Garrett Milliken
Associate Professor of Psychology and Department Chair
Education
Ph.D., University of Memphis
B.A., Ohio University
Research Interests
I am a comparative psychologist trained in systems neuroscience. My areas of interest are the evolution of brain and behavior, and center on aspects related to plasticity in biological systems. I have done work in motor systems on use-dependent changes in motor learning and recovery of function after brain injury. I have also explored comparative aspects of primate behavior, including behavioral lateralization, hand structure, and manipulative ability.
Courses Taught
- PSYC 214: Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSYC 216: Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 318: Comparative Animal Psychology
- PSYC 394: History and Systems of Psychology
Selected Publications
Milliken, G.W., J.P. Ward, C.J. Erickson (1991). Independent digit control in foraging by the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Folia Primatologica, 56, 219-224.
Milliken, G.W., D.K. Stafford, D.L. Dodson, C.D. Pinger, & J.P. Ward (1991). Analyses of feeding lateralization in the small-eared bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii): A comparison with the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 105, 274-285.
Milliken, G.W. (1995). Right hand preference and performance biases in the foraging behavior of the aye-aye. In L. Alterman, G.A. Doyle & M.K. Izard (eds). Creatures of the Dark: The Nocturnal Prosimians (pp. 261-292). New York: Plenum Press.
Nudo, R.J., B. Wise, F. SiFuentes, & G.W. Milliken (1996). Neural substrates for the effects of rehabilitative training on motor recovery after ischemic infarct. Science, 272, 1791-1794.
Milliken, G.W., D.S. Stokic, & I.M. Tarkka (1999). Sources of movement-related cortical potentials derived from foot, finger, and mouth movements. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 16, 361-372.
Milliken, G.W., K.S. Kraiter, G. Ferra & C.L. Ross (2005). Reach and posture hand preferences during arboreal feeding in sifakas: A test of the postural origins theory of behavioral lateralization. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 119, 430-439.
Milliken, G.W., E.J. Plautz & R.J. Nudo (2013). Distal forelimb representations in primary motor cortex are redistributed after forelimb restriction: a longitudinal study in adult squirrel monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109, 1268-1282; published online ahead of print December 12, 2012. DOI:10.1152/jn.00044.2012
Milliken, G.W. (2017). Laterality (Handedness). In: J. Vonk, & T.K. Shackelford (eds). Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition & Behavior. Springer-Verlag: NY. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_442-1