Bridget L. McConnell is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at JCU Singapore. She received her Ph.D. from SUNY Binghamton in 2011. Her research interests include learning and behavior, experimental psychopathology, comparative and evolutionary psychology, and memory. She has published 9 peer-reviewed articles and been awarded over $138,100 in research grants. Her teaching areas include advanced statistics, cognition, and learning and behavior.

1. Bridget L. McConnell
March 2015
PERSONAL
Address: JCU Singapore
Department of Psychology
149 Sims Drive
387380
Singapore
Phone: +65 6709 3733
Email: Bridget.McConnell@jcu.edu.au
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Learning and behavior
• Experimental psychopathology
• Comparative and evolutionary psychology
• Memory
EDUCATION
Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton, May 2011
Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology
M.S. State University of New York at Binghamton, May 2008
Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology
B.A. Texas Lutheran University, May 2006
Majors: Psychology, International studies, Minor: Spanish
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
• 6 peer-reviewed journal articles
• Approximately US$138,100 awarded in research grants
EXPERIENCE
Sep 2013 – Present Lecturer (JCU Singapore, Singapore)
70% teaching, 30% research
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2. Jul 2011 – Sep 2013 Post-doctoral fellow (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Jul 2008 – Jan 2011 Primary Instructor (Binghamton University, USA)
Aug 2007 – Jan 2011 Graduate Assistant/ Teaching Assistant (Binghamton University, USA)
May 2006 – Aug 2011 Graduate Research Assistant (Binghamton University, USA)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 Internal grant from James Cook University
2011 Competitive 3-year postdoctoral research fellowship from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
2011 Competitive F+ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from KU Leuven
2011 Honorary Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F.)
2010 Competitive fellowship from Research Foundation of SUNY
2010 SABA Student Presenter Grant
TEACHING
Advanced Statistics
Basic Statistics
Cognition
Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology
General Psychology
Learning and Behavior
Advanced/Applied Learning and Behavior
GRADUATE DEGREES SUPERVISED
1. Aigner, Chek Hwee (Liu Yihui) Lau, Doctorate of Clinical Psychology, in progress
2. Linda Henderson, Doctorate of Clinical Psychology, in progress
PUBLICATIONS
9. McConnell, B. L. (2015). Failure to observe extinction cue effect in humans. Proceedings of the 4th
Annual
International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2015). doi: 10.5176/2251-
1865_CBP15.33.
8. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. (2014). Associative accounts of recovery-from-extinction effects.
Learning and Motivation, 46, 1-15.
7. McConnell, B. L., Miguez, G., & Miller, R. R. (2013). Extinction with multiple excitors. Learning &
Behavior, 41, 119-137.
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3. 6. Polack, C., McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. (2013). Association foundation of causal learning in rats.
Learning & Behavior, 41, 25-41.
5. Laborda, M. L., McConnell, B. L., & Miller (2011). Behavioral techniques to reduce relapse after exposure
therapy: Applications of studies of experimental extinction. In T. R. Schachtman & S. Reilly (Eds.),
Applications of conditioning theory (pp. 79-103). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
4. McConnell, B. L., Urushihara, K., & Miller, R. R. (2010). Contrasting predictions of extended comparator
hypothesis and acquisition-focused models of learning concerning retrospective revaluation. Journal of
Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 36, 137-147.
3. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. (2010). Protection from extinction provided by a conditioned inhibitor.
Learning & Behavior, 38, 68-79.
2. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. (2010). Pavlovian conditioning. In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.),
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, 4th
ed. (Vol. 3, pp. 1171-1173). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
1. McConnell, B. L., Wheeler, D. S., Urcelay, G. P., & Miller, R. R. (2009). Protection from latent inhibition
provided by a conditioned inhibitor. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes,
35, 498-508.
Miguez, G., McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. Context specificities of latent inhibition and conditioned
inhibition are not equivalent: Implications for associative interference. Submitted for publication.
JOURNAL IMPACT FACTORS
Learning & Behavior: 2.000
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes: 2.052
Learning and Motivation: 0.752
PRESENTATIONS
21. McConnell, B. L. Teaching to the dogs: Using dog training in a new and fun approach to teaching
conditioning and learning. Vancouver International Conference on Teaching of Psychology; Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada; July 2015.
20. McConnell, B. L. Failure to observe extinction cue effect in humans. International Conference on Cognitive
and Behavioral Psychology; Singapore; February 2015.
19. Miller, R. R., Polack, C. W., & McConnell, B. L. Associative bases of causal learning in rats. Pavlovian
Society; Jersey City, NJ; September 2012.
18. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. The effects of compound extinction on renewal. Associative Learning
Symposium; Wales, UK; April 2012.
17. Miller, R. R., Miguez, G., Laborda, M. A., McConnell, B. L., & Polack, C. W. Understanding the renewal
effect: What is context specific? Psychomics Society; Seattle, Washington; November 2011.
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4. 16. Miguez, G., Laborda, M. A., McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. Contextual specificity of latent inhibition
and conditioned inhibition. Chilean Congress of Psychology; Santiago, Chile; 2011.
15. McConnell, B. L., Miguez, G., Laborda, M. A., & Miller, R. R. Retroactive cue interference depends on the
associative status of the interfering cue. Eastern Psychological Association; Cambridge, MA; 2011.
14. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. Compound extinction with multiple excitors: A nonlinear relationship.
Pavlovian Society; Baltimore, Maryland; October 2010.
13. Miller, R. R., Polack, C. W., & McConnell, B. L. Causal learning in rats. 4th
International Meeting of the
Australian Learning Group; Darwin, Australia; July 2010.
12. McConnell, B. L., Laborda, M. A., & Miller, R. R. Reducing relapse through massive extinction in multiple
contexts. Association for Behavioral Analysis International; San Antonio, Texas; May 2010.
11. Miller, R. R., Polack, C. W., & McConnell, B. L. Causal learning in rats. Society of Experimental
Psychologists; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; April 2010.
10. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. Attenuated deepened extinction with additional conditioned exitors
during extinction. International Comparative Cognition Society; St. Louis, MO; 2010.
9. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. Contrasting conditioned inhibition and negative occasion setting. Eastern
Psychological Association; Brooklyn, New York; March 2010.
8. McConnell, B. L., Urushihara, K., Tanaka, Y., & Miller, R. R. A novel means of differentiating between
accounts of retrospective revaluation. International Comparative Cognition Society; Boston,
Massachusetts; November 2009.
7. McConnell, B. L., & Miller, R. R. The protection from and reemergence of extinction. Pavlovian Society;
Burlington, Vermont; October 2009.
6. McConnell, B. L., Urushihara, K., & Miller, R. R. Contrasting models of retrospective revaluation. Eastern
Psychological Association; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; March 2009.
5. McConnell, B. L., Urushihara, K., & Miller, R. R. Contrasting models of retrospective revaluation. Society
for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior; Chicago, Illinois; May 2008.
4. McConnell, B. L., Wheeler, D. S., Urcelay, G. P., & Miller, R. R. Protection from latent inhibition provided
by a conditioned inhibitor. Eastern Psychological Association; Boston, Massachusetts; March 2008.
3. McConnell, B. L., Wheeler, D. S., Urcelay, G. P., & Miller, R. R. Protection from latent inhibition provided
by a conditioned inhibitor. Pavlovian Society; Austin, Texas; October 2007.
2. McConnell, B. L., Amundson, J. C., & Miller, R. R. Associative interference in Pavlovian conditioning: A
function of similarity between the interfering and target associative structures. Eastern Psychological
Association; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; March 2007.
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5. 1. McConnell, B. L., Pilcher, J. J., & McCubbin, J. A. The effects of sleep deprivation on complex cognitive
skills. Southwestern Psychological Association; Austin, Texas; April 2005.
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6. 1. McConnell, B. L., Pilcher, J. J., & McCubbin, J. A. The effects of sleep deprivation on complex cognitive
skills. Southwestern Psychological Association; Austin, Texas; April 2005.
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