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Bob Stewart Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Neuroscience Program Head
![Bob Stewart](images/directory/stewartb.jpg)
Parmly 231
540-458-8837
stewartb@wlu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1994-1996: Postdoctoral Fellow in Membrane Biology,
Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University
1994: Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Virginia
1987: B.A. in Psychology, University of Virginia
Research
Research interests include structure and function of the mammalian gustatory system. Research focuses on salty, sweet and bitter taste development. More recent interests include the development and
plasticity of taste axon termination patterns in the nucleus of the
solitary tract.
Teaching
PSYC 111 Brain and Behavior
PSYC 120 Quantitative Literacy in the Behavioral Sciences
PSYC 150 Psychoactive Drugs and Behavior
PSYC 250 Research Design and Analysis
PSYC 253 Neural Mechanisms of Motivated Behaviors
PSYC 258 Neural Mechanisms of Sensory and Motor Functions
PSYC 353 Advanced Methods in Systems Neuroscience Research
PSYC 395/NEUR 395 Neuropharmacology
NEUR 120 Introduction to Neuroscience
NEUR 395 Selected Techniques in Neurohistology