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Professor, Psychology

Dr. Dess' work is rooted in the ancient underpinnings of mammalian behavior. Her focus is on eating and emotion--their interactions and role in human problems such as anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.

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Dr. Dess' work is rooted in the ancient underpinnings of mammalian behavior. Her focus is on eating and emotion--their interactions and role in human problems such as anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.

Present	Advisory Committee, Kinesiology, Occidental College
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Psychology

eating and emotion

Pavlovian Investigator Award, Pavlovian Society (1996)
APA Div 6 Morgan Distinguished Service Award (2005)
Occidental College Graham L. Sterling Award for faculty distinction (2008)

Office: Swan Hall 324
Email: dessnk@oxy.edu
Phone: (323) 259-2570
Office Hours: M 8:30 - 9:30 T 9:00 - 11:00 and by appointment

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Refeeding after acute food restriction: Differential reduction in preference for ...

Physiology & Behavior (2013)

Nancy K Dess, C. D. Chapman, L. A. Cousins, D. C. Monroe, et al.

Rats' voluntary ethanol intake varies with dispositional factors and energy status. The joint influences of these were of interest here. ...

Sweet Success, Bitter Defeat: A Taste Phenotype Predicts Social Status ...

PLoS ONE (2012)

John M. Eaton, Nancy K Dess and Clinton D. Chapman

For social omnivores such as rats and humans, taste is far more than a chemical sense activated by food. By ...

Peace and the human animal: Toward integration of comparative evolutionary ...

Peace is arguably the problem of the 21st century. Peacefulness is not uniquely human, but a dearth of it among ...

Contribution to Book

Laboratory animal research ethics: A practical, educational approach.

APA handbook of ethics in psychology, Vol 2: Practice, teaching, and research. (2012)

Jennifer L. Perry and Nancy K. Dess

Engaging in research of any kind is a privilege that carries with it weighty ethical responsibilities and opportunities. Laboratory (“lab”) ...

Food dependence in rats selectively bred for low versus high ...

Appetite (2011)

V. Yakovenko, E. R. Speidel, C. D. Chapman and Nancy K Dess

The "food addiction" concept implies that proneness to drug dependence and to food dependence should covary. The latter was studied ...

Modulation of methylphenidate effects on wheel running and acoustic startle ...

Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior (2011)

I. B. McLaughlin, C. D. Chapman and Nancy K Dess

Behavioral effects of the same dose of the same drug can vary in degree and direction between and within individuals. ...

Stress-induced attenuation of acoustic startle in low-saccharin-consuming rats.

Biological Psychology (2008)

M. Gonzales, C. Garrett, C. D. Chapman and Nancy K Dess

Exposure to stress can lead to either increased stress vulnerability or enhanced resiliency. Laboratory rats are a key tool in ...

Selective breeding for differential saccharin intake as an animal model ...

Behavioural Pharmacology (2008)

M. E. Carroll, A. D. Morgan, J. J. Anker, J. L. Perry, et al.

A positive relationship between the consumption of sweetened dietary substances (e.g. saccharin and sucrose) and drug abuse has been reported ...

Consumption of SC45647 and Sucralose by Rats Selectively Bred for ...

Chemical Senses (2008)

Nancy K Dess, C. D. Chapman and D. Monroe

Mammals' affinity for sweet tastes exists alongside dramatic variation among species and individuals in responses to sweeteners. The present paper ...

Temporal organization of eating in low- and high-saccharin-consuming rats.

International Journal of Comparative Psychology (2007)

Nancy K Dess, J. M. Richard, S. Fletcher-Severe and C. D. Chapman

When, where, and how much animals eat are influenced by food scarcity and risk of predation. The present study concerned ...

Escalation of i.v. cocaine self- administration and reinstatement of ...

Psychopharmacology (2006)

J. Perry, A. D. Morgan, J. J. Anker, Nancy K Dess, et al.

RATIONALE: Rats selectively bred for high saccharin (HiS) intake consume more alcohol, acquire intravenous (i.v.) cocaine self-administration more rapidly, and ...

“Humans and animals”? On saying what we mean.

Psychological Science (1998)

Nancy K Dess and Clinton D. Chapman

In the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, we heard a radio journalist say, “Not only were humans affected by the storm, ...

The interaction of diet and stress in rats: high-energy food ...

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes (1998)

Nancy K. Dess, Seung Choe and Thomas R. Minor

Exposure to inescapable shock typically reduces eating and body weight in rats. The present study examined the modulation of stress ...

Associative properties of a conditioned inhibitor as a function of ...

Animal Learning & Behavior (1993)

Nancy K. Dess and Stephan S. Soltysik

The efficacy of conditioned inhibition in a novel conditioned stimulus/conditioned inhibitor (CS/CI) compound was tested in 6-, 10-, and 14-week-old ...

Modeling the signal features of an escape response: The effects ...

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, (1990)

Nancy K Dess, T. R. Minor, M. Trauner and C. Y. Lee

Six experiments examined the effects of signaling the termination of inescapable shock (cessation conditioning) or shock-free periods (backward conditioning) on ...