Farhad Dastur
E-mail: farhad.dastur@kwantlen.ca
Phone:604.599.2170 vm 2170
Office Location: A2612 Surrey
List of courses taught:
- Psyc 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes
- Psyc 1200 Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications
- Psyc 2300 Applied Statistics
- Psyc 2400 Research Methodology
- Psyc 2315 Brain and Behavior
- Psyc 2375 Perception
- Psyc 2385 Cognition
- Psyc 3800 Evolutionary Psychology
- Psyc 3950 Cognitive Ergonomics
- Psyc 4200 Human Factors and Ergonomics
Areas of Interest & Investigation: Evolutionary Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience, Perception, Developmental Neurobiology
Educational Background: B.Sc. (Br. Col.), M.Sc. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Dalhousie)
Selected References:
- Dastur, F. N., & Brown, R. E. (2006). A controlled, longitudinal study of smell perception in pregnant women. In preparation.
- Dastur, F. N., McGregor, I. S., & Brown, R. E. (1999). Dopaminergic modulation of rat pup ultrasonic vocalizations. European Journal of Pharmacology, 382(2), 53-67.
- Brown, R.E., Dastur, F., Stanford, L., & Schellinck, H. (1998). Mouse IQ: Development of standardized test batteries for knockout and mutant mice. Developmental Psychobiology, 33, 368.
- McGregor, I. S., Dastur, F. N., McLellan, R. A., & Brown, R. E. (1996). Cannabinoid modulation of rat pup ultrasonic vocalizations. European Journal of Pharmacology, 313, 43-49.
- Pinel, J. P. J., Mumby, D. G., Dastur, F. N., & Pinel, G. J. (1994). Rat (Rattus norvegicus) defensive behavior in total darkness: Risk assessment function of defensive burying. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 108(2), 140-147.
- Mumby, D. G., Pinel, J. P. J., & Dastur, F. N. (1993). Mediodorsal thalamic lesions and object recognition in rats. Psychobiology, 21(1), 27-36.
