Department of Psychology

Michele R. Brumley, Ph.D.         

Assistant Professor, Experimental Psychology    

Education

B.A (1999) DePaul University; Ph.D. (2005) University of Iowa; Postdoctoral Fellow
(2005-2007) The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Research Interests

Research interests include the development of coordinated action patterns in the mammalian fetus and neonate, the role of experience and the environment during perinatal behavioral development, the neural mechanisms of locomotion and spinal cord plasticity.

Selected Publications   (click link for pdf copy of article)

Robinson, S.R., Kleven, G.A., & Brumley, M.R. (2008). Prenatal development of interlimb motor learning in the rat fetus. Infancy, 13, 204-228.    R&K&B2008.pdf

Brumley, M.R., Hentall, I.D., Pinzon, A, Kadam, B.H., Blythe, A., Sanchez, F.J., Taberner, A.M., & Noga, B.R. (2007). Serotonin concentrations in the lumbosacral spinal cord of the adult rat following microinjection or dorsal surface application. Journal of Neurophysiology, 98, 1440-1450.   JNeuro2007.pdf

Brumley, M.R. & Robinson, S.R. (2005). The serotonergic agonists quipazine, CGS-12066A and a-Methylserotonin alter motor activity and induce hindlimb stepping in the intact and spinal rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 821-833.      B&R2005.pdf

Robinson, S.R. & Brumley, M.R. (2005). Chapter 24: Prenatal Behavior, in Whishaw, I.Q. & Kolb, B. (Eds.), The Behavior of the Laboratory Rat: A Handbook with Tests, (pp.257-265). Oxford Press: New York, NY.    Chapter 24.pdf

Brumley, M.R. & Robinson, S.R. (2004). Facial wiping in the rat fetus: variation of chemosensory stimulus parameters. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 219-229.   B&R2004.pdf

Michel, G.F., Sheu, C.-F., & Brumley, M.R. (2002). Evidence of a right-shift factor affecting infant hand-use preferences from 7 to 11 months of age as revealed by latent class analysis. Developmental Psychobiology, 40, 1-13.     M&S&B2002.pdf