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Timing & Associative Learning

Award Number: R01MH068073
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 03/05/2003
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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Timing & Associative Learning - Project Summary The ability to time underlies adaptive behavior. Precise motor behavior is carefully timed. Decisions about whether or not to take an action depend on knowledge of when they are appropriate. Memories for how long actions usually take underlies most ordinary activity such as planning a day or knowing how long it takes to cross a street. This learning of time is automatic and a foundation of behavioral organization. Disordered timing and deficits in the capacity to anticipate predictable events are associated with a number of psychiatric disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia and depression. The diminished capacity to anticipate future consequences also play a role in substance abuse disorders. Distortions in timing and anticipation are both a symptom of the disorders as well as a source of additional problems. The purpose of this research is to understand how times are learned, remembered and used to guide behavior. We explore the psychological and biological mechanisms that govern both when we make a response at the right time and those that govern our ability to withhold a response when it is the wrong time. These processes are studied in animal models that allow us to observe and alter the functioning of the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical brain circuits that underlie these capacities. In particular, we are interested in how dopamine signaling in these circuits conveys information about time. For the first time we will study how dopamine signals to the cortex convey information about whether and when an event will occur. We will also test the hypothesis that the dopamine also conveys information about the reliability of that information. Understanding these basic mechanisms will lead to new treatment strategies and targets for a wide range of psychiatric disorders and human problems.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $551,734 )
2024	2024	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	20	2/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$393,492
2024	2024	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	20	7/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$43,720
2024	2024	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	20	2/9/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$114,522
														Subtotal = $551,734

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $555,372 )
2023	2023	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	19	2/17/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$114,522
2023	2023	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	19	2/8/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$440,850
														Subtotal = $555,372

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $528,242 )
2022	2022	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	18	12/14/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$396,765
2022	2022	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	18	5/10/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$44,085
2022	2022	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	18	5/11/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$87,392
														Subtotal = $528,242

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $440,850 )
2021	2021	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	17	1/26/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$440,850
2021	2020	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	16	6/5/2021	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,808
2021	2019	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	15	6/5/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$2,808
														Subtotal = $440,850

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $494,054 )
2020	2020	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	16	12/4/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$444,650
2020	2020	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	16	3/11/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$49,404
														Subtotal = $494,054

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $388,495 )
2019	2019	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	15	2/11/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$388,495
														Subtotal = $388,495

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $403,640 )
2018	2018	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	14	5/5/2018	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$16,300
2018	2018	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	14	6/15/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$38,735
2018	2018	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	14	2/21/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$348,605
														Subtotal = $403,640

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $384,114 )
2017	2017	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	13	2/23/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$345,702
2017	2017	BARNARD COLLEGE (INC)	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	13	7/17/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$38,412
														Subtotal = $384,114

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $387,342 )
2016	2016	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	12	6/2/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$387,342
														Subtotal = $387,342

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $386,164 )
2015	2015	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	11	3/31/2015	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$386,164
														Subtotal = $386,164

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $355,974 )
2013	2013	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	10	6/27/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$22,248
2013	2013	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	10	3/1/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$333,726
														Subtotal = $355,974

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $367,376 )
2012	2012	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	9	3/1/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$367,376
														Subtotal = $367,376

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $363,726 )
2011	2011	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	8	6/20/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$33,065
2011	2011	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	8	3/1/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$330,661
														Subtotal = $363,726

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $387,217 )
2010	2010	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	7	2/25/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$364,181
2010	2010	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	7	6/1/2010	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$23,036
														Subtotal = $387,217

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $360,730 )
2009	2009	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	6	3/23/2009	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$360,730
														Subtotal = $360,730

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $345,305 )
2007	2007	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	5	5/3/2007	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$345,305
														Subtotal = $345,305

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $353,499 )
2006	2006	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	4	2/10/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$353,499
														Subtotal = $353,499

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $358,779 ) (Continued on the next page)
2005	2005	BARNARD COLLEGE	3009 BROADWAY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	3	3/21/2005	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$117,580
Grand Total All Awards = $8,003,808

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Timing & Associative Learning

Award Number: R01MH068073

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 03/05/2003

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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