Department of Psychology

William Hodos, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Integrative Neuroscience E-mail: hodos@umd.edu Office: 2123C BPS Phone: 301-405-5875 Fax: 301-405-5866

Research and Teaching Interests:

William Hodos (Distinguished University Professor Emeritus) received his Ph.D. in 1960 from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1959 to 1970 he conducted research at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. His current research interests are in the evolution of the nervous system and behavior, comparative psychology, neural basis of sensory processes, animal psychophysics, and physiological optics.

Recent Publications
He, H. Y., Hodos, W., and Quinlan E. M. (2006) Visual deprivation reactivates rapid ocular dominance plasticity in adult visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 2951-2955.

Ghim, M. M. and Hodos, W. (2006). Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds. Journal of Comparative Phsyiology, A., 92, 523-534.

Butler, A. B. and Hodos, W. (2005). Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation. 2nd Edition, New York: Wiley-Liss.

Fitzgerald, M. E., Tolley, E., Jackson, B., Zagvazdin, Y. S., Cuthbertson, S. L., Hodos, W., and Reiner, A. (2005). Anatomical and functional evidence for progressive age-related decline in parasympathetic control of choroidal blood flow in pigeons. Experimental Eye Research, 81, 478-491.

Gaffney, W. and Hodos, W. (2003). The visual acuity and refractive state of the American kestrel (Falco sparverius). Vision Research, 43, 2053-2059.

Hodos, W., Potocki, A., Ghim, M. M., and Gaffney, M. (2003) Temporal modulation of spatial contrast vision in pigeons (Columba livia). Vision Research, 43, 761-767.

Kubke, M. F. Dent, M. L., Hodos, W., Carr, C. E., and Dooling, R. J. (2002). Nucleus magnocellularis and nucleus laminaris in Belgian Waterslager and normal strain canaries. Hearing Research, 164, 19-28.

Hodos, W., Ghim, M. M., Potocki, A., Fields, J. N., and Storm, T. (2002). Contrast sensitivity in pigeons: a comparison of behavioral and pattern ERG methods. Documenta Ophthalmologica, 104, 107-118.

Fitzgerald, M. E. C., Tolley, E., Frase, S., Zagvazdin, Y., Miller, R. F., Hodos, W., and Reiner, A. (2001). Functional and morphological assessment of age-related changes in the choroid and outer retina in pigeons. Visual Neuroscience, 299-317.

Hodos, W., and Butler, A. B. (2001). Sensory system evolution in vertebrates. In G. Roth and M. F. Wullimann (eds.) Brain Evolution and Cognition. Heidelberg: Spektrum., pp. 113-133.