Dr. Loraina L. Ghiraldi
St. Lawrence University News
Submitted by lghi on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 16:23.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Courses I teach regularly:
Research Methods in Psychology & Research Methods Laboratory
Introductory Psychology
Hormones and Behavior & Hormones & Behavior Laboratory
My research interests:
Hormonal and environmental influences on sexual, aggressive and maternal behaviors in rodents.
Effects of enrichment on hormonally-mediated social behaviors in rodents.
Effects of hormones on learning and memory.
Sample student projects I have supervised:
Effects of prenatal phytoestrogen exposure on adult maternal behaviors and intermale aggression in mice.
Effects of stress and propranolol on spatial learning and memory in male mice.
Effects of environmental enrichment on maternal behaviors in mice.
Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:
Bodensteiner, K. J., Stone I. J., & Ghiraldi, L. L. (2008). Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate on spatial learning and memory in young and aged mice. Journal of General Psychology, 135(3), 271-286.
Ghiraldi, L., & Baker, M. Effects of environmental enrichment on social behaviors in male mice. Poster presention at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD (March 2006).
Ghiraldi, L., Bodensteiner, K. J., Miner, S. Effects of early maternal separation on subsequent maternal behavior in Sprague Dawley rats. Poster presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA (March 2005).
Ways I offer service to my discipline and/or the University:
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Chair
Denmark International Program - DIS, On-campus Coordinator
My hobbies and/or personal interests:
Ballroom dancing