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Principal Investigator
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Applied Biopsychology
 Primary Research Areas
Biological substrates of impulsivity and aggression; neurophysiological (EEG, ERPs) and neuropsychological correlates of substance use disorders, antisocial behavior and impulse control disorders; assessment and treatment of aggressive behavior.
Current Projects
Impulse Control as a Mechanism of Change in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence (funded by NIAAA). Multi-modal assessment of impulse control as a mechanism of change before, during, and after cognitive behavioral treatment for alcohol dependence (in collaboration with Co-investigators Ronda L. Dearing, Ph.D., Gerard J. Connors, Ph.D., and Gregory G. Homish, Ph.D.).
Attempted Suicide and Alcohol Dependence (funded by NIAAA): Examination of reactive aggression and social isolation in suicide attempts in treated alcoholics. (Award made to Kenneth Conner, Psy.D., M.P.H., University of Rochester, subaward to Rebecca Houston, Ph.D.).
Neurophysiological and Behavioral Characteristics of Heavy Drinkers & Aggressive Drivers (funded by UB Interdisciplinary Research Development Fund). Examination of the potentially interactive effects of aggressive driving and heavy drinking history on neurophysiological (event-related brain potentials; ERPs) and behavioral measures during a driving simulation task. (Award made to Changxu Wu, Ph.D., UB Industrial and Systems Engineering, subaccount to Rebecca Houston).
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Representative and Recent Publications
Stanford, M. S., Houston, R. J., & Baldridge, R. M. (in press). Comparison of impulsive and premeditated perpetrators of intimate partner violence. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
Conner, K. R., Houston, R. J., Sworts, L. M., & Meldrum, S. (2007). Reliability of the Impulsive-Premeditated Aggression Scale (IPAS) in treated opiate dependent individuals. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 655-659.
Ceballos, N. A., Houston, R. J., Bauer, L. O., & Hesselbrock, V. M. (2006). Brain maturation in conduct disorder versus borderline personality disorder. Neuropsychobiology 53, 94-100.
Houston, R. J., & Stanford, M. S. (2006). Characterization of aggressive behavior and phenytoin response. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 38-43.
Ceballos, N. A., Houston, R. J., Smith, N. D., Bauer, L. O., & Taylor, R. E. (2005). N400 as an index of semantic expectancies: Differential effects of alcohol and cocaine dependence. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 29, 936-943.
Houston, R. J., Ceballos, N. A., Hesselbrock, V. M., & Bauer, L. O. (2005). Borderline Personality Disorder features in adolescent girls: P300 evidence of altered brain maturation. Clinical Neurophysiology, 116, 1424-1432.
Stanford, M. S., Conklin, S. M., Helfritz, L. E., Villemarette-Pittman, N. R., Greve, K. W., Adams, D., & Houston, R. J. (2005). A comparison of anticonvulsants in the treatment of impulsive aggression. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 13, 72-77.
Houston, R. J., & Stanford, M. S. (2005). Electrophysiological substrates of impulsiveness: Potential effects on aggressive behavior. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 29, 305-313.
Houston, R. J., Bauer, L. O., & Hesselbrock, V. M. (2004). Effects of Borderline Personality Disorder features and a family history of alcohol or drug dependence on P300 in adolescents. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 53, 57-70.
Houston, R. J., Bauer, L. O., & Hesselbrock, V. M. (2004). P300 evidence of cognitive inflexibility in female adolescents at risk for recurrent depression. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 28, 529-536.
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