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Recent Publications:

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Loss of Self-Control; Addictive Behavior; Involuntary Responding; Reflexive Behavior; Directed Motor Action; Alcohol Drinking; Reward and Addiction; Sign-Tracking; Autoshaping; Pavlovian Conditioned Approach; Animal Learning and Behavior; Addiction Vulnerability; Sign Trackers vs. Goal Trackers; Cue-Directed Responding; Drug-Taking Behavior; Drug-Taking Rituals; Stimulus Control of Drug-Taking; Excessive Responding; Cue-Induced Drug-Taking; Neurobiology of Drug Addiction; Neurobiological Substrates of Sign-Tracking; Social Stimulation of Alcohol Drinking; Social and Emotional Learning; Gene Expression Profiling.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

RESEARCH BOOKS:

Tomie, A. (2020).  Blindsided by Addiction: The Science of the Loss of Self-Control.  Princeton, NJ: ZT Enterprises, LLC. 250 pages.

Morrow, J. and Tomie, A. (Eds.) (2018). Sign-Tracking and Drug Addiction. Open access e-book published by Maize Books, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10215070

Balsam, P. D. and Tomie, A. (Eds.) (1985). Context and learning. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 419 pages.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Tomie, A., Jeffers, P., and Zito, B. (2018). Sign-Tracking Model of the Addiction Blind Spot. In: J. Morrow and A. Tomie  (Eds.), Sign-Tracking and Drug Addiction, open access e-book, Maize Books, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10215070.

Levitch, E, A., Paulis, S. E., and Tomie, A. (2018). Telling Stories about Sign-Tracking Boosts Awareness of Loss of Self-Control Related to Drug Use. In: J. Morrow and A. Tomie (Eds.), Sign-Tracking and Drug Addiction, open access e-book, Maize Books, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10215070.

Tomie, A. (2018). Introduction: The Role of Sign-Tracking in Drug Addiction. In: J. Morrow and A. Tomie, (Eds.), Sign-Tracking and Drug Addiction, open access e-book, Maize Books. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10215070. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Tomie, A. (2018). Autoshaping. In: J. Vonk and T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, open access e-book, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1500-1.

Tomie, A., Badaway, N., and Rutyna, J. (2016). Sign-Tracking Model of Loss of Self-Control of Drug-Taking. In: Recent Advances in Substance Abuse. Open access e-book. Avid Science: Berlin. Published April 2016.

Tomie, A. (2001). Autoshaping and drug-taking. In R. R. Mowrer and S. B. Klein (Eds.), Handbook of contemporary learning theories (pp. 409-438). Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.

Tomie, A., Brooks, W., and Zito, B. (1989). Sign-tracking: The search for reward. In S. B. Klein and R. R. Mowrer (Eds.), Contemporary learning theory: Pavlovian conditioning and the status of traditional learning theory (pp. 191-223). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Tomie, A. (1985). Effects of test context on the acquisition of autoshaping to a formerly random keylight or a formerly contextual keylight. In P. D. Balsam and A. Tomie (Eds.), Context and learning (pp. 57-72). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Tomie, A. (1981). Effects of unpredictable food upon the subsequent acquisition of autoshaping: Analysis of the context blocking hypothesis. In C. M. Locurto, H. S. Terrace, and J. Gibbon (Eds.), Autoshaping and conditioning theory (pp. 181-215). New York: Academic Press.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES (1995-2019):

Tomie, A., Mehra, S., and Yu, L. (2019). Effects of Social Stimulation and Ethanol Intake on Gene Expression in Nucleus Accumbens in CD-1 Mice. Addiction Biology, Manuscript in preparation.

Tomie, A., Samuel, A. G., Merchant, A., and Yu, L. (2016). The Effects of Proximal and Distal Social Stimulation on Ethanol Intake in Male and Female CD-1 Mice. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research, 5, Article ID 235949, 9 pages. doi: 104303/jdar/235949.

Tomie, A., Samuel, A. G., Sprung, D. M., Malul, Y., and Yu, L. (2015). Effects of Number of Cagemates on Home-Cage Ethanol Drinking During Proximal Cagemate Drinking (PCD) Procedures in Male and Female CD-1 Mice. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1-10.

Tomie, A., DeFuria, A. A., Jones, H. A., Edwards, S. D., and Yu, L. (2014). Effects of Cagemate Gender and the Cagemate’s access to ethanol on ethanol and water intake of the proximal male or the proximal female CD-1 mouse. Alcohol, 48, 73-82.

Tomie, A., and Sharma, N. (2013). Pavlovian Sign-Tracking Model of Alcohol Abuse. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 6, 201-219.

Tomie, A., Azogu, I., and Yu, L. (2013). Effects of naltrexone on post-abstinence ethanol drinking in C57BL/6 and DBA/2J Mice. Progress in NeuroPsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 44, 240-247.

Tomie, A., Lincks, M., Nadarajah, S.D., Pohorecky, L.A., and Yu, L. (2012). Pairings of lever and food induce Pavlovian conditioned approach of sign-tracking and goal-tracking in C57BL/6 Mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 226, 571-578.

Tomie, A., Costea, N.R., Vohra, K., and Pohorecky, L.A. (2011). Effects of removing food on maintenance of drinking initiated by pairings of sipper and food. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 98, 462-467.

Tomie, A., Grimes, K.L., and Pohorecky, L.A. (2008). Behavioral characteristics and neurobiological substrates shared by Pavlovian sign-tracking and drug abuse. Brain Research Reviews, 58, 121-135.

Tomie, A., Lewis, K., Curiotto, J., and Pohorecky, L.A. (2007). Intermittent exposure to a social stimulus enhances ethanol drinking in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 87, 341-348.

Tomie, A., Miller, W., Dranoff, E., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2006). Intermittent ethanol sipper induces more ethanol drinking in rats than continuous ethanol sipper. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 41, 225-230.

Tomie, A., Hosszu, R., Rosenberg, R., Gittleman, J., Patterson-Buckendahl, P., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2006). An inter-gender effect on ethanol drinking in rats: Proximal females increase ethanol drinking in males. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 83, 307-313.

Tomie, A., Gittleman, J., Dranoff, E., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2005). Social opportunity and intermittent ethanol sipper induce ethanol drinking in rats. Alcohol, 35, 43-55.

Tomie, A., Mohamed, W., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2005). Effects of age on autoshaping of ethanol and water drinking in non-deprived rats. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 18, 167-177.

Tomie, A., Burger, K. M., DiPoce, J., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2004). Social opportunity and ethanol drinking in rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 28, 1089-1097.

Tomie, A., Wong, L. E., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2004). Autoshaping of chlordiazepoxide drinking in non-deprived rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 157, 273-281.

Tomie, A., Kuo, T., Apor, K. R., Salomon, K. E., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2004). Autoshaping induces ethanol drinking in non-deprived rats: Evidence of long-term retention but no induction of ethanol preference. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 77, 797-804.

Tomie, A., Tirado, A. D., Yu, L., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2004). Pavlovian autoshaping procedures increase plasma corticosterone and levels of norepinephrine and serotonin in prefrontal cortex in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 153, 97-105.

Tomie, A., Uveges, J. M., Burger, K. M., Patterson-Buckendahl, P., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2004). Effects of ethanol sipper and social opportunity on ethanol drinking in rats. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 39, 197-202.

Tomie, A., Di Poce, J., Aguado, A. S., Janes, A., Benjamin, D., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2003). Effects of autoshaping procedures on 3H-8-OH-DPAT-labeled 5-HT1a binding and 125I-LSD labeled 5-HT2a binding in rat brain. Brain Research, 975, 167-178.

Tomie, A., Festa, E., Sparta, D. R., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2003). Lever conditioned stimulus – directed autoshaping induced by saccharin-ethanol unconditioned stimulus solution: Effects of ethanol concentration and trial spacing. Alcohol, 30, 35-44.

Tomie, A., Wong, K., Apor, K., Patterson-Buckendahl, P., and Pohorecky. L. A. (2003). Autoshaping of ethanol drinking in rats: Effects of ethanol concentration and trial spacing. Alcohol, 31, 125-135.

Tomie, A., Sparta, D. R., Silberman, Y., Interlandi, J., Mynko, A., Patterson-Buckendahl, P. and Pohorecky, L. A. (2002). Pairings of ethanol sipper with food induces Pavlovian autoshaping of ethanol drinking in rats: Evidence of long-term retention and effects of sipper CS. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 37, 547-554.

Tomie, A., Silberman, Y., Williams, K., Pohorecky, and L. A. (2002). Pavlovian autoshaping procedures increase plasma corticosterone levels in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 72, 507-513.

Tomie, A., Di Poce, J., DeRenzo, C. C., and Pohorecky, L. A. (2002). Autoshaping of ethanol drinking: An animal model of binge drinking. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 37, 138-146.

Tomie, A., Aguado, A. S., Pohorecky, L. A., and Benjamin, D. (2000). Individual differences in Pavlovian autoshaping of lever pressing in rats predict stress-induced corticosterone release and mesolimbic levels of monoamines. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 65, 509-517.

Tomie, A., Cunha, C., Mosakowski, E. M., Quartarolo, N. M., Pohorecky, L. A., and Benjamin, D. (1998). Effects of ethanol on Pavlovian autoshaping in rats. Psychopharmacology, 139, 154-159.

Tomie, A., Aguado, A. S., Pohorecky, L. A., and Benjamin, D. (1998). Ethanol induces impulsive-like responding in a delay-of-reward operant choice procedure: Impulsivity predicts autoshaping. Psychopharmacology, 139, 376-382.

Tomie, A., Shultz, P. L., Quartarolo, N. M. and Cunha, C. (1997). Presession noise increases sensitivity to chlordiazepoxide’s discriminative stimulus in pigeons. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 21, 1155-1168.

Tomie, A., and Mosakowski, E. M. (1996). Female rats that rapidly acquire a d-amphetamine discrimination generalize more to d-amphetamine. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 54, 699-703.

Tomie, A. (1996). Locating reward cue at response manipulandum (CAM) induces symptoms of drug abuse. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 20, 505-535.

Tomie, A., Shultz, P., Spicer, M., and Peoples, L. (1995). Drug discrimination training with low doses: Maintenance of discriminative control. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 50, 115-119.

Tomie, A. (1995). CAM: An animal learning model of excessive and compulsive implement-assisted drug-taking in humans. Clinical Psychology Reviews, 15, 145-167.