Michael P Domjan
Professor — Ph.D., McMaster University

Contact
- E-mail: domjan@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: (512) 471-7702
- Office: SEA 4.232
- Campus Mail Code: A8000
Interests
Basic behavioral mechanisms of learning, Pavlovian conditioning, evolutionary constraints on learning, and learning and other psychological processes in music
Biography
MICHAEL DOMJAN is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught learning to undergraduate and graduate students since 1973. He served as Department Chair from 1999–2005 and was the Founding Director of the Imaging Research Center from 2005–2008. Professor Domjan is noted for his functional approach to classical conditioning, which he has pursued in studies of sexual conditioning and taste aversion learning. Domjan is the 2014 recipient of the D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from Division 6 of the American Psychological Association. His research, supported by grants from NSF and NIH for 30 years, was previously selected for a MERIT Award by the National Institutes of Mental Health and a Golden Fleece Award by United States Senator William Proxmire. Domjan served as Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes for six years and continues to serve on the Board of Consulting Editors for various journals in the United States, Colombia, and Mexico. His textbook, Principles of Learning and Behavior (Cengage) is available in both English and Spanish and has been used on five continents for more than a quarter century. Domjan is a past President of the Pavlovian Society and also served as President of the Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology of the American Psychological Association. His former Ph.D. students hold faculty positions at various major colleges and universities in the United States, Colombia, and Turkey. Domjan also enjoys playing the viola and teaches a freshman Signature Course on Music and Psychology. He recently initiated the Tertis/Pavlov Project which consists of a series of educational videos exploring connections between music and psychology.
Courses
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory-Wb
42970 • Spring 2021
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology-Wb
60320 • Fall 2020
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM
Internet; Synchronous
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PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
42160 • Spring 2020
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM SEA 3.250
PSY 326K • Prins Of Condition/Learning
41600 • Fall 2019
Meets TTH 8:00AM-9:30AM CPE 2.210
GC
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
60580 • Fall 2019
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM MAI 220D
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PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
42715 • Spring 2019
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM SEA 1.332
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
62150 • Fall 2018
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM MAI 220A
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PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
42920 • Spring 2018
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM SEA 1.332
PSY 194Q • Ethical Issues In Psychology
43355 • Fall 2017
Meets M 9:00AM-10:00AM SEA 1.332
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
62160 • Fall 2017
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM MAI 220A
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PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
43435 • Spring 2017
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM SEA 1.332
PSY 194Q • Ethical Issues In Psychology
43345 • Fall 2016
Meets M 9:00AM-10:00AM SEA 1.332
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
62048 • Fall 2016
Meets M 11:00AM-1:00PM MAI 220E
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UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
61520 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM SEA 2.108
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PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
42465 • Fall 2015
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM SEA 1.332
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
62415 • Spring 2015
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM SEA 2.108
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PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
43885 • Fall 2014
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 1.332
PSY 194Q • Ethical Issues In Psychology
43905 • Fall 2014
Meets M 11:00AM-12:00PM SEA 1.332
PSY 194Q • Ethical Issues In Psychology
44270 • Spring 2014
Meets M 11:00AM-12:00PM SEA 1.332
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
43915 • Fall 2013
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 1.332
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
65085 • Fall 2013
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM MAI 220E
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PSY 341K • Contemp Issues/Ethics In Psych
43405 • Spring 2013
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM SEA 4.242
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PSY 194Q • Ethical Issues In Psychology
43595 • Spring 2013
Meets F 1:00PM-2:00PM SEA 4.242
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
43450 • Fall 2012
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 4.242
(also listed as NEU 391N)
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
63670 • Fall 2012
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM MAI 220E
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PSY 326K • Prins Of Condition & Learning
43200 • Spring 2012
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM NOA 1.126
PSY 194Q • Ethical Issues In Psychology
43455 • Spring 2012
Meets F 11:00AM-12:00PM SEA 4.242
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
43330 • Fall 2011
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 4.242
UGS 302 • Music And Psychology
63755 • Fall 2011
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM MAI 220E
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PSY 326K • Prins Of Condition & Learning
43705 • Spring 2011
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM NOA 1.126
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
43290 • Fall 2010
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 4.242
UGS 302 • Psychology Of Music
63500 • Fall 2010
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM MAI 220B
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PSY 326K • Prins Of Condition & Learning
43105 • Spring 2009
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM NOA 1.124
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
44370 • Fall 2008
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 2.224
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
45245 • Fall 2007
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 2.224
PSY 394P • Foundations Of Mri Research
45258 • Fall 2007
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM SEA 2.122
PSY 394P • Foundations Of Mri Research
43887 • Spring 2007
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM SEA 2.108
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
44995 • Fall 2006
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 2.224
PSY 394P • Foundations Of Mri Research
43200 • Spring 2006
Meets T 4:00PM-6:00PM SEA 5.106
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
42740 • Fall 2004
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 2.224
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
41290 • Fall 2003
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 2.224
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
41090 • Fall 2002
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SEA 3.250
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
41295 • Fall 2001
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM MEZ 402
PSY 391N • Learning And Memory
41035 • Fall 2000
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM MEZ 402
Videos
Music & Neuroscience
Music & Neuroscience
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Domjan discusses research on how the brains of musicians differ from those of non musicians and how musical practice might be altering the anatomy and functioning of the brain.
What I learned from Walter Trampler
What I learned from Walter Trampler
In this video Dr. Domjan discusses three principles of performance that he learned from Walter Trampler, one of the premier violists and viola teachers of the twentieth century.
Talent or Practice in Musical Expertise
Talent or Practice in Musical Expertise
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project Dr. Domjan discusses recent research on the relative contributions of talent and practice to the development of musical expertise.
Teaching Aids that Interfere with Learning
Teaching Aids that Interfere with Learning
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project Dr. Domjan discusses teaching aids that interfere with learning. These teaching aids activate overshadowing and blocking processes, which are well documented to interfere with learning in the Pavlovian conditioning research literature.
Resonance and the genius of J.S. Bach
Resonance & the genius of J S Bach
In this video Dr. Domjan introduces the concept of resonance generally. He then discusses resonance in relation to string instruments and how composers such as J. S. Bach take advantage of the resonance properties of the instruments they are composing for to enhance the musical composition.
What is the Tertis/Pavlov Project?
What is the Tertis/Pavlov Project?
This video provides an introduction to the Tertis/Pavlov Project, which explores the relationship between music and psychology through commentary and performances by Dr. Michael Domjan, who received his musical training at the Juilliard School of Music before embarking on a career in experimental psychology that has spanned more than four decades.
How is Psychology Relevant to Music?
How is Psychology Relevant to Music?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan explains why music could not exist without psychology. He describes how many aspects of psychology are relevant to musical experience and musical performance.
Why is it Harder to Teach Playing the Violin than Playing Baseball?
Why is it Harder to Teach Playing the Violin than Playing Baseball?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan discusses the psychological principles that are responsible for the fact that it is much harder to teach playing the violin than playing baseball.
How would B. F. Skinner Teach a Music Master Class?
How would B. F. Skinner Teach a Music Master Class?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan discusses how the principles of learning established by B. F. Skinner and other learning psychologists are relevant to how a music master class is conducted.
Why is it Important to Practice a Musical Instrument?
Why is it Important to Practice a Musical Instrument?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan describes and illustrates the psychological principles that make extensive practice critical for playing a musical instrument such as the viola.
How is Pavlovian Conditioning Relevant to Music?
How is Pavlovian Conditioning Relevant to Music?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan discusses the relationship between Pavlovian conditioning and music.
What I learned in a Music Conservatory that Made Me a Better Scientist
What I learned in a Music Conservatory that Made Me a Better Scientist
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan discusses the relationship between Pavlovian conditioning and music.
What is the Role of the Performer in Musical Interpretation?
What is the Role of the Performer in Musical Interpretation?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan discusses what psychology has to say about how a performer interprets a piece of music.
What is a Tertis Viola?
What is a Tertis Viola?
In this segment of the Tertis/Pavlov Project, Dr. Michael Domjan describes and illustrates the special features of a Tertis viola, playing one of the original Tertis violas made by Arthur Richardson.
Conversatorio Michael Domjan - Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz 2014
Conversatorio Michael Domjan - Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz 2014
El reconocido profesor de Psicología en la University of Texas at Austin, intérprete de viola y uno de los académicos más importantes de la psicología en la actualidad, Michael Domjan Ph.D, estuvo en la Konrad Lorenz, presentando su conversatorio “El Proyecto Tertis - Pavlov, la relevancia del condicionamiento Pavloviano para la música" el pasado 8 de septiembre de 2014, ante más de 300 estudiantes, docentes e invitados especiales.
Tertis/Pavlov Project
Ever wonder how B. F. Skinner might have taught a music master class or what psychological principles make children more enthusiastic about playing baseball than playing the violin? The Tertis-Pavlov Project addresses such questions in a series of educational videos that explore connections between music and psychology. The project is named after Lionel Tertis, a highly influential viola player, and Ivan Pavlov, one of the pioneers of the study of associative learning. Although Tertis and Pavlov lived around the same time, they probably never met or heard of one another. Michael Domjan became familiar with both of them through his studies of music and psychology.
Each video starts with a discussion of a topic in music and psychology, followed by a brief musical selection. Musical selections include “Meditation” by Thaïs, the Csárdás by Monti, Paganini’s “Perpetual Motion,” and various movements from the cello suites by J. S. Bach, all played on a Tertis viola.
Collaborators
Chana Akins, University of Kentucky
https://psychology.as.uky.edu/users/ckakin1
Abram Amsel, University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2006-2007/memorials/amsel/amsel.html
Michael Best, Southern Methodist University
Elizabeth Blesbois, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
http://www.inra.fr/en/Scientists-Students
Barbara Burkhard, Child and Family Psychological Services, Suffolk County, NY http://childandfamilypsychservices.com/4494.html
Adem Can, Notre Dame of Maryland University
http://catalog.ndm.edu/ccg/school-of-arts-and-sciences-undergraduate-catalog/psychology-undergraduate-catalog-2
R. Nicolle Matthews Carr, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Oklahoma
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicollecarr
Hakan Çetinkaya, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
http://people.ieu.edu.tr/en/hakancetinkaya
Larry Crawford, University of Texas
David Crews, University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/psychology/faculty/crewsdp
Melissa Burns Cusato, Centre College, Kentucky
https://www.centre.edu/academics/majors-minors/behavioral-neuroscience/behavioral-neuroscience-faculty/
Brian Cusato, Centre College, Kentucky
https://www.centre.edu/academics/majors-minors/behavioral-neuroscience/behavioral-neuroscience-faculty/
Yvon Delville, University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/psychology/faculty/yvon
Jean-Michel Faure, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
http://www.inra.fr/en/Scientists-Students
Bennet G. Galef, Jr., McMaster University
http://www.sociallearning.info/
Emily Gean, Senior Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-gean-ph-d/6a/a26/162
Gail Gemberling, University of Texas at Austin
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/directory/profiles/gemberling-gail
Douglas Gillan, North Carolina State Universtiy
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/djgillan
James Grau, Texas A & M University
http://psychology.tamu.edu/html/bio--j-grau.html
Germán Gutiérrez, National University of Colombia, Bogotá
https://unal-co.academia.edu/GermanGutierrez/Following
Stewart Hall,
http://hs.umt.edu/psychology/faculty/default.php?s=Hall
Stewart Hilliard, Flight Chief, US Air Force
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/02/27/military-dogs-trained-treated-for-ptsd-in-texas/
Karen Hollis, Mount Holyoke College
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/facultyprofiles/karen_hollis
Kevin Holloway, Vassar College
http://psychology.vassar.edu/bios/keholloway.html
Falih Köksal, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.psychology.boun.edu.tr/FalihKoksal
Mark Krause, Southern Oregon University
http://www.sou.edu/psychology/faculty/krause.html
Michael Mahometa, University of Texas at Austin
https://stat.utexas.edu/people/consultants
Andrew Mills, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
http://www.inra.fr/en/Scientists-Students
Jesse Purdy, Southwestern University
http://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/8932-purdy-challenge
Mary Ramsey, University of Texas at Austin http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/cummingslab/post-doc-projects.html
Shepard Siegel, McMaster University
https://www.science.mcmaster.ca/pnb/people/86-people-sp-716/202-dr-shepard-siegel.html
Susan Nash Spooner, McLennan Community College http://www.mclennan.edu/curriculum-vitae/1614700392/susan-spooner
Van Miller, Universitiy of Texas at Austin
http://bbs.utdallas.edu/people/detail.php5?i=371
Ronald Villarreal, University of Texas
John Williams, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
http://www.inra.fr/en/Scientists-Students
Publications
- Biological Constraints on Learning and Theoretical Papers
- Sexual Conditioning
- Conditioned Taste Avesion Learning
Biological Constraints on Learning and Theoretical Papers
Domjan, M., & Galef, B. G. Jr. (1983). Biological constraints on instrumental and classical conditioning: Retrospect and prospect. Animal Learning & Behavior, 11, 151-161.
Domjan, M. (1983). Biological constraints and the pursuit of general theories of learning. In R. L. Mellgren (Ed.), Animal cognition and behavior. Amsterdam: North Holland.
Domjan, M. (1985). Evolution of biological thinking in learning. Review of biological factors in learning. M. D. Zeiler and P. Harzem (Eds.), Contemporary Psychology, 30, 107-109.
Domjan, M., & Hollis, K. L. (1988). Reproductive behavior: A potential model system for adaptive specializations in learning. In R. C. Bolles and M. D. Beecher (Eds.), Evolution and Learning. (pp. 213-238) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Domjan, M. (1987) . Comparative psychology and the study of animal learning. Invited paper in celebration of 100 years of the Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 237-241.
Domjan, M. (1987). Animal learning comes of age. American Psychologist, 42, 556-564.
Domjan, M. (1992). Animal learning and mate choice: Possibilities and experimental evidence. American Zoologist, 32, 48-61.
Domjan, M. (1994). Formulation of a behavior system for sexual conditioning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 421-428.
Domjan, M., & Purdy, J. E. (1995). Animal research in psychology. American Psychologist, 50, 496-503. [Reprinted in B. M. Jubilan (Ed.), (1997). Annual Editions: Biopsychology, Guilford, CN: Dushkin/McGraw Hill; also Psy Chi Newsletter, 1996, 22, 8-13.]
Mills, A. D., Crawford, L. L., Domjan, M., & Faure, J. M. (1997). The behavior of the Japanese or domestic quail, Coturnix japonica. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 21, 261-281.
Domjan, M. (1997). Behavior systems and the demise of equipotentiality: Historical antecedents and evidence from sexual conditioning. In M. E. Bouton and M. S. Fanselow (Eds.) Learning, motivation, and cognition. (pp. 31-51). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Purdy, J. E., & Domjan, M. (1998). Tactics in theory of mind research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 129-130.
Domjan, M. (1998). Going wild in the laboratory: Learning about species typical cues. In D. L. Medin (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 38, 155-186. San Diego: Academic Press.
Domjan, M., Cusato, B., & Villarreal, R. (2000). Pavlovian Feed-Forward Mechanisms in the Control of Social Behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,23,235-249. (Target Article).
Domjan, M., Cusato, B., & Villarreal, R. (2000). Extensions, elaborations, and explanations of the role of evolution and learning in the control of social behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,23,269-282. (Reply to commentaries).
Domjan, M. (2000). Animal learning and behavior: Theoretical issues. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. 1 (pp. 179-182). Washington, D.C./New York: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.
Domjan, M. (2000). General process learning theory: Challenges from response and stimulus factors. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 13, 101-118.
Domjan, M., Cusato, B., & Krause, M. (2004). Learning with arbitrary versus ecological conditioned stimuli: Evidence from sexual conditioning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 232-246.
Domjan, M. (2005). Pavlovian conditioning: A functional perspective. Annual Review of Psychology,56, 179-206.
Domjan, M., & Can, A. (2006). Sexual conditioning methods: Theoretical and practical considerations. In M. J. Anderson (Ed.), Tasks and techniques: A sampling of the methodologies for the investigation of animal learning, behavior, and cognition. (pp. 145-162). New York: Nova Science.
Domjan, M. (2006). Ecological and functional perspectives on Pavlovian conditioning. In Q. Jing, M. R. Rosenzweig, G. d’Ydewalle, H. Zhang, H.-C. Chen, and K. Zhang (Eds.) Psychological science around the world. Vol. 1: Neural, cognitive, and developmental issues. (pp. 73-93). (Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing). Hove and New York: Psychology Press.
Domjan, M. (2008). Adaptive specializations and generality of the laws of classical and instrumental conditioning. In J. Byrne (Ed.) Learning and Memory: A comprehensive reference. (Vol. 1, Learning and Behavior Theory, R. Menzel, Ed.,pp. 327-340.)Oxford: Elsevier.
Domjan, M., & Akins, C. K. (2011). Applications of Pavlovian conditioning to sexual behavior and reproduction. In T. R. Schachtman and S. Reilly (Eds.), Associative learning and conditioning theory: Human and non-human applications. (pp. 507-531). New York: Oxford University Press.
Matthews, R. N., & Domjan, M. (2011). Selecciónsexual: competencia de esperma, sistemas de apareamiento y aprendizaje. In G. Gutiérrez and M. R. Papini (Eds.) Darwin: y las Ciencias del Comportamiento. (pp. 115-136). Bogotá D.C.: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Domjan, M. (2012). Biological and evolutionary constraints on learning. In N. M. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. (pp. 461-463).New York: Springer.
Domjan, M. (2012). Learning and instinct. In N. M. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. (pp. 1790-1793). New York: Springer.
Domjan, M. (2014). Biological constraints on learning. In H. L. Miller (Ed.), Encyclopedia of theory in psychology. Sage Publications.
Krause, M., & Domjan, M. (2015). Ethological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Pavlovian Conditioning. In J. Call (Ed.), Handbook of Comparative Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Sexual Conditioning
Domjan, M., & Hall, S. (1986). Determinants of social proximity in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): Male behavior. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 100, 59-67.
Domjan, M., & Hall, S. (1986). Sexual dimorphism in the social proximity behavior of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 100, 68-71.
Domjan, M., & Kurth, S. (1986). Effects of novelty on the reproductive behavior of male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 100, 203-207.
Domjan, M., Lyons, R., North, N. C., & Bruell, J. (1986). Sexual Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 100, 413-421.
Domjan, M. (1987). Photoperiodic and endocrine control of social proximity behavior in male Japanese quail(Coturnix coturnix japonica). Behavioral Neuroscience, 101, 385-392.
Domjan, M., & Nash, S. (1988). Stimulus control of social behavior in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Animal Behaviour, 36, 1006-1015.
Domjan, M., O'Vary, D., & Greene, P. (1988). Conditioning of appetitive and consummatory sexual behavior in male Japanese quail. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 50, 505-519.
Domjan, M., Greene, P., & North, N. C. (1989). Contextual conditioning and the control of copulatory behavior by species-specific sign stimuli in male Japanese quail. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 15, 147-153.
Domjan, M., & Nash, S. (1989). Conditioning of sexual and reproductive behavior: Extending the hegemony to the propagation of species. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12, 138-139.
Nash, S., Domjan, M., & Askins, M. (1989). Sexual discrimination learning in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 103, 347-358.
Domjan, M. (1990). Modification of sexual behavior through conditioning: An avian model. In J. R. Feierman (Ed.), Pedophilia: Biosocial dimensions., pp. 242-273. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Domjan, M., & Ravert, R. D. (1991). Discriminating the sex of conspecifics by male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 105, 157-164.
Nash, S., & Domjan, M. (1991). Learning to discriminate the sex of conspecifics in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): Tests of "biological constraints". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 17, 342-353.
Domjan, M. (1992). Animal learning and mate choice: Possibilities and experimental evidence. American Zoologist, 32, 48-61.
Domjan, M., Huber-McDonald, M., & Holloway, K. S. (1992). Conditioning copulatory behavior to an artificial object: Efficacy of stimulus fading. Animal Learning & Behavior, 20, 350-362.
Domjan, M., Akins, C., & Vandergriff, D. H. (1992). Increased responding to female stimuli as a result of sexual experience: Tests of mechanisms of learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 45B, 139-157.
Crawford, L. L., & Domjan, M. (1993). Sexual approach conditioning: Omission contingency tests. Animal Learning & Behavior, 21, 42-50.
Holloway, K. S., & Domjan, M. (1993). Sexual approach conditioning: Unconditioned stimulus factors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 19, 38-46.
Holloway, K. S. & Domjan, M. (1993). Sexual approach conditioning: Tests of unconditioned stimulus devaluation using hormone manipulations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 19, 47-55.
Crawford, L. L., Holloway, K. S., & Domjan, M. (1993). The nature of sexual reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 60, 55-66.
Crawford, L. L., Akins, C. K., & Domjan, M. (1994). Stimulus control of copulatory behavior in sexually naive male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): Effects of test context and stimulus movement. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 108, 252-261.
Köksal, F., Domjan, M., & Weisman, G. (1994). Blocking of the sexual conditioning of differentially effective conditioned stimulus objects. Animal Learning & Behavior, 22, 103-111.
Akins, C.K., Domjan, M., & Gutiérrez, G. (1994). Topography of sexually conditioned behavior in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) depends on the CS-US interval. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 20, 199-209.
Domjan, M. (1994). Formulation of a behavior system for sexual conditioning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 421-428.
Hilliard, S., & Domjan, M. (1995). Effects of sexual conditioning of devaluing the US through satiation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 48B, 84-92.
Crawford, L. L., & Domjan, M. (1995). Second-order sexual conditioning in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Animal Learning & Behavior, 23, 327-334.
Crawford, L. L., & Domjan, M. (1996). Conditioned inhibition of social approach in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) using visual exposure to a female. Behavioural Processes, 36, 163-169.
Gutiérrez, G., & Domjan, M. (1996). Learning and male-male sexual competition in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 170-175.
Burns, M., & Domjan, M. (1996). Sign tracking versus goal tracking in the sexual conditioning of male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 22, 297-306.
Domjan, M., & Purdy, J. E. (1996). Teaching about animal research in psychology. American Psychologist, 51, 979-980.
Akins, C. K., & Domjan, M. (1996). The topography of sexually conditioned behaviour: Effects of a Trace Interval. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 49B, 346-356.
Hilliard, S., Nguyen, M., & Domjan, M. (1997). One-trial appetitive conditioning in the sexual behavior system. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 4, 237-241.
Gutiérrez, G., & Domjan, M. (1997). Differences in the sexual conditioned behavior of male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 111, 135-142.
Villarreal, R., & Domjan, M. (1998). Pavlovian conditioning of social–affiliative behavior in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 112, 26-35.
Domjan, M. (1998). Going wild in the laboratory: Learning about species typical cues. In D. L. Medin (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 38, 155-186. San Diego: Academic Press.
Domjan, M., & Holloway, K. S. (1998). Sexual learning. In G. Greenberg and M. M. Haraway (Eds.), Comparative psychology: A handbook. (pp. 602-613). New York: Garland.
Cusato, B., & Domjan, M. (1998). Special efficacy of sexual conditioned stimuli that include species typical cues: Tests with a CS preexposure design. Learning and Motivation, 29, 152-167.
Hilliard, S., Domjan, M., Nguyen, M., & Cusato, B. (1998). Dissociation of conditioned appetitive and consummatory sexual behavior: Satiation and extinction tests. Animal Learning & Behavior, 26, 20-33.
Domjan, M., & Crawford, L. L. (1998). Condicionamiento sexual de la conducta instrumental. (Sexual conditioning of instrumental behavior.) In R. Ardila, W. L. López, M. Pérez-Acosta, R. Quiñones, and F. D. Reyes (Eds.), Manual de análisis experimental del comportanmiento (pp. 401-419). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
Domjan, M., Blesbois, E., & Williams, J. (1998). The adaptive significance of sexual conditioning: Pavlovian control of sperm release. Psychological Science, 9, 411-415.
Burns, M., Domjan, M., & Mills, A. D. (1998). Effects of genetic selection for fearfulness or social reinstatement behavior on adult social and sexual behavior in domestic quail (Coturnix japonica). Psychobiology, 26, 249-257.
Köksal, F., & Domjan, M. (1998). Observational conditioning of sexual behavior in the domesticated quail. Animal Learning & Behavior, 26, 427-432.
Çetinkaya, H., & Domjan, M. (1998). An automated technique for the study of cyclic fluctuations in sexual motivation in an avian species. Behavioral Research Methods, Instrumentation, & Computers, 30, 667-673.
Burns, M., & Domjan, M. (2000). Sign tracking in domesticated quail with one trial a day. Generality across CS and US parameters. Animal Learning & Behavior, 28, 109-119.
Domjan, M. (2000). Sexual conditioning. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. 7 (pp.241-242). Washington, D.C./New York: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.
Cusato, B., & Domjan, M. (2000). Facilitation of appetitive conditioning with naturalistic conditioned stimuli: CS and US factors. Animal Learning and Behavior, 28, 247-256.
Burns, M., & Domjan, M. (2001). Topography of spatially directed conditioned responding: Effects of context and trial duration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 27, 269-278.
Domjan, M. (2002). Cognitive modulation of sexual behavior. In M. Bekoff & C. Allen (Eds.) The cognitive animal. (pp. 89-95). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Krause, M. A., Cusato, B.,& Domjan, M. (2003). Extinction of conditioned sexual responses in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): Role of species typical cues. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 117, 76-86.
Domjan, M. (2003). Stepping out of the box in considering the C/T ratio. Behavioural Processes, 62, 103-114.
Domjan, M., Mahometa, M., & Mills, A. D. (2003). Relative contributions of the male and female to sexual behavior and reproductive success in the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 117, 391-399.
Köksal, F., Domjan, M., Kurt, A., Sertel, Ö., Sabiha, Ö., Bowers, R., & Kumru, G. (2004). An animal model of fetishism. Behavioural Research and Therapy, 42, 1421-1434.
Domjan, M., Cusato, B., & Krause, M. (2004). Learning with arbitrary versus ecological conditioned stimuli: Evidence from sexual conditioning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 232-246.
Mahometa, M. J., & Domjan, M. (2005). Classical conditioning increases reproductive success in Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica. Animal Behaviour, 69, 983-989.
Domjan, M., & Can, A. (2006). Sexual conditioning methods: Theoretical and practical considerations. In M. J. Anderson (Ed.), Tasks and techniques: A sampling of the methodologies for the investigation of animal learning, behavior, and cognition. (pp. 145-162). New York: Nova Science.
Çetinkaya, H., & Domjan, M. (2006). Sexual fetishism in a quail (Coturnix japonica) model system: Test of reproductive success. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120, 427-432.
Matthews, R. N., Domjan, M., Ramsey, M., & Crews, D. (2007). Learning effects on sperm competition and reproductive fitness. Psychological Science, 18, 758-762.
Can, A., Delille, Y., & Domjan, M. (2007). Sexual experience modulates neuronal activity in male Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior, 52, 590-599.
Domjan, M., & Akins, C. K. (2011). Applications of Pavlovian conditioning to sexual behavior and reproduction. In T. R. Schachtman and S. Reilly (Eds.), Associative learning and conditioning theory: Human and non-human applications. (pp. 507-531). New York: Oxford University Press.
Matthews, R. N., & Domjan, M. (2011). Selecciónsexual: competencia de esperma, sistemas de apareamiento y aprendizaje. In G. Gutiérrez and M. R. Papini (Eds.) Darwin: y las Ciencias del Comportamiento. (pp. 115-136). Bogotá D.C.: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Gutiérrez, G., & Domjan, M. (2011). Conditioning of sexual proceptivity in female quail: Measures of conditioned place preference. Behavioural Processes, 87, 268-273.
Domjan, M. (2012). Erotic/sexual learning. In N. M. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. (pp. 1171-1174). New York: Springer.
Domjan, M., Mahometa, M. J., & Matthews, R. N. (2012). Learning in intimate connections: Conditioned fertility and its role in sexual competition. Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology, vol. 2, pages 1-10. DOI: 10.3402/snp.v2i0.17333. (Open source)
Cusato, B., & Domjan, M. (2012). Naturalistic conditioned stimuli facilitate sexual conditioning because of their similarity with the unconditioned stimulus. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 25, 166-179.
Conditioned Taste Avesion Learning
Domjan, M., & Wilson, N. E. (1972). Specificity of cue to consequency in aversion learning in the rat. Psychonomic Science, 26, 143-145.
Domjan, M., & Wilson, N. E. (1972) . Contribution of ingestive behaviors to taste-aversion learning in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 80, 403-412.
Domjan, M. (1972). CS preexposure in taste-aversion learning: Effects of deprivation and preexposure duration. Learning and Motivation, 3, 389-402.
Domjan, M. (1973). Role of ingestion in odor-toxicosis learning in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 84, 507-521.
Siegel, S., & Domjan, M. (1974). The inhibitory effect of backward conditioning as a function of the number of backward pairings. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 4, 122-124.
Domjan, M., & Bowman, T. G. (1974). Learned safety and the CS-US delay gradient in taste-aversion learning. Learning and Motivation, 5, 409-423.
Domjan, M. (1975). Indeterminacy of preparedness. Review of “Biological Boundaries of Learning,” M. E. P. Seligman & J. L. Hager, Eds.,Contemporary Psychology, 20, 366-367.
Domjan, M. (1975). Poison-induced neophobia in rats: Role of stimulus generalization of conditioned taste aversions. Animal Learning & Behavior, 3, 205-211.
Domjan, M. (1975). The nature of the thirst stimulus: A factor in conditioned taste-aversion behavior. Physiology & Behavior, 14, 809-813.
Domjan, M. (1976). Determinants of the enhancement of flavored-water intake by prior exposure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 2, 17-27.
Domjan, M., & Gillan, D. (1976.). Role of novelty in the aversion for increasingly concentrated saccharin solutions. Physiology & Behavior, 16, 537-542.
Domjan, M., Gillan, D., & Trent, J. M. (1976). Reinforcing properties of novel and familiar solutions of saccharin for rats. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 7, 151-153.
Domjan, M. (1977). Selective suppression of drinking during a limited period following aversive drug treatment in rats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 3, 66-76.
Domjan, M., & Levy, C. J. (1977). Taste aversions conditioned by the aversiveness of insulin and formalin: Role of CS specificity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 3, 119-131.
Domjan, M., & Gregg, B. (1977). Long-delay backward taste-aversion conditioning with lithium. Physiology & Behavior, 18, 59-62.
Domjan, M. (1977). Attenuation and enhancement of neophobia for edible substances. In L.M. Barker, M. Best, and M. Domjan (Eds.), Learning mechanisms in food selection. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press.
Gillan, D. J., & Domjan, M. (1977). Taste-aversion conditioning with expected versus unexpected drug treatment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 3, 297-309.
Domjan, M., & Best, M. R. (1977). Paradoxical effects of unconditioned stimulus preexposure: Interference with and conditioning of a taste aversion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 3, 310-321.
Domjan, M., & Gillan, D. J. (1977). After-effects of lithium-conditioned stimuli on consummatory behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 3, 322-334.
Domjan, M., Schorr, R., & Best, M. R. (1977). Early environmental influences on conditioned and unconditioned ingestional and locomotor behaviors. Developmental Psychobiology, 6, 499-506.
Best, M. R., Domjan, M., & Haskins, W. L. (1978). Long-term retention of flavor familiarization: Effects of number and amount of prior exposures. Behavioral Biology, 23, 95-99.
Domjan, M. (1978). Effects of proximal unconditioned stimulus preexposure on ingestional aversions learned as a result of taste presentation following drug treatment. Animal Learning & Behavior, 6, 133-142.
Gregg, B., Kittrell, E. M., Domjan, M., & Amsel, A. (1978). Ingestional aversion learning in preweanling rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 92, 785-795.
Domjan, M., Foster, K., & Gillan, D. J. (1979). Effects of distribution of the drug unconditioned stimulus on taste-aversion learning. Physiology & Behavior, 23, 931-938.
Best, M. R., & Domjan, M. (1979). Characteristics of the lithium-mediated proximal US preexposure effect on flavor-aversion conditioning. Animal Learning & Behavior, 7, 433-440.
Domjan, M., Gillan, D. J., & Gemberling, G. A. (1980). Aftereffects of lithium-conditioned stimuli on consummatory behavior in the presence and absence of the drug. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 6, 49-64.
Domjan, M. (1980). Ingestional aversion learning: Unique and general processes. In J. S. Rosenblatt, R. A. Hinde, C. Beer, and M. Busnel (Eds.), Advances in the study of behavior, 11, 275-336. New York: Academic Press.
Domjan, M., & Gemberling, G. A. (1980). Effects of expected versus unexpected proximal US preexposure on taste-aversion learning. Animal Learning & Behavior, 8, 204-210.
Gemberling, G. A., Domjan, M., & Amsel, A. (1980). Aversion learning in 5-day-old rats: Taste-toxicosis and texture-shock associations. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 94, 734-745.
Domjan, M., Gemberling, G. A., & Gillan, D. J. 1980. Increased drinking stimulated by exposure to lithium-conditioned taste cues: Effects of conditioning trials and drug dose. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 12, 789-795.
Domjan, M. (1980). Effects of the intertrial interval on taste-aversion learning in rats. Physiology & Behavior, 25, 117-125.
Domjan, M., & Best, M. R. (1980). Interference with ingestional aversion learning produced by preexposure to the unconditioned stimulus: Associative and nonassociative aspects. Learning and Motivation, 11, 522-537.
Miller, V., & Domjan, M. (1981). Selective sensitization induced by lithium malaise and footshock in rats. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 31, 42-55.
Miller, V., & Domjan, M. (1981). Specificity of cue to consequence in aversion learning in the rat: Control for US-induced differential orientations. Animal Learning & Behavior, 9, 339-345.
Gemberling, G. A., & Domjan, M. (1982). Selective associations in one-day-old rats: Taste-toxicosis and texture-shock aversion learning. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 96, 105-113.
Domjan, M., Miller, V., & Gemberling, G. A. (1982). Note on aversion learning to the shape of food by monkeys. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 38, 87-91.
Domjan, M., & Hanlon, M. J. (1982). Poison-avoidance learning to food-related tactile stimuli: Avoidance of texture cues by rats. Animal Learning & Behavior, 10, 293-300.
Domjan, M. (1982). Selective associations in aversion learning. In M. L. Commons, R. J. Herrnstein, and A. R. Wagner (Eds.) Quantitative analyses of behavior Vol.3, Cambridge, MA: Ballinger.
Domjan, M., & Siegel, S. (1983). Attenuation of the aversive and analgesic effects of morphine by repeated administration: Different mechanisms. Physiological Psychology, 11, 155-158.
Domjan, M. (1985). Cue-consequence specificity and long-delay learning revisited. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 443, 54-66.
Domjan, M. (2015). The Garcia-Koelling selective association effect: A historical and personal perspective. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, volume 28. Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5sx993rm
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The Essentials of Conditioning and Learning: 4th Edition
Principles of Learning and Behavior: 7th Edition
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Principles of Learning and Behavior: 5th Edition
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Learning Mechanisms in Food Selection
Michael Domjan, Lewis Barker, and Michael R. Best
Learning Mechanisms in Food Selection
1977
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- The Tertis/Pavlov Project: Connecting Music with Psychology
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- Structure of Unconditioned Behavior
- Sign Stimuli and Supernormal Stimuli
- Habituation and Sensitization, in Music and Life
- Habituation and the Regulation of Emotions
- Discovery of Pavlovian Conditioning
- Conditional Probability and Pavlovian Conditioning
- Pavlovian Learning of Predictive Relations
- Control Problem in Pavlovian Conditioning
- Pavlovian Conditioned Responses: Their Origin and Form
- Pavlovian Conditioned Inhibition
- The Rescorla-Wagner Model
- Thorndike and the Law of Effect
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- Simple Schedules of Reinforcement
- Choice and Self-Control
- Premack Principle and Response Theories of Reinforcement
- Instrumental Conditioning and Behavioral Economics
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