PACER Lab at Purdue University

Roslyn Harold examined the interplay between the ERN, neuroticism, and internalizing symptoms! They found the moderating effect of ERN on the relation between trait neuroticism and ill temper symptoms is generalizable across task and quantification method! Great talk! #2025SPR

Come to see more exciting PACER lab work this morning to hear our wonderful Roz give a talk!!

Starting tonight, come visit some of the awesome poster presentations from our lab members at this year’s Society for Psychophysiology Research (SPR) in Montreal!

🚨Publication Alert!🚨

Check out a recent publication from some of our grad students in collaboration with the Kelleher Lab at Purdue demonstrating the reliability of a new EEG protocol to collect remote data in patients with Angelman syndrome (and their family members)!

Come say hi and see some of our lab’s recent work this weekend at the annual meeting for the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) in Los Angeles, California !!

Abby is a 2nd year PhD student in the lab; her core interest is in the neurophysiology of depression, using EEG to help characterize the disorder's mechanisms. Outside of the lab, Abby enjoys catching up with friends over coffee, finding new music, and spending time with her cat, Pippin.

Molly graduated from Tufts University in 2023 with a B.S. in Biopsychology. She is interested in using EEG to investigate the heterogeneity of depression (with a specific interest in anhedonia). When not in the lab, Molly enjoys cooking and hanging with her cat Bruce.

Reilly graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2024. Broadly, his interests involve utilizing the EEG to investigate mechanisms of risk for internalizing pathologies (e.g, anxiety/depression). Outside of the lab, he enjoys hiking, watching shows, and spending time with his friends.

Dr. Dan Foti joined the faculty at Purdue in 2013. The lab’s mission is to understand how the brain works and why it breaks in ways that give rise to psychiatric illnesses. When not in the lab, Dr. Foti is likely at the movie theater, watching the Fever play, or getting ice cream with his daughter.

With the start of the new school year, the PACER lab wanted to take some time to introduce ourselves!

Stay tuned for the next couple of days to get to know the friendly faces from the lab!

Last but not least, Roz presented in a symposium investigating the hedonic and motivational influences on reward positivity. Their presentation explored the clinical translational potential of the reward positivity. Their dissertation, the Brain and Behavior Study (BABS), builds on this.

Dr. Dan Foti (@danfoti.bsky.social), the PI of the PACER Lab, was elected to be an SPR Fellow! SPR Fellows are SPR members who have made substantial, sustained contributions to the field of psychophysiology and to SPR. It is a prestigious honor in the society. Congrats Dan!

Skye presented in a symposium that examined the experimental and intrapersonal factors impacting our understanding of the psychophysiology of reinforcement. Her presentation explored the effect of manipulated time perception on the maintenance of cognitive control.

Last but not least, Roz presented in a symposium investigating the hedonic and motivational influences on reward positivity. Their presentation explored the clinical translational potential of the reward positivity. Their dissertation, the Brain and Behavior Study (BABS), builds on this.

Dr. Dan Foti (@danfoti.bksy.social), the PI of the PACER Lab, was elected to be an SPR Fellow! SPR Fellows are SPR members who have made substantial, sustained contributions to the field of psychophysiology and to SPR. It is a prestigious honor in the society. Congrats Dan!

Lisa organized a symposium about enhancing inclusivity in EEG methodology. This advocated for employing equitable research practices with Black and Latino participants. The symposium was honored as an SPR Special Symposium to celebrate 100 years of EEG research.

Kim presented a poster on how culturally adapting protocols may help increase the representation of ethnic minority participants in neuroscience research studies. Her dissertation builds on this.

At the end of October, PACER lab attended the Society for Psychophysiological Research's (SPR) 2024 annual meeting! It was a great way to connect with other scientists in the field and disseminate our research.

See the thread below for our SPR highlights: