnegor, E. Blass, M. Hofer and W. Smotherman (Eds.), Perinatal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective. Orlando: Academic Press, pp 11-37.

Gubernick, D.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1987) The biparental care system of the California mouse, Peromyscus californicus. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101: 169-177.

Gubernick, D.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1987) "Resource" exchange in the biparental care system of the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101: 328-334.

Alberts, J.R. and Cramer, C.P. (1988) Ecology and experience; sources of means and meaning of developmental change. In: E.M. Blass (Ed.) Handbook of behavioral neurobiology, Vol. 9: Behavioral ecology and developmental psychobiology. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 1-39.

Thiels, E., Cramer, C.P. and Alberts, J.R. (1988) Behavioral interactions rather than milk availability determine decline in milk intake of weanling rats. Physiology and Behavior, 42: 507-515.

Gubernick, D.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1989) Postpartum maintenance of paternal behaviour in the biparental mouse (Peromyscus californicus). Animal Behaviour, 37: 656-664.

Melcer, T. and Alberts, J.R. (1989) Recognition of food by individual, "food naive," weaning rats. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 103: 243-251.

Malacinski, G., Neff, A., Alberts, J. and Souza, K. (1989) Developmental biology moves into the realm of outer space. BioScience, 39: 314-320.

Alberts, J.R. (1989) Luminance and cyclic stimulation in mammalian ontogenesis. In: D.C. Holley, C. Winget and H. Leon (Eds.), Lighting requirements in microgravity: Rodents and non-human primates. NASA Technical Memorandum TM1011077: 13764.

Alberts, J.R. and Gubernick, D.J. (1990) Functional organization of dyadic and triadic family systems. In: N. Krasnegor and R. Bridges (Eds.), Biological basis of parental behavior. New York: Oxford University Press, pp 416-440.

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1990) Heartrate development and sensory evoked cardiac responses in perinatal rats. Physiology and Behavior, 47: 1075-1082.

Blumberg, M.S. and Alberts, J.R. (1990) Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups in the cold: An acoustic by-product of laryngeal braking? Behavioral Neurosciences, 104: 808-817.

Cramer, C.P., Thiels, E. and Alberts, J.R. (1990) Weaning in Norway Rats: I. Maternal Behavior patterns. Developmental Psychobiology, 23:479-494.

Thiels, E., Alberts, J.R. and Cramer, C.P. (1990) Weaning in Norway rats: II. Pup behavior patterns. Developmental Psychobiology, 23: 495-510.

Alberts, J.R and Decsy, G. (1990) Terms of endearment. Developmental Psychobiology, 23: 569-584.

Alberts, J.R. (1990) On the "pre-" in predetermined: A reply to Oyama. Developmental Psychobiology, 23: 751-752.

Thiels, E. and Alberts, J.R. (1991) Weaning in the Norway rat: Relation between suckling and milk, and suckling and independent ingestions. Developmental Psychobiology, 24:19-38.

Alberts, J.R.(1991) The onset of weaning in rats: An introduction for clinical investigators. In: W. Heird (Ed.), Nutrition in the Six-to Twelve- Month Old. New York: New Raven Press, pp 71-88.

Blumberg, M.S. and Alberts, J.R. (1991) Both hypoxia and milk deprivation diminish metabolic heat production and ultrasound emmission by rat pups during cold exposure. Behavorial Neuroscience, 105: 1030-1037.

Blumberg, M.S. and Alberts, J.R. (1991) On the significance of similarities between ultrasonic vocalizations of infant and adult rats. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 15: 383-390.

Smotherman, W.P., Robinson, S.R., Ronca, A.E., Alberts, J.R. and Hepper, P.G. (1991) Heart rate response of the rat fetus and neonate to a chemosensory stimulus. Physiology and Behavior, 50: 47-52.

Blumberg, M.S., Efimova, I.V., and Alberts, J.R. (1992a) Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups: The primary importance of ambient temperature and the thermal significance of contact comfort. Developmental Psychobiology, 25: 229-250.

Blumberg, M.S. and Alberts, J.R. (1992) Functions and effects in animal communication: Reactions to Guilford & Dawkins. Animal Behaviour, 44: 382-383.

Blumberg, M.S., Efimova, I.V., and Alberts, J.R. (1992b) Thermogenesis during ultrasonic vocalization by rat pups isolated in a warm environment: A thermographic analysis. Developmental Psychobiology, 25: 497-510.

Ronca, A.E., Lamkin, C.A. and Alberts, J.R. (1993) Maternal contributions to sensory stimulation in fetal and newborn rat (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 107: 61-74.

Alberts, J.R. and Ronca, A.E. (1993) Fetal experience revealed by rats: Psychobiological insights. Early Human Development, 35: 153-166.

Alberts, J.R. and Souza, K.A. (1994) Introduction. In: O. Gazenko, (Ed.), Ontogenesis of mammals in microgravity [Translation of "Ontogenez mlekopitayuschikh vnevesomosti"]. NASA Technical Memorandum 103978.

Ronca, A.E., Kamm, K., Thelen, E. and Alberts, J.R. (1994) Proximal control of fetal rat behavior. Developmental Psychobiology, 1994, 27(1): 23 38.

Eisthen, H.L., Sengelaub, D.R., Schroeder, D.M., and Alberts, J.R. (1994) Anatomy of the olfactory and vomeronasal systems in axolotls (Ambystoma Mexicanum). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 44: 108-124.

Alberts, J.R. (1994) Learning as adaptation of the infant. Acta Pediatrica, Suppl 397: 77-85.

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1994) Sensory stimuli associated with gestation and parturition evoke cardiac and behavioral responses in fetal rats, Psychobiology,22: 270-282.

Gerrish, C.J. and Alberts, J.R. (1995) Differential influences of adult and juvenile conspecifics on feeding by weanling rats (Rattus norvegicus): A size-related explanation. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 109(1): 61-67.

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1995) Maternal contributions to fetal experience and the transition from prenatal to postnatal life. In : J.-P. Lecanuet, N. Krasnegor and W.P. Smotherman (Eds.), Fetal Behavior: A Psychobiological Perspective, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp 331-351.

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1995) Simulated uterine contractions facilitate fetal and newborn respiratory behavior in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 58(5): 1035-1041.

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1995) Cutaneous induction of breathing in perinatal rats. Psychobiology, 23: 261-269.

Alberts, J.R. and Ronca, A.E. (1996) Fetal behavior in developmental psychobiology. Developmental Psychobiology, 29(3): 185 190.

Alberts, J.R. Burden, H.W., Hawes, N., and Ronca, A.E. (1996) Sampling both prenatal and postnatal offspring from individual rat dams enhances animal utilization without compromising development. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, 35(6): 56-60.

Gerrish, C. and Alberts, J.R. (1996) Environmental temperature modulates onset of independent feeding: Warmer is sooner. Developmental Psychobiology, 29(6): 483-495.

Ronca, A.E., Abel, R.A. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Perinatal stimulation and adaptation of the neonate. Acta Pediatrica, Supplement 416: 8-15.

Flory, G.S., Langley, C.M., Pfister, J.F. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Instrumental learning for a thermal reinforcer in 1-day-old rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 30(1): 41-48.

Gerrish, C. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Post-suckling behavioral arousal contributes to weaning in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus), Journal of Comparative Psychology, 111(1): 37-49.

Nelson, E.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Oxytocin-induced paw sucking in infant rats. In: C.S. Carter, I.I. Lederhendler and B. Kirkpatrick (Eds.). The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation. New York Academy of Sciences, 807:543-545.

Blumberg, M.S. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Incidental emissions, fortuitous effects, and the origins of communication. In: N. Thompson and D. Owings (Eds.), Perspectives in Ethology, Volume 12, New York: Plenum Press, pp. 225-249.

Schank, J.C. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Self-organized huddles of rat pups modeled by simple rules of individual behavior. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 189:11-25.

Alberts, J.R. and Ronca, A.E. (1997) Rat pregnancy and parturition survive spaceflight challenge: New considerations of developmental consequences. Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 4(2):P55-P58.

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1997) Altered vestibular function in fetal and newborn rats gestated in space. Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 4(2):P63-P66.

Abel, R.A., Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (1998) Perinatal stimulation facilitates suckling onset in newborn rat. Developmental Psychobiology. 32(2): 91-99.

Burden, H.W., Poole, M.C., Zary, J., Jeansonne, B. and Alberts, J.R. (1998) The effects space flight during gestation on rat uterine smooth muscle. Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 5(2): 23-29.

Gerrish, C.J., Onischak, C.M., and Alberts, J.R. (1998) Acute, early thermal experience alters weaning onset in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 64(4):463-474.

Nelson, E.E., Alberts, J.R., Tian, Y., and Verbalis, J.G. (1998) Oxytocin is elevated in plasma of 10-day-old rats following gastric distention. Developmental Brain Research, 111(2): 301-303.

Hoffman, C.M., Flory, S.G., and Alberts, J.R. (1999) Neonatal thermotaxis improves reversal of a thermally-reinforced instrumental response. Developmental Psychobiology,34:87-99.

Hoffman, C.M., Flory, S.G., and Alberts, J.R. (1999) Ontogenetic adaptation and learning: A developmental constraint in learning for a thermal reinforcer. Developmental Psychobiology, 34:73-86.

Plaut, K., Maple, R., Vyas, C., Munaim, S., Darling, A., Casey, T., and Alberts, J.R. (1999) The effects of spaceflight on mammary metabolism in pregnant rats. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 222:85-89.

Farrell, W.J. and Alberts, J.R. (2000) Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups after adrenergic manipulations of brown fat metabolism. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114 (4): 805-813

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (2000) Effects of Spaceflight During Pregnancy on Labor and Birth at 1-g. Journal of Applied Physiology, 89: 849-854

Ronca, A.E. and Alberts, J.R. (2000) Postnatal Vestibular Responses in Rats. . Journal of Applied Physiology, 89: 2318-2324

Schank, J.C. and Alberts, J.R. (2000) Effects of male rat urine on reproductive and developmental parameters in the dam and her female offspring. Hormones and Behavior, 38: 130-136.

Schank, J.C. and Alberts, J.R. (2000) The developmental emergence of coupled activity as cooperative aggregation in rat pups. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 267: 2307-2345

Schank, J.C. and Alberts, J.R. (2000) A general approach for calculating the likelihood of dyadic interactions: Applications to sex preferences in rat pups and agonistic interactions in adults. Animal Learning and Behavior, 28(4): 354-359

Ronca, A.E., Fritzsch, B., Alberts, J.R., and Bruce, L.L. (2000) The effects of microgravity on vestibular development of function. Korean Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 215-221.

Nelson, E.E. and Alberts, J.R. (submitted 2001) Gastric distension reduces ultrasonic vocalizations and brown fat activity in suckling rat pups.

Abel, R. A., Ronca, A.E., and Alberts, J.R. (submitted 2001) Perinatal learning and the initiation of suckling in newborn rats.

Farrell, W.J. and Alberts, J.R. (submitted 2001) Maternal Responsiveness to Infant Rat Ultrasonic Vocalizations During the Maternal Behavior Cycle and Following Steroid and Experiential Induction Regiments.

Farrell, W.J. and Alberts J.R. (submitted 2001) Stimulus Control of Maternal Responsiveness to Rat Pup Ultrasonic Vocalizations.

Ma, Weidong, Alberts, J.R. and Novotney, Milos V. (imprinted 2001) Aversive Responses of Male Rats to Androgen-Dependent. The Royal Society Proceedings B

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1989-1997:    Merit Award, NIMH

1986-1996:    Member, Space Station Centrifuge Facility Science Working Group

1985-1986:    President, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology

1986-1991:    Editor, Developmental Psychobiology

1989:         Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 3

1981-1985:    Consulting Editor, Developmental Psychobiology

1980-1985:    Research Scientist Development Award, NIMH

1976-1981:    Consulting Editor, Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Animal Behavior Society International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, President (1985-1986) American Association for the Advancement of Science American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology American Psychological Association American Psychological Society Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

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