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Decoding how we integrate old memories with new fears in PTSD and OCD
Decoding how we integrate old memories with new fears in PTSD and OCD
Using functional MRI and MVPA to determine how and where in the brain indirect fear associations are formed, and if these are characteristic of adults and adolescents with anxiety-related psychopathology, particularly PTSD and OCD. Conducted in collaboration with the Dunsmoor and Cisler Labs and Texas CTRN, and funded by NIMH and TCMHCC.
Using reward to improve extinction and inform the next wave of exposure therapies
Using reward to improve extinction and inform the next wave of exposure therapies
A combination of fear extinction techniques with different forms of reward (e.g., juice, personalized pictures) can potentially help improve safety learning. This line of research includes eye-tracking and startle measures of threat and reward during a standardized extinction task.
Linking real-world experiences of anxiety to neural patterns of fear and safety
Linking real-world experiences of anxiety to neural patterns of fear and safety
Multiple fMRI projects include a 1-month follow-up period in which participants complete multiple brief symptom measures while collecting data via smartwatch wearable. Our goal is to enhance our prediction of real-world outcomes in adults and adolescents using neural data.
Our lab is also involved in work done in conjunction with multiple consortia (large groups of labs and researchers from across the state, country, and world), including:
Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology
Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology
Current lab projects relate to ongoing quantitative and neuroscience efforts from the HiTOP consortium.
Exposure Therapy Consortium
Exposure Therapy Consortium
Current lab projects are conducted as part of the Human Threat Extinction workgroup.
Texas Childhood Trauma Research Network
Texas Childhood Trauma Research Network
Lab projects recruiting adolescents are conducted in collaboration with the CTRN hub at UT Austin.
Our work is funded by:
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