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Faculty Advisor

Elisabeth Dykens

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Education

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Expected 2014, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

M.S., Clinical Psychology, 2010, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

B.A., Psychology, 2005, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Societies

Phi Beta Kappa

Association of University Centers on Developmental Disabilities, trainee, 2008 - present

American Psychological Association, Graduate Student Representative, 2009

Society for Music Perception and Cognition, 2011 - present

American Psychological Society, 2012 - present

 

Miriam Lense

Graduate Student
Research Area: Clinical Science

My research uses behavioral and biological (including electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and hormonal biomarkers) measures to understand the use and enjoyment of music in various populations, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and at-risk infants and young children. I am particularly interested in links among auditory perception, musical skill, and emotional responsiveness to music; the development of musical skill via enculturation and training; music and memory; and music and movement. I feel music is a valuable tool for studying a range of perceptual, cognitive, motor and affective processes, and can also be harnessed for therapeutic purposes. I am also very interested in stress biology, including how emotion and arousal (including modulation of arousal via music) can impact cognitive functioning.

 

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Upcoming Events

9/23/2013 at 4:10 pm
Psychological Sciences Special Seminar

 
Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D.
University of California at Irvine
(former member of the Casagrande Lab)

2013 Randolph Blake Early Career Award Winner


Monday, September 23, 2013
4:10pm
Location (TBA)

Title and Abstract TBA

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