Dr. Peter Finn
Professor of Psychology
Contact Information
Office: PY 156
Office Phone: 812-855-9548
Lab: PY 235
Lab Phone:812-855-7798
E-mail:
Web site: Biobehavioral Alcohol Research Lab Interested in being a research participant? Click here.
Educational Background
- 1983 - B.A., Concordia University
- 1988 - Ph.D., McGill University
Areas of Study
- Clinical Science
- Biology, Behavior, and Neuroscience
- Neural Science
Research Topics
- Cognitive and motivational processes in substance abuse
- Working memory and self-regulation
- Disinhibitory processes in personality
Representative Publications
2007 - Fein, G., Di Sclafani, V., Finn,
P.R, Scheiner, D.L. Sub-diagnostic psychiatric comorbidity in
alcoholics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 87, 139-145.
2006 – Fein, G., Landman, B., Tran H., McGillivray,
S., Finn, P.R., Barakos J., Moon K. Brain atrophy in
long-term abstinent alcoholics who demonstrate impairment on a similuated
gambling task. Neuroimage, 32, 1465-1471.
2005 – Finn, P.R., Rickert, M., Bobova L, Wehner,
E., Fargo, S. Alcohol expectancies, conduct disorder, and early-onset
alcoholism: Negative expectancies are associated with less drinking in
non-impulsive versus impulsive subjects. Addiction, 100, 953-962.
2004 - Finn, P.R., Hall, J. Cognitive ability and risk
for alcoholism: short-term memory capacity moderates personality-risk
for alcohol abuse. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 113, 569-581.
2004 - Fein, G, Klein, L, Finn, P.R.
Impairment on a Simulated Gambling Task in Long-Term Abstinent Alcoholics.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28, 1487-1492.
2002 - Finn, P.R. Motivation, Working Memory, and Decision
Making: A cognitive motivational theory of vulnerability to alcoholism.
Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 1, 181-203.
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