Key PROJECTS

 

Alex Shackman, Project Coordinator

EMGFIX-ICA: Assess the sensitivity and specificity of ICA-based EMG correction for scalp and source localized EEG in the frequency domain

PITTEEG: Frontal EEG asymmetry and depression in young adults {with Marika Kovacs, Robin Nusslock, Brenton McMenamin, and Larry Greischar}

SHKMEM: Impact of threat-evoked anxiety on Sternberg-type verbal and spatial working memory: EEG, ERP and Source Localization measures {dissertation; with Jeffrey Maxwell, Brenton McMenamin, and Larry Greischar}

SHKEXEC-EEG: Moderator and mediator analyses of prefrontal EEG asymmetry in the frequency domain {with James Coan (UVA), Jeffrey Maxwell, Brenton McMenamin, and Larry Greischar}

SHKCORR: Relations between high-density resting frontal EEG asymmetry in the alpha band and self-report measures of emotion regulation vs. emotional reactivity {with Brenton McMenamin and Jeffrey Maxwell}

 

Hyejeen Lee, Project Coordinator

EMOREG: Use a large database to examine relations between psychophysiological measures of emotion regulation ("Jackson" paradigm), selfreport measures of disordered mood, and cortisol.

 

Jeff Maxwell, Project Coordinator

ACCT-FMRI: Comparing response conflict elicited by emotional and non-emotional stimuli: fMRI and performance measures {with Jeffrey Maxwell (Project Coordinator) and Heleen Slagter}
DECNET: ERP and peripheral psychophysiological measures of deception {with Jeffrey Maxwell (Project Coordinator), Brendon Nacewicz, and Brenton McMenamin }
SHKEXEC-ERP: Impact of threat-evoked anxiety on ERP and source localization measures of early attention {with Jeffrey Maxwell (Project Coordinator), Larry Greischar and Brenton McMenamin}

 

Brenton McMenamin, Project Coordinator

SHKBASE:  Investigate utility of sub-dividing the alpha EEG band into sub-bands using varimax EFA; assess functional consequences using trait emotional reactivity reports {with Brenton McMenamin and Jeffrey Maxwell}

 

Robin Nusslock, Project Coordinator

CSQEEG: Relations between frontal EEG asymmetry and individual differences in cognitive vulnerability to depression {with Robin Nusslock (Project Coordinator)}

PITTEEG-ANX: Relations between clinical anxiety and resting frontal EEG asymmetry {with Marika Kovacs, Robin Nusslock, Brenton McMenamin, and Larry Greischar}

 

Tim Salomons/Alex Shackman, Co-Project Coordinators

ACCMETA: ALE-based meta-analytic test of the Bush-Luu-Posner functional anatomical model of the ACC

 

Heleen Slagter, Project Coordinator

EMOATT1: The Impact of Threat-Evoked Anxiety on the Attentional Blink {with Heleen Slagter (Project Coordinator)}
EMOATT2: The Impact of Individual Differences in Trait Anxiety on the Processing of Morphed Emotional Faces {with Heleen Slagter (Project Coordinator)}