Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Macatee, Richard"

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1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Pain Processing in the Human Somatosensory Cortex

Nichols, Steven (2024-07-30) ETD File Embargoed

The perception of pain is an adaptive trait critical to survival. Prolonged painful stimulation in the form of chronic pain, however, can be maladaptive and cause significant physical and emotional distress. Indeed, chronic ...

7 Tesla Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Analysis of Pain Processing in Humans

Nichols, Steven (2022-12-01)

Globally, one in five people will experience some form of chronic pain in their life. In the United States, an estimated 50 million people manage chronic pain daily, nearly 20 million of which are categorized as high-impact ...

Comparing Startle Reactivity in Cannabis Dependent Females with Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome vs. Non-User Controls Matched on Psychopathology: A Test of the Allostatic Model of Addiction

Preston, Thomas (2023-07-28)

Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) is expected to increase in the United States, necessitating research examining markers that may predict CUD trajectory. As chronic and harmful cannabis use develops, homeostatic thresholds to ...

Impact of Conditioning Inhibitory Control Recruitment to Threat Processing in Trauma Exposed Adults

Afshar, Kaveh (2023-08-09)

The underlying mechanisms contributing to the risk and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are unclear. Deficits in inhibitory control (IC) have been associated with worse post-traumatic stress symptoms ...

The Interactive effect of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Attentional Control, and Cognitive Load on Threat-Related Attentional Bias

Clauss, Kate (2021-04-19)

Theory and empirical evidence suggest that those with higher posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and better attentional control (i.e., the strategic control of higher-order executive attention in regulating bottom-up, ...

Measuring Psychological (In)flexiblity: A Psychometric Evaluation and Comparison of Existing Measures

Thomas, Kelsey (2022-12-06)

Psychological (in)flexibility, the tendency for behavior to be guided by psychological reactions rather than chosen values, is a central construct of interest in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT; Hayes, Strosahl, & ...

Reward Coherence: A Multi-Method Examination of Insight and Reward Processing in Individuals with Cannabis Use Disorder

Schermitzler, Brandon (2024-08-02) ETD File Embargoed

As drug-seeking behaviors become increasingly habitual and disordered, drugs and their cues become more rewarding relative to natural rewards as self-awareness of drug-related problems decreases (i.e., impaired clinical ...

The Role of Metacognitive Beliefs and the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome in the Development of Anxiety Symptoms: A Cross-Lagged Panel Design

Gorday, Julia (2023-07-27)

The metacognitive model of emotional disorders suggests that the cognitive attentional syndrome (CAS; i.e., a set of seven maladaptive self-regulation strategies) is activated by one’s beliefs about their own thoughts, ...

The role of sustained attention toward threatening stimuli in fearlessness about death: An ERP study

Fox, Hailey (2023-11-29) ETD File Embargoed

Given that suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, it is critical to identify those most at risk for suicide. Prominent theories of suicide and empirical evidence suggest that dysregulated threat ...

Social Anxiety in Sexual Minority Individuals: The Role of Hypervigilance

Gebhardt, Eli (2024-05-01)

The current study aimed to investigate the associations between hypervigilance and social anxiety disorder (SA) in sexual minority (SM) individuals, as well as the role of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other non-heterosexual ...