Amy Goetz and her colleagues recently published a new paper in Clinical Psychology Review. Goetz, A.R., Davine, T.P., Siwiec, S.G., & Lee, H.J. (in press). The functional value of preventive and restorative safety behaviors: A systematic review of the literature. …
Barnas, AJ & Greenberg, AS (in press). Visual field meridians modulate the reallocation of object-based attention, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. Adam Barnas and Dr. Greenberg have a new manuscript accepted for publication in Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics in which they …
Miskovich, T. A., Pedersen, W. S., Belleau, E. L., Shollenbarger, S., Lisdahl, K. M., & Larson, C. L. (2016). Cortical Gyrification Patterns Associated with Trait Anxiety. PloS one, 11(2), e0149434. Graduate student Tara Miskovich and Colleagues published a new study …
Sala Lotfi, a grad student working with Dr. Hanjoo Lee, was recently awarded a grant-in-aid of research from the Sigma Xi, titled “Improving inhibitory control through emotional working memory training of anxious individuals”. This grant aims to cover the expenses …
Researchers have known for two decades that the sex steroid hormone 17beta-estradiol alters the morphology of neurons in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, parts of the brain necessary for memory formation that deteriorate in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. In particular, …
G-protein-coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER/GPR30): The Estrogen Receptor That Doesn’t Act Like an Estrogen Receptor / Kim J, Szinte JS, Boulware MI, Frick KM. 17β-Estradiol and Agonism of G-protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Enhance Hippocampal Memory via Different Cell-Signaling Mechanisms. J Neurosci. 2016 …
Estrogenic regulation of spinogenesis in the dorsal hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex; Journal of Neuroscience (36: 1483-9) Jennifer Tuscher is the first author on a recently published article in the Journal of Neuroscience (36: 1483-9) showing that direct infusion of …