Cognitive and Affective Psychophysiology and Experimental Science Lab

Current Projects:

• Neural and behavioral effects of focused-attention vs. self-compassion mindfulness meditation practice
• Hemispheric contributions to processing high-arousing, emotional images in a divided visual field task
• Influence of task difficulty and emotion on conflict processing across variations of the Stroop and flanker tasks

Current Graduate Students:

Nikolas Lunny, Clinical/Counseling Psychology Master’s student

Current Undergraduate Students:

Zachary Gemelli, senior psychology major

Past Graduate Students:

• Fabienne Messier-McEleney, Research Psychology Master’s student: Thesis project – “Proactive control, emotional distraction, and trait anxiety: an ERP study”
• Alexandra da Costa Ferro: Thesis project – “Task instructions and anxiety influence attention to pain: an ERP study”
• Caitlin Girouard: Thesis project – “Sustained attention to emotional vs. non-emotional target categories: an ERP study”
• Shannon O’Brien: Thesis project – “The impact of trait mindfulness on affective priming as measured by the late positive potential: an ERP study”
• Luke Pezanko: Thesis project – “Time perception and emotion: an event related potential (ERP) investigation”

Collaborators:

• Ruth Ann Atchley, Ph.D.
• Brian Ayotte, Ph.D.
• Maureen Hall, Ph.D.
• Jennifer Fugate, Ph.D.
• Wendy Heller, Ph.D.
• Trina Kershaw, Ph.D.
• Greg Miller, Ph.D.