Alexander J. Shackman, MS

Curriculum Vita

Present Work Address

Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience

Waisman Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1202 West Johnson Street

Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA

Telephone: +1-608-358-5025

FAX: +1-608-265-2875

Email: shackman@wisc.edu

WWW: http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/~shackman

Education

2008 (expected)	Ph.D.
	Biological Psychology
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Major Professor: Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.
	Dissertation Committee: John J. Curtin, Joseph P. Newman, Jack B. Nitschke, Bradley R. Postle
1997	Bachelor of Arts, cum laude
	Psychology (Honors)
	Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., and Steven K. Sutton, Ph.D., Supervisors
	University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fellowships and Scholarship

2001 - 2004	Predoctoral Fellowship
	National Institute of Mental Health
	Training Program in Emotion Research
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
1998 - 2001	National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
1998	Minority Fellowship Program in Neuroscience
	Alternate Fellow
	American Psychological Association
1998	William F. Vilas Fellowship
	Fellowship for Scholastic Merit
1997 - 1998	University Fellowship for Scholastic Merit
1996 - 1997	Hilldale Fellowship
	Senior Thesis Research
1994 - 1995	University of Wisconsin Alumni Association Scholarship

TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP AWARDS

2006	UW-Madison Graduate School Graduate Student Mentoring Award

Academic Honor Societies

1996	Phi Beta Kappa
1996	Psi Chi, National Undergraduate Psychology Honor Society
1995	Phi Kappa Phi

Teaching Assistantships

2003	Experimental Psychology
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Instructor: John J. Curtin, Ph.D.
2002	Experimental Psychology
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Instructor: Tina Winston, Ph.D.
2001	Advanced Parametric Statistics for Psychology Majors
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Instructor: Jackie Braun, Ph.D.

Undergraduate Research Supervision

Senior theses: Jessica Nichols, 2004; Katherine Petersen, 2004; Shannon Blume, 2006; Brian Kosobucki, 2006; Alec Eggleston, 2006; Eric Eggleston, 2006; Bridget Kelly, 2007; Justin Winter, 2007

Funded (*) and unfunded Hilldale Undergraduate Thesis Research Fellowship applications: Jessica Nichols, 2003*; Micah Long, 2004*; Kevin Springborn, 2004; Shannon Blume, 2005; Brian Kosobucki, 2005*; Alec Eggleston, 2005; Eric Eggleston, 2005; Bridget Kelly, 2006

Pfizer Undergraduate Research Fellowship application: Micah Long, 2004

Undergraduate independent research projects (Biology 152): Shannon Blume, 2004; Bridget Kelly, 2005; Audra Aslin, 2005; Amy Angha, 2005

NASA Summer Scholar: Ugwechi Amadi, 2005

University Undergraduate Research Scholars: Sara Austin, 2005; Michael Dick, 2005

MANUSCRIPTS under review

McMenamin, B.W., Shackman, A.J., Maxwell, J.S., Greischar, L.L. & Davidson, R.J. Validation of regression-based myogenic correction techniques for scalp and source-localized EEG. Psychophysiology.

Nusslock, R., Shackman, A.J., Coan, J.A., Harmon-Jones, E., Alloy, L.B. & Abramson, L.Y. Relations between cognitive and neurophysiological vulnerability to depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Shackman, A.J., Nusslock, R., McMenamin, B.W., Greischar, L.L., Javaras, K.N., Davidson, R.J. & Kovacs, M. The functional significance of resting prefrontal activity in acute major depression. Archives of General Psychiatry.

Shackman, A.J., McMenamin, B.W., Greischar, L.L. & Davidson, R.J. Electromyogenic artifacts and electroencephalographic inferences. Brain Topography.

PEER-REVIEWED Publications

Shackman, J.E., Shackman, A.J. & Pollak, S.D. (2007) Physical abuse amplifies attention to threat and increases anxiety in children. Emotion, 7, 838-852.

Peterson, C.K., Shackman, A.J. & Harmon-Jones, E. (2007). The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity in aggression. Psychophysiology, 45, 56-92.

Salomons, T. V., Johnstone, T., Backonja, M. M., Shackman, A. J. & Davdison, R. J. (2007). Individual differences in the effects of perceived controllability on pain perception: Critical role of the prefrontal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 993-1003.

Shackman, A.J., Sarinopoulos, I, Maxwell, J.S., Pizzagalli, D.A., Lavric, A., & Davidson, R.J. (2006). Anxiety selectively disrupts visuospatial working memory. Emotion, 6, 40-61.

Maxwell, J.S., Shackman, A.J. & Davidson, R.J. (2005). Unattended facial expressions asymmetrically bias the concurrent processing of non-emotional information. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 1386-1395.

Davidson, R.J. Maxwell, J.S. & Shackman, A.J. (2004). The privileged status of emotion in the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 101, 11915-11916.

Davidson, R.J., Shackman, A.J. & Maxwell, J.S. (2004). Asymmetries in face and brain related to emotion. Trends in the Cognitive Sciences, 8, 389-391.

Book Chapters

Pizzagalli, D., Shackman, A.J., & Davidson, R.J. (2003). The functional neuroimaging of human emotion: Asymmetric contributions of cortical and subcortical circuitry. In: K. Hughdal and R.J Davidson (Eds.), Brain Asymmetry (2nd Ed) (pp. 511-532). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Shackman, A. J. (2000). Anterior cerebral asymmetry, affect, and psychopathology: Commentary on the withdrawal-approach model. In R. J. Davidson (Ed.), Anxiety, depression, and emotion (pp. 109-132). New York: Oxford University Press.

Manuscripts in Preparation

See Projects

Conference Presentations and Published Abstracts

Salomons, T.V., Shackman, A.J., Winter, J., Nacewicz, B., & Davidson, R.J. (2008). Dorsal ACC is involved in affective processing: Examining the functional subdivisions of anterio cingulate cortex using quantitative meta-analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Nusslock, R., Shackman, A.J., McMenamin, B.W., Greischar, L.L., Kovacs, M. & Davidson, R.J. (2008). Anxiety moderates relations between frontal EEG alpha asymmetry and depression. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Austin, TX.

Shackman, A.J., Maxwell, J.S., McMenamin, B.W., Fox, A.S., Greischar, L.L. & Davidson, R.J. (2008). Parietal cortex mediates the selective disruption of spatial working memory by threat-induced anxiety. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

Nusslock, R., Shackman, A.J., Greischar, L.L, McMenamin, B.W., Kovacs, M. & Davidson, R.J. (2007). Frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in depression: The role of clinical state and emotion regulation. Psychophysiology, 44, S7.

Maxwell, J.S., Slagter, H.A., Shackman, A.J. & Davidson, R.J. (2007). Cognitive and emotional influences in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. Poster presented at the Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, New York, NY.

Slagter, H.A., Beets, I.A.M. , Johnstone, T., Shackman, A.J., Van Reekum, C.M. & Davidson R.J. (2007). Threat-evoked anxiety modulates attentional resource distribution. Poster presented at the Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, New York, NY.

Maxwell, J.S., Shackman, A.J., McMenamin, B.W., Greischar, L.L., Nacewicz, B.M. & Davidson, R.J. (2007). Detecting high-stakes deception. Poster presented at the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Colloquium, Chantilly, VA.

Norris, C. J., van Reekum, C. M., Greischar, L. L., Lapate, R. C., Shackman, A. J., McMenamin, B. W., & Davidson, R. J. (2007, January). Activation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex predicts psychological well-being and emotion regulation: A source localization study. Poster presented at the 2nd annual preconference on Emotion preceding the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Norris, C. J., van Reekum, C. M., Greischar, L. L., Lapate, R. C., Shackman, A. J., McMenamin, B. W., Beguhn, G. M., Rawlings, N. B., & Davidson, R. J. (2006). Ventromedial prefrontal activation at baseline and in response to affective pictures predicts positive affective style: A source localization study. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, BC.

Nusslock, R., Coan, J.A., Shackman, A.J., Abramson, L.Y., Harmon-Jones, E., Alloy, L.B., & Hogan, M.E. (2006). Frontal EEG asymmetry predicts cognitive vulnerability to depression. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, San Diego, CA.

Nusslock, R., Coan, J.A., Shackman, A.J., Abramson, L.Y., Harmon-Jones, E., Alloy, L.B., & Hogan, M.E.  (2006). Frontal EEG Asymmetry predicts cognitive vulnerability to depression. Psychophysiology, 43, S72

Maxwell, J. S., Shackman, A. J., McMenamin, B. W., Greischar, L. L. & Davidson, R. J. (2005). Threat-induced anxiety alters the visual processing of non-emotional targets. Psychophysiology, 42, S86.

Shackman, A. J., Maxwell, J. S. & Davidson, R. J. (2005). Measuring the impact of threat-evoked anxiety on working memory and prefrontal cortex. Poster No. E116. Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Davis, CA: Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Maxwell, J. S., Shackman, A. J., McMenamin, B.W. & Davidson, R. J. (2005). Threat evoked anxiety biases the visual-cognitive processing of non-emotional information. Program No. B123. Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Davis, CA: Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

Maxwell, J. S., Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Threat evoked anxiety biases the early visual processing of non-emotional stimuli. Program No. 547.11. Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience. Online.

Shackman, A. J., Maxwell, J. S. & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Prefrontal EEG asymmetry, corrugator EMG and self-report measures of threat-evoked anxiety. Psychophysiology, 41, S59.

Shackman, A. J., Maxwell, J. S. & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Predicting individual differences in threat-evoked anxiety using resting prefrontal EEG asymmetry and self-report measures of affective style. Psychophysiology, 41, S59.

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Greischar, L.L., Springborn, K.D., Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Using independent component analysis to remove eye artefacts from high density (256 channel) EEG recordings. Psychophysiology, 41, S99.

Shackman, A. J., Maxwell, J. S., Skolnick, A. J., Schaefer, H. S. & Davidson, R. J. (2003). Exploiting individual differences in the prefrontal asymmetry of approach-related affect: Hemodynamic, electroencephalographic, and psychophysiological evidence. Program No. 444.6. Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience. Online.

Pizzagalli, D., Schaefer, H. S., Hendrick, A. M., Horras, K. A., Shackman, A. J., Anderle, M. J., Pederson, A. J. C., Lavric, A., Sarinopoulos, I., Zhang, R. and Davidson, R.J. (2001). Amygdalar activation during acquisition of aversive conditioning is modulated by stimulus contingencies: An event-related fMRI study. Psychophysiology, 38, S77.

Larson, C.L., Irwin, W., Nitschke, J.B., Navin, S.D., Ruffalo, D., Shackman, A.J., & Davidson, R.J. (2000). Self-report correlates of reactivity to visual affective stimuli indexed with affect-modulated startle: specificity of a new measure. Psychophysiology, 37, S62.

Shackman, A. J., Slagter, H. A., Lavric, A., Irwin, W., Sarinopoulos, I., Oakes, T. R. & Davidson, R. J. (2000). Hemispheric asymmetry of verbal and spatial working memory in prefrontal cortex. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 4-9, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Lavric, A., Shackman, A. J., Sarinopoulos, I., Pederson, A. J. C. & Davidson, R. J. (2000). Effects of threat-of-shock on verbal and spatial working memory. Psychophysiology, 37, S62.

Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (1999). Characterizing the inhibition of anxiety: An emotion-modulated startle study. Psychophysiology, 36, S105.

Sutton, S. K., Shackman, A. J. & Davidson, R. J. (1998). Monetary incentive and working memory load modulate anterior brain activity. Psychophysiology, 35 (Suppl. 1), S81.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Detection of deception in high stakes lying: Affective and cognitive neuroscience approaches. NSA/CIA Contract. RJ Davidson (PI), JS Maxwell, & AJ Shackman

CONSULTING

Development of a protocol for characterizing individual differences in the resilience of executive cognition under stress. Ganan LLC.

PEER REVIEW: MANUSCRIPTS

Cognition and Emotion

Emotion

Human Brain Mapping

Neuroimage

Psychophysiology

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

PEER REVIEW: CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting

PEER REVIEW: GRANTS

Commonwealth of Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation Research and Development Excellence Program

AFFILIATIONS

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Society for Neuroscience

Society for Psychophysiological Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Affective neuroscience; neural substrates of anxiety; psychological and neural interactions of anxiety and executive cognition; effects of anxiety on decision-making and impulsivity; hemispheric asymmetries of affect; psychophysiological, electrophysiological, and functional neuroimaging (fMRI) techniques; individual differences; moderator/mediator analytic techniques; ALE meta-analysis.

Updated March 2008