EDUCATION

Post-doctorate in Developmental Psychobiology        
University of North Carolina- Greensboro, NC

Ph.D.   Animal Behavior/ Psychobiology           
University of California at Davis-  Davis, CA

M.S. Human Development              
University of California at Davis-  Davis, CA

B.S. Human Development
University of California at Davis-  Davis, CA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Lickliter conducts research on the development of intersensory perception in animal and human infants. In particular his work focuses on prenatal sensory experience and its role in early perception, learning, and memory. Dr. Lickliter currently serves on the editorial boards of Infancy and Developmental Psychobiology and is the President-Elect of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology.  He teaches courses on Biopsychology, Developmental Psychology, and Animal Behavior.

COURSES TAUGHT


Introduction to Biopsychology
Psychology of Consciousness
Biological Bases of Behavioral Development

SELECT AWARDS

Currently funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Science Foundation

Associate Editor, Developmental Science

Fellow, American Psychological Association (Division 6)

Research Scientist Career Development Award
National Institutes of Health

Frank Beach Comparative Psychology Award
Division 6, American Psychological Association

 

SELECT GRANTS

Perinatal Determinants of Intersensory Perception
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Science of Learning Initiative Catalyst Grant: South Florida Research Consortium
National Science Foundation

Research Scientist Career Development Award
National Institute of Mental Health 

Mechanisms of Perinatal Perceptual Organization II.
National Institute of Mental Health 

Mechanisms of Perinatal Perceptual Organization I.
National Institute of Mental Health

 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Lickliter, R., & Honeycutt, H. (in press).  Rethinking epigenesis and evolution in light of developmental science. In: M. Blumberg, J. Freeman, S. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Comparative Neuroscience: Epigenetics, Evolution, and Behavior. Oxford University Press.

Lickliter, R. (in press). Developmental dynamics: The new view from the life sciences. In: A. Fogel. B. King, & S. Shanker (Eds.), Human Development in the 21st Century: Visionary Policy Ideas from Systems Scientists. Cambridge University Press

Markham, R.G., Toth, G., & Lickliter, R. (2006). Prenatally elevated physiological arousal interferes with perceptual learning in bobwhite quail embryos. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 1315-1325.

Lickliter, R., Bahrick, L.E., & Markham, R.G. (2006). Intersensory redundancy educates selective attention in bobwhite quail embryos.   Developmental Science, 9, 604-615.

Lickliter, R . (2005). Prenatal sensory ecology and experience: Implications for perceptual and behavioral development in precocial birds. Advances in the Study of Behavior, Vol. 35, pp. 235-274. 
Academic Press, New York.

Lickliter, R ., Bahrick, L.E., & Honeycutt, H. (2004). Intersensory redundancy enhances memory in bobwhite quail embryos. Infancy, 5, 253-269.