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Encoding and decoding models of functional MRI responses in human visual and auditory cortex.
Computational models of brain activity serve to not only uncover the organizational principles of the brain, but also quantify the neural processes underlying our perceptual experiences. This dissertation investigates the ... -
Estimation of population receptive fields in human visual and auditory cortex
Topographical organization is a foundation principle of human sensory cortices where the sensory neurons encode information from the physical world into orderly representational maps along sensory-specific dimensions. The ... -
Ethnic differences in alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking patterns
(1989)The beliefs and attitudes about the effect of alcohol consumption upon behavior were compared using self-report measures of alcohol outcome expectancy, attitude toward drinking, and level of drinking habit within four ... -
Ethobehavioral Studies of Fear, Sex, and Biological Rhythms
All animals, to varying degrees, must make decisions regarding when and how to balance the need to acquire resources (“foraging”) and the need to avoid threats (“avoidance”). The neurobiological and psychological processes ... -
Evaluating smoking attitudes in response to different types of anti-smoking messages using a Highly Repeated Within-Person Design
Counter-marketing of tobacco use is an important component of preventing tobacco initiation and encouraging quitting among current smokers, and has contributed to overall reduction of smoking prevalence. However, further ... -
Event-Related Potential Additivity as an Index of Overlap in Neurocognitive Resources.
(2013-07-25)Scalp-recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) are poorly suited for source analysis. Consequently, it is difficult to assess the relative neural independence of two ERP waveforms using such methods. We report here an ... -
Examination of a Sex-Related Distress Self-Medication Drinking Model Following Sexual Victimization: Longitudinal and Event-Specific Studies
Women ages 18-24 are at the highest risk for sexual victimization (SV), with more than 20% of women affected during college. The self-medication model of alcohol use, whereby drinking is negatively reinforced through the ... -
An Examination of the Broader Autism Phenotype in Simplex and Multiplex Families
(2013-02-25)Non-inherited genetic mutations are more prevalent in families with only one individual diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; simplex) whereas inherited genetic risk factors may play a greater role in families with ... -
Examining barriers and facilitators to professional mental health help-seeking in Asian American youth
(2006)The purpose of the present study was to gain a more comprehensive understanding of help-seeking in Asian American youth. The current study examined three major types of categories that impact whether an Asian American youth ... -
Examining basal RSA as a possible moderator of the effects of cumulative risk on preadolescent appraisal, coping, and adjustment: A mediated moderation model
Children who have been exposed to cumulative risk (CR) are more likely to have poor physical and psychological health across the lifespan. It has been proposed that early multiple risk exposure contributes to children’s ... -
Examining Stress-Related Pathways of Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Women
Alcohol and drug abuse among sexual minority women (SMW) is an increasingly recognized public health concern in the United States. Across a multitude of nationally-representative samples, SMW populations report higher rates ... -
Examining the Impact of Guided Memory Retrieval on Intrusive Memories: An Online Trauma Film Paradigm Study
Intrusive memories are a cardinal symptom of chronic post-traumatic mental health problems (e.g., Brewin et al., 2010). Post-event memory processing may be a key facilitator of remission of intrusive memories (Marks et ... -
Examining the Interplay of Vagal Tone and Parenting as Predictors of Child Psychopathology
(2013-02-25)Emotion dysregulation is a critical factor in the development of psychopathology (Cicchetti, Ackerman, & Izard, 1995), and deficits in emotion regulation are a core component of many psychiatric disorders (DelCarmen-Wiggins, ... -
Examining the social emotional impact of a brief mindfulness program for students in special education
As the popularity of both clinic- and school-based mindfulness-based interventions (MBI’s) has grown, high quality empirical support for the efficacy of these interventions has been limited. School-based MBI’s are gaining ... -
Executive function and social problem-solving in maltreated and non-maltreated preschool children
(1997)This study examined the early relationship between executive functioning (EF) and social problem-solving (SPS) skills and their influence on behavioral adjustment by comparing the performance of maltreated and non-maltreated ... -
The experience of stress in air travel situations: development of the air travel stress scale
(2003)Despite the ubiquity of air travel and anecdotal evidence suggesting that air travel is personally demanding, little is known about the psychological stress of taking an airplane flight. To address this issue, a series of ... -
Experiences of Family-Centered Care among Parents of Toddlers with ASD Concerns
Family-centered care is an approach to healthcare that considers the needs and priorities of the whole family. Accessing family-centered care may be of particular importance when concerns for ASD are present, given the ... -
Experiential, Neural, and Cognitive Influences on Decision Making in Rats
(2013-02-25)All animals have specific mechanisms in place to guide the numerous decisions they face daily. The act of deciding among possible behaviors is a process that involves learning about the relationships between actions and ... -
Factors associated with sexual risk of HIV transmission among HIV-positive Latino men who have sex with men on the U.S.-Mexico border
We present results from a cross-sectional, clinic-based survey of border-region Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) who are living with HIV. Among the 66 participants who reported potentially serodiscordant anal or ... -
Fear of Intimacy in the Interpersonal Process Model: A Multi-Modal Investigation
Abstract The Interpersonal Process Model (IPM) suggests that closeness develops in relationships when two people reciprocally engage in vulnerable self-disclosure, respond to each other, and perceive each other’s responses ...