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Dr. Patricia Gasalla Canto is a Lecturer at Cardiff University's School of Psychology. Her research program focuses on behavioral neuroscience and associative learning, employing animal models to investigate psychiatric disorders, reward processing mechanisms, and addiction pathways. She examines how neural responses to rewards and drug-related cues contribute to psychiatric conditions.
Her research interests include:
- Behavioral neuroscience of reward processing and anhedonia
- Neural mechanisms of associative learning and extinction
- Animal models of psychiatric disorders
- CACNA1C gene effects on stress responses
- Flavor aversion conditioning and hedonic valuation
- Cross-modal sensory learning (odor-taste associations)
Her publication record demonstrates consistent focus on learning mechanisms and neural correlates of behavior, with recent work examining genetic risk factors (CACNA1C), appetitive extinction, and stress interactions. Research employs diverse methodologies including neural activation mapping, genetic manipulation, and behavioral paradigms.
Teaching responsibilities include:
- Introductory statistics for second-year students
- Tutorials in cognition and clinical psychology
- MSc seminar supervision
- Final-year lectures on behavioral intervention
