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Allen Butt is a Senior Lecturer III in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. His office is located in Logan Hall, Room 104, and his email is allenbutt@unm.edu. He specializes in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, focusing on the basal forebrain cholinergic system's role in learning and memory, particularly the influence of acetylcholine on cortical synaptic plasticity and associative learning.
Research Interests:
- Cholinergic mechanisms in associative learning
- Acetylcholine's role in auditory and tactile learning processes
- Neurobiological basis of memory formation and impairment
Publications reflect a sustained focus on cholinergic system contributions to learning across sensory modalities, with studies spanning auditory, tactile, and configural learning paradigms in rats. His work employs lesion studies and neurochemical measurements to dissect neural mechanisms.
No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in his profile. He teaches courses such as Psychology of Perception (PSY 364) and The Dreaming Brain (PSY 450).
