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Robert Wallace Flint

Professor, Psychology
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Robert Wallace Flint

Professor, Psychology
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

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About:

Dr. Flint joined the ÃÍÄÐÇ鱨¾Ö faculty in 2026 and adds more than 25 years of experience in behavioral neuroscience to the Department of Psychology. He completed his undergraduate work at Allegheny College and received two Pre-Doctoral Intramural Research Training Awards from the National Institutes of Health where he conducted research examining the role of medial temporal lobe structures in memory. He earned his master’s and PhD degrees in Experimental Psychology, focusing on Behavioral Neuroscience, from Kent State University. His research interests include the development of new classroom activities and effective teaching strategies, the role of stress and arousal in modulating consolidation and reconsolidation processes, and research examining the intersection of behavioral neuroscience and forensic psychology.

Teaching Interests:

Dr. Flint enjoys teaching any courses that integrate neuroscience with psychological factors. This includes courses such as Psychobiology, Forensic Neuroscience, Social & Affective Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Learning & Memory, Psychopharmacology, and Sensation & Perception. He has also taught many special topic seminars including courses on Alzheimer’s Disease, Forgetting & Amnesia, and Brain & Behavior. He enjoys providing research opportunities for motivated students and he treats such experiences as an extension of their classroom education. 

Research Interests:

Dr. Flint maintains the Forensic, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience Lab (aka, FAB Neuroscience Lab) at ÃÍÄÐÇ鱨¾Ö where he provides opportunities for interested and motivated undergraduate students to learn the scientific method and participate as research assistants. His research assistants frequently present the research they work on at professional conferences and may become co-authors on scientific publications. His current research interests include:

  • Stress- & Emotion-Induced Memory Modulation – basic research examining the effects of stress, emotional arousal, and/or their biological correlates (e.g., blood glucose) on learning and memory processes.
  • Memory Consolidation & Reconsolidation – basic research examining conditions of memory malleability shortly following learning or following memory retrieval, and boundary conditions associated with such processes.
  • Forensic Neuroscience â€“ basic research examining the impact of psychological, neurological, and pharmacological conditions, particularly those that impact learning and memory, on the legal system.
  • Pedagogy – development of new hands-on classroom and laboratory activities, integration of neuroscience with other disciplines, and the creation of new effective learning strategies.

Bold font denotes student co-author.

 

  1. Flint, R. W., Jr., Morehouse, J., Chown, A. E., Dickens, K. H., & Flint, E. R. (2026). Procedural memory reconsolidation following multiple reminders. Psychological Reports, 0(0), 1-19. doi: 10.1177/00332941261438074  
  2. Flint, R. W., Jr. & Jagda, S. (2025). Effect of neutral and negative images on galvanic skin response: An activity for courses in Forensic, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 24(1), 47-55.  
  3. Flint, R. W., Jr., Farnum, K. S., & Rodriguez Steen, L. A. (2025). Using case studies from Neurocase to promote an understanding of and appreciation for Behavioral and Forensic Neuroscience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 23(2), A56-A65.  
  4. Sandusky, L. A., Flint, R. W., Jr., & McNay, E. C. (2013). Elevated glucose metabolism in the amygdala during an inhibitory avoidance task. Behavioural Brain Research, 245, 83-87. doi: 
  5. Flint, R. W., Jr., Noble, L., & Ulmen, A. (2013). NMDA receptor antagonism with MK-801 impairs consolidation and reconsolidation of passive avoidance conditioning in adolescent rats: Evidence for a state-dependent reconsolidation effect. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 101, 114-119. doi: 
  6. Sandusky, L. A., Flint, R. W., Jr., & McNay, E. C. (2012). Effects of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide on anxiety-like extinction behavior in an animal model of post-traumatic stress. Behavioural Brain Research, 231, 208-212. doi: 
  7. Flint, R. W., Jr., Valentine, S., & Papandrea, D., Jr. (2007). Reconsolidation of a long-term spatial memory is impaired by cycloheximide when reactivated with a contextual latent learning trial in male and female rats. Neuroscience, 148, 833-844. doi: 
  8. Flint, R. W. Jr. & Marino, C. L. (2007). Cycloheximide impairs reconsolidation of a contextually reactivated memory in a conditioned taste aversion paradigm. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(2), 433-438. doi: 
  9. Flint, R. W., Jr., Bunsey, M. D., & Riccio, D. C. (2007). Epinephrine-induced enhancement of memory retrieval for inhibitory avoidance conditioning in preweanling Sprague-Dawley rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 49, 303-311. doi: 
  10. Flint, R. W., Jr., Papandrea, D., Jr., & Dorr, N. (2006). Effects of aging and D-glucose on locomotor activity, spontaneous alternation, and plasma blood glucose levels in preweanling Sprague Dawley rats. Developmental Neuroscience, 28(3), 209-215. doi: 
  11. Flint, R. W., Jr. & Turek, C. (2003). Glucose effects on a continuous performance test of attention in adults. Behavioural Brain Research, 142, 217-228. doi: 
  12. Mohanty, A. & Flint, R. W., Jr. (2001). Differential effects of glucose on modulation of emotional and non-emotional spatial memory tasks. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1, 90-95. doi: 
  13. Metzger, M. M. & Flint, R. W., Jr. (2000). Glucose enhancement of face recognition is unaffected by alterations of face features. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 80, 172-175. doi: 
  14. Flint, R. W., Jr. & Riccio, D. C. (1999). Post-training glucose administration attenuates forgetting of passive-avoidance conditioning in 18-day-old rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 72, 62-67. doi: 
  15. Murray, E. A., Gaffan, E. A., & Flint, R. W., Jr. (1996). Anterior rhinal cortex and amygdala: Dissociation of their contributions to memory and food preference in rhesus monkeys. Behavioral Neuroscience, 110, 30-42.