Dr Eric Bowman

Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2093

Email

emb@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I am interested in how animals and people learn to adjust their behaviour to obtain reward.  Most of my research has focused on the mesolimbic dopamine system and its role in adaptive behaviour. However, I have also studied other psychological functions of dopamine (such as reward, motivation, response selection and response initiation) in a variety of species (rodents, carnivores, nonhuman primates and neurological patients). I have additional experience in the study of the neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of sensory systems, particularly regarding selective attention.

Selected publications

• Open access

  Bull, bear, or rat markets: rat "stock market" task reveals human-like behavioral biases

  Huttunen, A., Reeve, H. & Bowman, E., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics. 13, 4, p. 204-229

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Occasion setters determine responses of putative DA neurons to discriminative stimuli

  Aquili, L., Bowman, E. M. & Schmidt, R., Sept 2020, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 173, 10 p., 107270.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Exacerbation of the credit assignment problem in rats with lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex is revealed by Bayesian analysis of behavior in the pre-solution period of learning

  Wang, J., Tait, D. S., Brown, V. J. & Bowman, E. M., 17 Oct 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 372, 112037.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Assessment of intradimensional/extradimensional attentional set-shifting in rats

  Tait, D. S., Bowman, E. M., Neuwirth, L. S. & Brown, V. J., Jun 2018, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 89, p. 72-84 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Wearable organic optoelectronic sensors for medicine

  Bansal, A. K., Hou, S., Kulyk, O., Bowman, E. M. & Samuel, I. D. W., 4 Dec 2015, In: Advanced Materials. 27, 46, p. 7638–7644

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Wearable organic optoelectronic sensors for medicine

  Bansal, A. K., Hou, S., Kulyk, O., Bowman, E. M. & Samuel, I. D. W., 19 Dec 2014, International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, 2014. Optical Society of American (OSA), (International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, 2014).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Psychopharmacology of Reward and Appetite in Rats

  Bowman, E. M., 2009, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Squire, L. (ed.). Academic Press/Elsevier , p. 1205-1210

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Development of a behavioral task measuring reward “wanting” and “liking” in rats

  Wilson, D. I. G., Laidlaw, A. H., Butler, E., Hoffman, D. & Bowman, E. M., 30 Jan 2006, In: Physiology & Behavior. 87, 1, p. 154 - 161 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Neurons in dopamine-rich areas of the rat medial midbrain predominantly encode the outcome-related rather than behavioural switching properties of conditioned stimuli

  Wilson, D. I. G. & Bowman, E. M., Jan 2006, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 23, 1, p. 205-218 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in rats impair performance on a test of sustained attention

  Kozak, R., Bowman, E. M., Latimer, M. P., Rostron, C. L. & Winn, P., Apr 2005, In: Experimental Brain Research. 162, 2, p. 257-264 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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