Dr. Nikki Rickard

Full list of Publications

Book chapters/multimedia

Carr, S. & Rickard, N. S. Facilitatory effects of music on memory: A review of the potential role of emotional arousal. In: Learning and Memory Developments, Nova Publishers. In press.

Velik, L & Rickard, N. S. (2009). A novel approach to memory neuromodulation using music: A literature review In: Benito Figueredo & Fidel Meléndez (Eds) Neuroscience Research Advances. Nova Publishers.

Rickard, N.S. (2002) Motivation & emotion. In: Francis, A. J. P., & Marchant, T (Eds.) Psychology On-Line [On-line]. Melbourne: Open Learning Australia.

Review articles

Edwards, T.M., & Rickard, N.S. (2007). New perspectives on the mechanisms through which nitric oxide may affect memory processing. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 31, 413-425.

Rickard, N.S., Toukhsati, S.R., & Field, S.E. (2005). The effect of music on cognitive performance: Insight from neurobiological and animal studies. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, 4(4), 235-261.

Primary Articles

Baker, K. D., Edwards, T.M., & Rickard, N. S. (2009). A ryanodine receptor agonist promotes the consolidation of long-term memory in young chicks. Behavioural Brain Research, in press.

Rickard, N. S. (2009) Defining the rhythmicity of memory-enhancing acoustic stimuli in the young domestic chick (Gallus gallus) Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123 (2), 217-221

Baker, K.D., Edwards, T. M., & Rickard, N. S. (2008) Inhibition of mGluR and IP3Rs impairs long-term memory formation in young chicks. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 90, 269-274.

Knox Anderson, H, & Rickard, NS. (2007). A preliminary examination of short-term effects of an active class-based music program on young adolescents’ self-esteem and anger expression. Australian Journal of Music Education, 5(1), 4-16.

Field, S.E., Rickard, N.S., Toukhsati, S.R., & Gibbs, M.E. (2007). Maternal hen calls modulate memory formation in the day-old chick: the role of noradrenaline. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 88(3), 321-330.

Gill, A., Murphy, F., & Rickard, N.S. (2006). A preliminary examination of the roles of perceived control, cortisol and perceptions of anxiety in music performance. Australian Journal of Music Education, 4(1), 32-47.

Edwards, T.M., & Rickard, N. S. (2006). Pharmaco-behavioural evidence indicating a complex role for ryanodine receptor calcium release channels in memory processing for a passive avoidance task. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 86, 1-8.

Smith, A. & Rickard, N. S. (2004). Prediction of music performance anxiety via personality and trait anxiety in young musicians. Australian Journal of Music Education, 1, 3-12.

Toukhsati, S.R., Rickard, N.S., Perini, E., & Ng, K.T., & Gibbs, M.E. (2005). Noradrenaline involvement in the memory-enhancing effects of exposure to a complex rhythm stimulus following discriminated passive avoidance training in the young chick. Behavioural Brain Research, 159, 105-111 .

Edwards, T. M., & Rickard, N. S (2004). A scavenger of peroxynitrite prevents long-term memory formation using a single trial passive avoidance task for the day-old chick. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 83, 163-167.

Rickard, N.S. (2004). Intense emotional responses to music: A test of the physiological arousal hypothesis. Psychology of Music, 32, 371-388.

Jakupi, J., & Rickard, N. S. (2004). Evidence of a time-dependent long-term stage of memory for a spatial learning task in the chick. Behavioural Neuroscience, 118, 569-574.

Ritossa, D., & Rickard, N. S. (2004). The relative utility of ‘pleasantness’ and ‘liking’ dimensions in predicting the emotions expressed by music. Psychology of Music, 32(1), 5-22.

Toukhsati, S., & Rickard, N.S. (2004). Variations in intensity and frequency moderate the facilitative effects of a complex rhythm stimulus on long-term memory enhancement in the day-old chick. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 118, 65-70.

Rickard, N.S., & Gibbs, M.E. (2003a). Hemispheric dissociation of the involvement of NOS isoforms in memory for discriminated avoidance in the chick. Learning & Memory, 10, 314-318.

Rickard, N.S., & Gibbs, M.E. (2003b). Effects of nitric oxide inhibition on avoidance learning in the chick are lateralized and localized. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 79, 252-256.

Edwards, T.M., & Rickard, N.S. (2002). Inhibition of mono-ADPribosylation prevents long-term memory consolidation of a single-trial passive avoidance task in the day-old chick. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 78, 192-198.

Edwards, T., Rickard, N.S., & Ng, K.T. (2002). Inhibition of guanylate cyclase and protein kinase G impairs retention for the passive avoidance task in the day-old chick. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 77, 313-326.

Knight, W.E.J., & Rickard, N.S. (2001). Relaxing music prevents stress-induced increases in subjective anxiety, systolic blood pressure and heart rate in healthy males and females. Journal of Music Therapy, 38, 1-17.

Rickard, N.S., Kowadlo, N., & Gibbs, M.E. (2001). Effect of the Ginkgo biloba extract, EGb 761, on memory formation in day-old chicks. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behaviour 69, 351-358.

Toukhsati, S., & Rickard, N.S. (2001). Exposure to a rhythmic auditory stimulus facilitates memory formation for the passive avoidance task in the day-old chick. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 115, 132-139.

Rickard, N.S., Gibbs, K.T., and Ng, K.T. (1999). Inhibition of endothelial isoform of nitric oxide nitric oxide synthase impaired long-term memory formation in the chick. Learning & Memory, 6, 458-466.

Rickard, N.S., Ng, K.T., and Gibbs, M.E. (1998). Further support for nitric oxide-dependent memory processing in the day-old chick. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 69, 79-86.

Ng, K.T., Gibbs, M.E., Rickard, N.S., O'Dowd, B.S., Sedman, G.L., Robinson, S.R. and Hertz, L. (1997). Complex roles of glutamate in the Gibbs-Ng model of one-trial aversive learning in the new born chick. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 21, 45-54.

Zhao, W.Q., Bennett, P., Rickard, N.S., Sedman, G.L. and Ng, K.T. (1996). The involvement of Ca/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases in memory formation in day-old chicks. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 66, 24-35.

Rickard, N.S. and Ng, K.T. (1995). Blockade of the metabotropic glutamate -receptor prevents long-term memory consolidation. Brain Research Bulletin, 36, 355-359.

Rickard, N. S., Ng, K. T., and Gibbs, M. E. (1994). A nitric oxide agonist stimulates consolidation of long term memory in the day-old chick. Behavioural Neuroscience, 108, 1-5.

Rickard, N. S., Poot, A.C., Gibbs, M. E., and Ng, K. T. (1994). Both non-NMDA and NMDA glutamate receptors are necessary for memory consolidation in the day-old chick. Behavioural and Neural Biology, 62, 33-40

Sedman, G., O'Dowd, B., Rickard, N., Gibbs, M. E., and Ng, K. T. (1992). Brain metabolic activity associated with long-term memory consolidation. Molecular Neurobiology, 5, 351-354.

Ng, K. T., Gibbs, M. E., Crowe, S. F., Sedman, G. L., Hua, F., Zhao, W., O'Dowd, B., Rickard, N., Gibbs, C. L., Sykova, E., Svoboda, J., and Jendelova, P. (1992). Molecular mechanisms of memory formation. Molecular Neurobiology, 5, 333-350.

Ng, K. T., Gibbs, M. E., Gibbs, C. L., Sedman, G., Sykova, E., Svoboda, J., Jendelova, P., O'Dowd, B., Rickard, N., and Crowe, S. F. (1992). Ion involvement in memory formation: The potential role of astrocytes. Progress in Brain Research, 94, 109-113