Alexander J. Shackman, Ph.D.

 

I have three major research interests.

First, what psychological and neural mechanisms mediate anxiety's impact on how we think and act? Accordingly, we have examined the effects of experimentally induced anxiety on cognitive tasks thought that rely on the prefrontal cortex. We have also sought to better characterize how individual differences in anxious temperament, emotion regulation, and working memory capacity can minimize or intensify threat's impact.

A second line of work seeks to identify the functional significance of aberrant activity in the prefrontal cortex of individuals afflicted with major depression. In particular, we are trying to tease apart the contributions of exaggerated emotional reactivity from deficient emotion regulation.

A third line of work seeks to develop more sensitive and specific markers of deception in individuals committing high-stakes lies.

Common to each of these three areas is a strong interest in quantitative and physiological methodology.

 

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