Social Cognitive and Addiction Neuroscience Lab (SCANlab)

June 2022

RSA 2022

The SCANlab was well represented at the 45th annual RSA meeting held in Orlando FL this year (2022). Graduate student Casey Kohen and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Roberto Cofresi presented the following posters:

(1) ALCOHOL SENSITIVITY MODERATES ALCOHOL CUE REACTIVITY IN ANTERIOR INSULA AND MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX: AN FMRI PILOT STUDY; R. U. Cofresí, S. Upton, M. Rodgers, A. Brown, R. Ebada, T. M. Piasecki, B. Froeliger, B. D. Bartholow

(2) ALCOHOL CUE EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL RESPONSE AND ECOLOGICALLY ASSESSED DRINKING BEHAVIOR IN EMERGING ADULTS; C. B. Kohen, R. U. Cofresí, B. D. Bartholow, T. M. Piasecki

Undergraduate research assistants Devon Terry and Gage Crum attended their first in-person RSA meeting; Devon presented a poster based on her McNair Scholar research:

(3) DEPRESSION, REAL-TIME DRINKING TO COPE, AND DRINKING-RELIEF CONTINGENCY: RESULTS FROM AN ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT STUDY OF YOUNG ADULTS; D.S. Terry, T.M. Piasecki, B.D. Bartholow

Lab coordinator Dr. Sandie Keerstock was also there for support! On Sunday, we ran into lab alum, Dr. Jorge Martins, who was also presenting a poster: SEX DIFFERENCES IN NEURAL RESPONSES TO STRESS AND ALCOHOL CUES AMONG RISKY SOCIAL DRINKERS; J. S. Martins, C. M. Lacadie, R Sinha, & D. Seo

RSA2022