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Recent Publications

For a comprehensive list of Dr. Krank’s published material please visit ResearchGate, Google Scholar, or see a subset below.

Nealis, L. J., Thompson, K. D., Krank, M. D., & Stewart, S. H. (2016). Shifting patterns of variance in adolescent alcohol use: Testing consumption as a developing trait-state. Addictive Behaviors, 55, 25-31. 2.44 Impact Factor

Edalati, H. & Krank, M. D. (2015) Adverse Childhood Experiences and Development of Substance Use Disorders: A review and a Model of Cognitive Pathways. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 05/2015; DOI:10.1177/1524838015584370. 3.27 Impact Factor

Goldstein, A. L., Wall, A-M., Wekerle, C., & Krank, M. D. (2013). The impact of perceived reinforcement from alcohol and involvement in leisure activities on adolescent alcohol use. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 22(4), 340-363. 0.62 Impact Factor

van der Vorst, H., Krank, M. D., Engels, R. C. M. E., Pieters, S., Burk, W. J., & Mares, S. H. W. (2013) The mediating role of memory associations about alcohol on the relation between parental drinking and the onset of adolescents’ alcohol use. Addiction, 108(3), 526–533, doi:10.1111/add.12042. 4.60 Impact Factor

Ames, S. L., Krank, M., Grenard, J. L., Sussman, S., & Stacy, A. W. (2012). Prevention education effects on fundamental memory processes. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 35(4), 416-439. 1.67 Impact Factor

Heung, C.M., Rempel, B., & Krank, M. D. (2012) Strengthening the Canadian Alcohol Advertising Regulatory System. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(4):e263-e266. 1.02 Impact Factor

Fulton, H. G., Krank, M. D., & Stewart, S. H. (2012). Outcome expectancy liking: A self-generated, self-coded measure predicts adolescent substance use trajectories. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(4), 870-879. 2.09 Impact Factor

Krank, M. D., Stewart, S. H., O’Connor, R. M., Woicik, P. B., Wall, A., & Conrod, P. J. (2011). Structural, concurrent, and predictive validity of the substance use risk profile scale in early adolescence. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 37-46. 2.44 Impact Factor

Krank, M. D., Ames, S. L., Grenard, J. L., Schoenfeld, T., & Stacy, A. W. (2010). Paradoxical effects of alcohol information on alcohol outcome expectancies Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(7), 1193-1200. 3.31 Impact Factor

Krank, M. D., Schoenfeld, T., & Frigon, A. P. (2010). Self-coded indirect memory associations for alcohol and marijuana use in college students. Behavior Research Methods, 42(3), 733-8. 2.12 Impact Factor

Wiers, R. W., Ames, S. L., Hofmann, W., Krank, M. D., & Stacy, A. W. (2010). Impulsivity, impulsive and reflective processes and the development of alcohol use and misuse in adolescents and young adults. Frontiers of Psychopathology, DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00144. 2.80 Impact Factor

Frigon, A. P., & Krank, M. D. (2009). Self-coded indirect memory associations in a brief school-based intervention for substance use suspensions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23(4), 736-742. 2.09 Impact Factor

Krank, M. D., O’Neill, S., Squarey, K., & Jacob, J. (2008). Goal- and signal-directed incentive: Conditioned approach, seeking, and consumption established with unsweetened alcohol in rats. Psychopharmacology, 196(3), 397-405. 3.99 Impact Factor

Full Papers in Refereed Journals

Heung, C.M., Rempel, B., & Krank, M. D. (2012) Strengthening the Canadian Alcohol Advertising Regulatory System. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(4):e263-e266. 1.02 Impact Factor

Krank, M. D., Wall, A., Stewart, S. H., Wiers, R. W., & Goldman, M. S. (2005). Context effects on alcohol cognitions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(2), 196-206. 3.31 Impact Factor

Stewart, S. H., Conrod, P. J., Marlatt, G. A., Comeau, M. N., Thush, C., & Krank, M. (2005). New developments in prevention and early intervention for alcohol abuse in youths. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(2), 278-286. 3.31 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. (2003) Pavlovian Conditioning with Ethanol: Sign-tracking (Autoshaping), Conditioned Incentive and Ethanol Self-Administration. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research , 27(10):1592-159815-29. 3.31 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. & O’Neill, S. O. (2002) Environmental context conditioning with ethanol reduces the aversive effects of ethanol in the acquisition of self-administration in rats. Psychopharmacology, 159: 258-265. 3.99 Impact Factor

Wiers, R. W., Stacy, A.W., Ames, S.L., Noll, J.A., Sayette, M.A., Zack, M., & Krank, M.D. (2002) Implicit and Explicit Alcohol-related Cognitions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26(1): 15-29. 3.31 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. & Perkins, W. L. (1993) Conditioned withdrawal elicited by contextual cues for morphine administration. Psychobiology, 21, 2, 113-119. Impact Factor not available

Krank, M.D., Jacob, J., O’Neill, S. & Finley, G. (1992) Pavlovian conditioning with cyclosporin enhances survival from infectious peritonitus. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 30 (1), 71-73. 3.37 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. & Wall, A. M. (1990) Cue exposure during a period of abstinence on the resumption of operant behavior for oral ethanol reinforcement. Behavioral Neuroscience, 104(5), 725-733. 3.25 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. (1989) Environmental signals for ethanol enhance free-choice ethanol consumption. Behavioral Neuroscience, 103, 2, 365-372. 3.25 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. & MacQueen, G. (1988) Conditioned compensatory responses elicited by environmental signals of drug-induced suppression of the immune system. Psychobiology, 16(3), 229-235. Impact Factor not available

Krank, M.D. (1987) Conditioned hyperalgesia depends on the response measure. Behavioral Neuroscience, 101:854-857. 3.25 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. & Bennett, D. (1987) Conditioned activity and the interaction of amphetamine experience with morphine’s activity effects. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 48(3):422-433. Impact Factor not available

Siegel, S., Krank, M.D. & Hinson, R. E. (1987) Anticipation of pharmacological and nonpharmacological events. Journal of Drug Issues, 1:83-110. 0.38 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. (1985) Asymmetrical effects of Pavlovian excitatory and inhibitory aversive transfer on Pavlovian appetitive responding and acquisition. Learning and Motivation, 16:35-62. 0.96 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D., Hinson, R. E. & Siegel, S. (1984). Effect of partial reinforcement on tolerance to morphine-induced analgesia and weight loss in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 98(1):72-78. 3.25 Impact Factor

Siegel, S., Hinson, R. E., Krank, M.D. & McCully, J. (1982) Heroin “overdose” death: The contribution of drug-associated environmental cues. Science, 216:436-7. 31.48 Impact Factor

Siegel, S., Hinson, R. E. & Krank, M.D. (1981) Morphine-induced attenuation of morphine tolerance. Science, 212:1533-4. 31.48 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D., Hinson, R. E. & Siegel, S. (1980) Conditional hyperalgesia is elicited by environmental signals of morphine administration. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 32:148-157. 3.65 Impact Factor

Siegel, S., Hinson, R. E. & Krank, M.D. (1979) Modulation of tolerance to the lethal effect of morphine by extinction. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 25:257-262. 3.65 Impact Factor

Siegel, S., Hinson, R. E. & Krank, M.D. (1978) The role of predrug signals in morphine analgesic tolerance: support for a Pavlovian conditioning model of tolerance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 4:188-196. 1.76 Impact Factor (Reprinted in B. Schwartz (Ed.), Psychology of Learning: Readings in Behavior Theory , New York: Norton, 1984, 30-41.)

Non-Referred Publications

Krank, M.D. (1994) Integration and specificity of retrieval in a memory-based model of reinforcement. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Vol 17(1): 182. 14.96 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. (1989) Pavlovian conditioning: Bridging the gap between cognition and biology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences., 12(1): 151. 14.96 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. (1985) Conditioned immune responses: New evidence for the control of physiological responses by drug-associated cues. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(3):405-406. 14.96 Impact Factor

Krank, M.D. (2002) The real war on drugs: prevention. OUC Links, 2002.

Krank, M.D. A multivariate comparison of group home and institutional treatment for mentally retarded children and adults. Internal report for Surrey Place Centre, Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, 1983.

Book Chapters

Krank, M. D. (2010). Implicit cognitive processes in alcohol and drug misuse in transitioning adolescence. In T. W. Miller (Ed.), Handbook of stressful transitions across the lifespan ()

Stacy, A. W., Ames, S. L., Wiers, R. W., & Krank, M. D. (2010). Associative memory in appetitive behavior: Framework and relevance to epidemiology and prevention. In P. Scheier Lawrence (Ed.), Handbook of drug use etiology: Theory, methods, and empirical findings. (pp. 165-182). Washington, DC US: American Psychological Association.

Krank, M.D. & Goldstein, A. (2006) Implicit Cognition and Prevention of Substance Abuse. In R. Wiers & A. Stacy (Eds.), Implicit Cognition and Prevention of Substance Abuse (pp. 439-454). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Krank, M.D.& Wall, A-M (2006) Context effects on Implicit Cognition in Addictive Behaviors. In R. Wiers & A. Stacy (Eds.), Implicit Cognition and Prevention of Substance Abuse (pp. 281-292). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Siegel, S., Krank, M.D. & Hinson, R. E. (1988) Anticipation of pharmacological and nonpharmacological events. In S. Peele (Ed.) Visions of Addiction. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.

Siegel, S., Hinson, R. E., Krank, M.D. & McCully, J. (1988) Heroin “overdose” death: The contribution of drug-associated environmental cues in J. Blackwell & P. Erickson (Eds.) Illicit Drugs in Canada: An Outline. New York: Methuen, pp. 57-62.

Siegel, S., Hinson, R. E. & Krank, M.D. (1984) The role of predrug signals in morphine analgesic tolerance: support for a Pavlovian conditioning model of tolerance in B. Schwartz (Ed.), Psychology of Learning: Readings in Behavior Theory , New York: Norton, 30-41.

Other Material

Krank, M.D. (2012) Monitoring and evaluation toolkit: A resource to support the Portfolio of Canadian Standards for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention. (Published on line April) http://www.ccsa.ca/2012%20CCSA%20Documents/2012-CCSA-Monitoring-and-Evaluation-Toolkit-en.pdf

Alternative intervention for marijuana use (AIM): Addressing individual risk factors for transitions to initiation and escalation of marijuana use in early adolescence. Invited presentation at CIHR Substance Abuse Treatment Workshop, Vancouver, November 2011. Summary published in CIHR report of the proceedings. http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45052.html#a3.2

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. (2011). “Portfolio of Canadian Standards for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention.” Co-chair of the national committee that oversaw the drafting of these documents. Presented at portfolio release on national webcast November 27, 2010. http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/Priorities/YouthPrevention/CanadianStandards/Pages/default.aspx

Building on our Strengths: Canadian Standards for Community-based Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (pp 139) http://www.ccsa.ca/2010%20CCSA%20Documents/ccsa-011815-2010.pdf

Stronger together: Canadian Standards for Community-based Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (pp 160) http://www.ccsa.ca/2010%20CCSA%20Documents/2010_CCSA_Community-based_Standards_en.pdf

Strengthening Our Skills: Canadian guidelines for youth substance abuse prevention family skills programs. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. (pp.77) http://www.ccsa.ca/2010%20CCSA%20Documents/2010_CCSA_Family_skill-based_Guidelines_en.pdf

Rempel, B., Krank, M.D., & Heung, C. (2011) Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages in Canada: Media Scan, Research Review, Degree of Compliance, and Expert Analysis Report, (pp177). Prepared for: The Office of Policy and Strategic Planning Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate, Health Canada.

Brown, J., Frigon, A., Krank, M.D., McMahon, J., Childs, D., Molloy, P., Johnson, T.J., & Callaway, R. (2004) Alternative Intervention for Marijuana Suspensions (AIMS). Unpublished manual for program delivery, 110 pp.

Krank, M.D. The War on Drugs: Prevention. OUC Links, 2002.

Conference Proceedings

Edalati, H. Krank, M.D. (2015) Impulsivity and Sensation-seeking Mediate the Relationship between Exposure to Violence and Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Young Adults. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38(5). To be presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Antonio, TX, June 2015.

Edalati, H. Krank, M.D. (2014) Childhood Maltreatment and Substance Abuse in Adolescents: The Role of Implicit and Explicit Cognitive Pathways. Presented at International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, UK, July 2014.

Barkowsky, D. & Krank, M.D. (2012) Executive functions and future orientation interact with alcohol associations and use in Grade 8 students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.

Edalati, H.E. and Krank, M.D. (2012) Multilevel analysis of longitudinal alcohol and marijuana use as a function of gender, neglect, and violence in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.

Krank, M.D., Goldstein, A. , Walsh, Z., & Stewart , S.R. (2012) Prevention targeting individualized misperceptions of peer use of alcohol and marijuana in a general Middle School population. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.

Rempel, B., Heung, C., & Krank, M.D. (2012) Under-aged Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Canada. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.

Watt, K.E., Johnson, T., & Krank, M.D. (2012). Gender differences in alcohol and marijuana use associations and use in grades 7-12. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA, June 2012.

Barkowsky, D., Edalati, H., & Krank, M. D. (2011) Bullies, victims, and alcohol use in early adolescence: personality and gender differences. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA, June 2011.

Edalati, H., Barkowsky, D., & Krank, M. D. (2011) A Brief Assessment of Violence Exposure and Neglect as a Predictor of Alcohol Use in Adolescents: Validation and Gender Differences. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA, June 2011.

Krank, M. D. (2011). A personality targeted approach to school-based prevention of substance use and mental health problems. (Symposium discussant) Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Atlanta, GA, June.

Krank, M. D. (2009). Why universal prevention fails: individual differences and the need for targeted interventions. Proceedings of the Issues of Substance Meeting. Halifax, NS, November 2009.

Krank, M. D. (2009). Self-coding of indirect associative measures of alcohol and marijuana use. Proceedings of the Kettil Bruun Society Thematic Meeting on Binge Drinking. Nijmegen, Netherlands, December 2009.

Krank, M. D. & Frigon, A.P. (2007). Brief interventions using implicit cognition and expectancies for substance use with students suspended for marijuana possession or use in school Presented at the Issues of Substance Conference , Edmonton, Alberta.

Krank, M. D. (2007). Preventing substance use transitions in early adolescents using feedback from implicit cognition. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Frigon, A.P. & Krank, M. D. (2007). Self-coded implicit memory associations in a brief school-based intervention for substance use suspensions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, Ill.

Schoenfeld, T. & Krank, M. D. (2007). Self-coded implicit memory associations in college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism,, Chicago, Ill.

Frigon, A.P., Brown, J., Molloy, P., & Krank, M. D. (2006). Alternative intervention for marijuana suspensions (AIMS): preliminary results from a pilot project. Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.

Schoenfeld, T. & Krank, M. D. (2006). Prevention information and unconscious influences on alcohol outcome expectancies. Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.

Freimuth, T.J., Krank, M. D., & Wall, A. M. (2005). Early Cognitive Indicators of Alcohol and Violence Associations Prospectively Predict Adolescent Dating Violence. .Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Frigon, A.P., Krank, M. D., & Wall, A. M. (2005). Early cognitive predictors of future alcohol use also predict sexual risk-taking in adolescents. .Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(5). Presented at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Callaway, R.J., Krank, M., Wall, A-M, Wekerle, C., & Lai, D. (2004). Memory associations prospectively predict alcohol use and aggressive behavior in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver BC.

Johnson, T.R ., Krank, M., Wall, A-M, Lai, D, & Wekerle, C. (2004). Alcohol use and cognitions predict future social problems in adolescents. . Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver BC.

Krank, M. (2004). The effects of alcohol context on survey measures of implicit associations and their prospective predictive value in youth. . Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(5). To be presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver BC.

Atkins, J.H., Krank, M.D., Wall, A. M., Lai, D. & Wekerle, C. (2003) Adolescent binge drinking and the co-occurrence of sexual and risky sexual behaviors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Krank, M.D. & Kreklewetz, K.L. (2003) Exposure to alcohol advertising increases implicit alcohol cognitions in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Krank, M.D., Wall, A. M., Lai, D., Wekerle, C. & Johnson, T. (2003a) Implicit and explicit cognitions predict alcohol use, abuse and intentions in young adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Krank, M.D., Wall, A. M., Lai, D., Wekerle, C. & Johnson, T. (2003b) Retrieval cues influence the measurement and predictive value of implicit alcohol cognitions in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Van Exan, J., Krank, M.D., Wall, A. M., Lai, D., Wekerle, C. & McKee, S. A. (2003) Understanding adolescents’ current and intended alcohol consumption patterns: A test of social learning theory. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Krank, M.D (2002) Cognitive processing and implicit memory for alcohol outcome associations: Implications for the initiation and prevention of alcohol use. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 9(1): 153. Invited symposium presented at the Seventh International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, August 2002, Helsinki, Finland.

Krank, M.D (2002) Implicit cognition and affect in health behavior: alcohol use, marijuana use, and HIV risk behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 9(1): 257. Invited symposium presented at the Seventh International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, August 2002, Helsinki, Finland.

Krank, M.D (2002) An episodic memory model of alcohol cognitions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco CA.

Krank, M.D (2001) Cues associated with ethanol selectively enhance ethanol choice behavior. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(5), 344. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Que, Canada.

Krank, M.D (2001) Sign-tracking (autoshaping) to a spatially localized signal for ethanol. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(5), 345 Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Que, Canada.

Krank, M.D., & Johnson, T. (2001) Alcohol associations and outcome expectancies predict heavy drinking in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(5), 186. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Montreal, Que, Canada.

Krank, M.D., Goldstein, A., Wall, A.M., Hinson, R.E. and McKee, S. (2000) Mood induction affects intention to drink. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Denver, CO.

Krank, M.D., & Johnson, T. (1999) Cognitive factors influencing intended alcohol use in adolescents. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,23(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Krank, M.D., & Johnson, T. (1999) Retrieval and implicit memory for alcohol associations. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23(5). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.

Krank, M.D. & Johnson, T. (1997) Autobiographical memories and implicit measures of alcohol use. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research,,. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Francisco, CA.

Krank, M.D. & Squarey, K. (1994) Directed incentive effects of local signals for ethanol. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 18(2),. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Maui, HA.

Krank, M.D. & Swift, R. (1994) Unconscious influences of specific memories on alcohol outcome expectancies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 18(2),. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Maui, HA.

Krank, M.D. & Squarey, K. (1993) Directed incentive effects of signals for ethanol. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. Presented at the annual meetings of the Psychonomics Society, Wasington, D.C.

Krank, M. D. (July, 1992) Drug-associated cues and addiction. Invited contribution to Symposium on Learning and Drug Effects for the International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium. (Abstract in International Journal of Psychology).

Krank, M.D. (1992) Alcohol outcome expectancies have selective effects on alcohol self-administration. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 16(2), 396. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA.

Krank, M. D., & Ross, D.. (1991) Self-generated context affects alcohol outcome expectancies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 15(2). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Marco Island, FL.

Krank, M. D., O’Neill, S. & Jacob, J. (1991) Social learning and preference for alcohol in rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 15(2). Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Marco Island, FL.

Krank, M. D., & Dionne, M. (1990) Strain differences in the initial reaction to alcohol affect the nature of the conditioned response. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 14(6), 306. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Toronto, Ont.

Krank, M. D., Leigh, B. & Stacy, A. (1990) Context affects alcohol outcome expectancies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 14(6), 305. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Toronto, Ont.

Krank, M.D. (1990) CS modality determines the direction of conditioned immune responses. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 27(6), 515. Presented at the annual meetings of the Psychonomics Society, Atlanta, GA.

Krank, M.D. (1989) Learning and Drug Effects. Canadian Psychology, 30(2a), 237. Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.

Krank, M.D. & O’Neill, S. (1989) Flavor-illness associations and conditioned suppression of antibody production by signals for cyclophosphamide. Canadian Psychology, 30(2a), 329. Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.

Krank, M.D., O’Neill, S. & Brake, L. (1989) The effects of contextual and discrete signals for ethanol on operant responding for ethanol: support for operant-Pavlovian interactions in drug-taking behavior. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 13(2), 302. Presented at the annual meetings of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Beaver Creek, CO.

Krank, M.D. & Wall, A. M. (1988) Extinction of ethanol-associated cues reduces ethanol self-administration. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 26(6), 498. Presented at the annual meetings of the Psychonomics Society, New Orleans, LA.

Krank, M.D. & Perkins, W. L. (1988) Conditioned withdrawal fails to enhance the acquisition of opiate self-administration. Canadian Psychology, 29(2a). Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, PQ.

Krank, M.D. & MacQueen, G. (1986) Conditioning in the immune system: the effect of environmental and taste cues on the direction of the conditioned response. Canadian Psychology, 27(2a). Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Ont.

MacQueen, G. & Krank, M.D. (1986) Conditioning in the immune system: the effect of drug-state cues (pentobarbital) for cyclophosphamide on the subsequent response to antigenic stimulation. Canadian Psychology, 27(2a). Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Ont.

Krank, M.D. (1985) Conditioned approach to signals for amphetamine administration. Canadian Psychology, 26(2a). Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.

Bennett, D. & Krank, M.D. (1985) Conditioning and amphetamine-induced enhancement of tolerance to the sedative effects of morphine. Canadian Psychology, 26(2a). Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS.

Krank, M.D. (1984) Environmental signals for ethanol enhance free-choice consumption. Canadian Psychology, 25(2a). Presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Ont.

Colloquia and Other Formal Presentations

Alcohol advertising, cognitive change, and high risk drinking in youth, Alcohol Advertising Teleconference, hosted by the Ontario Public Health Association.. August 2005
Cognitive predictors of substance abuse in youth. Invited presentation to the Centre for Addition Research BC, University of Victoria, March, 2004.
How to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol. Parent’s workshop for the Interior Health Authority, March 2004.
Sign-tracking and addiction. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, October, 2001.
Associative memory processes and alcohol use. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March 2001.
Compulsion, conditioning and cognition: memory and addiction. Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, March 1997.
Motivational Cues for Alcohol Drinking Episodes. Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, January, 1996.
Selective effects of ethanol-associated cues on ethanol self-administration: an animal model of craving. Department of Medical Psychology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, March 1993.
Memory and Addiction, Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, November, 1992.
Conditioned immune responses. Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, September, 1988.
Associative learning and addictive behavior. Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, June, 1988.
Conditioned immune responses. Department of Medical Psychology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, May, 1988.
Ethanol-associated cues and the reinforcing effects of ethanol. Department of Medical Psychology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, June, 1988.
Associative learning and addictive behavior. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April, 1988.
Drug-associated cues and drug-taking behavior. Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May, 1987.
Drug-associated cues and drug-taking behavior. Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, St. John, N.B., April, 1986.
Behavioral models of addiction. Department of Psychology, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, N. S., November, 1986.

Dr. Krank has also made numerous presentations on prevention strategies and public policy in relationship to drug and alcohol abuse and other forms of risk-taking behaviours. These presentations have been made to local parent advisory committees, community groups (Rotary, Lions etc.), school board education committees, principals, local media, provincial committees, service providers in youth counseling and drug and alcohol treatment etc.