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University of Wyoming

Psychophysiology Laboratory


Director: Daren C. Jackson, Ph.D.
 

Neuroscience graduate student Dave Jost
Neuroscience graduate student Dave Jost wearing a 128-channel EGI Sensor Net.
Dave Jost
Dave under the dome of the EGI Geodesic Photogrammetry System unit.


Current and Recent Areas of Research Interest

  • Biological and cognitive aspects of emotion regulation

  • Prefrontal cortex (PFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) function

  • Frontal EEG asymmetry and behavioral inhibition + activation

  • Psychological well-being and individual differences in positive affect

  • Social and experimental influences on emotion regulation self-efficacy measures
     

Recent Conference Presentations

 

Jackson, D. C., Jackson, C. A. B., Schwab, N. G., & Davidson, R. J. (2006, October). Resting Frontal Brain Asymmetry as a Predictor of Ability to Regulate Negative Affect. Symposium paper presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, BC, Can.

Jackson, D. C., Jackson, C. A. B., Beguhn, G. M., Greischar, L. L., & Davidson, R. J. (2006, February). Frontal EEG asymmetry predicts instructed and uninstructed emotion regulation of negative emotion. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

Abercrombie, H. A., Speck, N. S., Monticelli, R. M., Jackson, D. C., & Lakshmanan, A. (2004, October). Mild stress-induced cortisol elevations are related to memory facilitation. Poster presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Sante Fe, NM.

Lee, H., Jackson, D. C., Johnson, L., Singh, R., Bolton, K., Beguhn, G. M., Zugin, Z. C., & Davidson, R. J. (2004, October). Gender differences in stability of emotion regulation. Poster presented at the 44th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Sante Fe, NM.

 

Selected Publications

Jackson, D. C. & Jackson, C. A. B. (in press). Brain structure and function II: Electroencephalography and event-related potentials. In L. Gallo & L. Luecken (Eds.), Handbook of Physiological Research Methods in Health Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Urry, H. L., Nitschke, J. B., Dolski, I., Jackson, D. C., Dalton, K. M., Mueller, C. J., Rosenkranz, M. A., Ryff, C. D., Singer, B. H., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Making a life worth living: Neural correlates of well-being. Psychological Science, 15, 367-372.

Jackson, D. C., Mueller, C. J., Dolski, I., Dalton, K. M., Nitschke, J. B., Urry, H. L., Rosenkranz, M. A., Ryff, C. D., Singer, B. H., & Davidson, R. J. (2003). Now you feel it, now you don’t: Frontal EEG asymmetry and individual differences in emotion regulation. Psychological Science, 14, 612-617.

Schaefer, S. M., Jackson, D. C., Davidson, R. J., Aguirre, G. K., Kimberg, D. Y., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2002). Modulation of amygdalar activity by the conscious regulation of negative emotion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 913-921.

Davidson, R. J., Jackson, D. C., & Kalin, N. H. (2000). Emotion, plasticity, context and regulation: Perspectives from affective neuroscience. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 890-906.

Jackson, D. C., Malmstadt, J. R., Larson, C. L., & Davidson, R. J. (2000). Suppression and enhancement of emotional responses to unpleasant pictures. Psychophysiology, 37, 515-522.



Please contact Daren Jackson (daren@uwyo.edu) for more information.