Dr Michael Morgan

Biography

B.Sc (UCL, London), MSc. & Ph.D. (McGill, Canada)

Visiting Fellow, Addiction Research Center, National Insitute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, USA, 1989-1991
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea, UK, 1991-2001
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, UK, 2001-present

Course Organiser: MSc in Substance Misuse
Senior Editor for "Addiction"
Visiting researcher at the Norwegian Addiction Research Centre (SERAF) in Oslo

Sussex University: Psychology Home Page

My current research interests concern the long-term neuropsychological effects of MDMA ('Ecstasy').   I am also interested in the neural substrates of impulsive behaviour and dependence liability.

MSc in Substance Misuse
Psychobiology of Addiction

Student Consultation

My office hours are Monday and Thursday 1-2pm

Morgan, M J and Marshall, J P (2013) Deficient fear recognition in regular cocaine users is not attributable to elevated impulsivity or conduct disorder prior to cocaine use. Journal of Psychopharmacology. ISSN 0269-8811

Blagrove, Mark, Seddon, Jennifer, George, Sophie, Parrott, Andrew C, Stickgold, Robert, Walker, Matthew P, Jones, Katy A and Morgan, Michael (2011) Procedural and declarative memory task performance, and the memory consolidation function of sleep, in recent and abstinent Ecstasy/Mdma users. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 25 (4). pp. 465-477. ISSN 0269-8811

Walderhaug, E, Herman, A I, Magnusson, A, Morgan, M J and Landrø, N I (2010) The short (S) allele of the serotonin transporter polymorphism and acute tryptophan depletion both increase impulsivity in men. Neuroscience Letters, 473 (3). pp. 208-211. ISSN 0304-3940

Pirona, A and Morgan, M J (2010) An investigation of the subacute effects of ecstasy on neuropsychological performance, sleep and mood in regular ecstasy users. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24 (2). pp. 175-185. ISSN 0269-8811

Hall, Jessica K, Hutton, Sam B and Morgan, Michael J (2010) Sex differences in scanning faces: does attention to the eyes explain female superiority in facial expression recognition? Cognition and Emotion, 24 (4). pp. 629-637. ISSN 0269-9931

Parrott, Andy C, McGregor, Iain S, Lee, Tatia M C, Scholey, Andy B and Morgan, Michael J (2007) International conference on memory (ICOM-4), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 16-21 July 2006 Ecstasy/MDMA and Memory Symposium. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 21 (8). pp. 895-897. ISSN 0269-8811

Kemmis, L, Hall, Jessica, Kingston, R and Morgan, Michael (2007) Impaired fear recognition in regular recreational cocaine users. Psychopharmacology, 194 (2). pp. 151-160. ISSN 0033-3158

Morgan, Michael John, Impallomeni, Lara Chiara, Pirona, Alessandro and Rogers, Robert D (2006) Elevated impulsivity and impaired decision-making in abstinent ecstasy (MDMA) users compared to polydrug and drug-naive controls. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31 (7). pp. 1562-1573. ISSN 0893-133X

Huxster, Joanna K, Pirona, Alessandro and Morgan, Michael J (2006) The sub-acute effects of recreational Ecstasy (MDMA) use: A controlled study in humans. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 20 (2). pp. 281-290. ISSN 0269-8811

Willner, Paul, James, Darren and Morgan, Michael (2005) Excessive alcohol consumption and dependence on amphetamine are associated with parallel increases in subjective ratings of both 'wanting' and 'liking'. Addiction, 100 (10). pp. 1487-1495. ISSN 09652140

Davies, GM, Willner, P, James, DL and Morgan, Michael (2004) Influence of nicotine gum on acute cravings for cigarettes. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 18 (1). pp. 71-75. ISSN 0269-8811

Morgan, Michael (2002) Throwing the baby out with the bath water? Psychologist, 15 (9). pp. 468-469. ISSN 0952-8229

Morgan, M, McFie, L, Fleetwood, L and Robinson, J (2002) Ecstasy (MDMA): Are the psychological problems associated with its use reversed by prolonged abstinence? Psychopharmacology, 159 (3). pp. 294-303. ISSN 0033-3158

Morgan, Michael John (2000) Ecstasy (MDMA): A review of its possible persistent psychological effects. Psychopharmacology, 152 (3). pp. 230-248. ISSN 0033-3158