{"648611":{"#nid":"648611","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Taylor James","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EName: Taylor James\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDissertation Defense Meeting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate\u003C\/strong\u003E: Thursday July 22, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E: 11:00 AM\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/487274552\/0751\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/487274552\/0751\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor\u003C\/strong\u003E: Audrey Duarte, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDissertation Committee members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThackery Brown, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVonetta Dotson, Ph.D. (Georgia State)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnn Pearman,\u0026nbsp;Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Verhaeghen,\u0026nbsp;Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp;Neural Correlates of Emotional Memory as a\u0026nbsp;Function of Age and Depressive Symptoms\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;Age-related positivity effects are\u0026nbsp;well established in the literature. Positivity effects in memory are represented\u0026nbsp;as greater\u0026nbsp;benefits for positive over neutral material and\/or reductions in the\u0026nbsp;benefits for negative over neutral material with age.\u0026nbsp;However, it is unknown if\u0026nbsp;positivity effects are limited to older adults without depressive symptoms. In\u0026nbsp;the current fMRI\u0026nbsp;study, individuals ages 18-76 with a range of depressive\u0026nbsp;symptom severity were scanned as they rated the emotional intensity\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;positive, neutral, and negative images that were preceded by cues to signal the\u0026nbsp;valence of the upcoming image. Participants\u0026nbsp;subsequently completed a\u0026nbsp;recognition memory task outside of the scanner. Behavioral, univariate,\u0026nbsp;representational similarity,\u0026nbsp;and functional connectivity analyses provided\u0026nbsp;evidence for interactive effects between age and depressive symptoms. For\u0026nbsp;instance, at low levels of depression, typical patterns in aging emerged: younger\u0026nbsp;age was associated with better memory for\u0026nbsp;negative than neutral images, and\u0026nbsp;this memory benefit for negative material was reduced with older age. With increasing\u0026nbsp;levels\u0026nbsp;of depression, however, there was a reduction in the positivity effect, manifesting\u0026nbsp;as improvements in negative relative to\u0026nbsp;neutral memory. The neural data highlighted\u0026nbsp;mechanisms that may underlie these interactive effects, including reductions in\u0026nbsp;amygdala-prefrontal cortex functional connectivity associated with downregulation\u0026nbsp;of negative affect. Together, these findings\u0026nbsp;suggest that depressive symptoms in\u0026nbsp;older adulthood reduce positivity effects through alterations in neural networks\u0026nbsp;underlying emotion regulation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Neural Correlates of Emotional Memory as a Function of Age and Depressive Symptoms"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2021-07-07 19:30:13","changed_gmt":"2021-07-07 19:30:13","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-07-22T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-07-22T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-07-22T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-07-22 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-07-22 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-07-22 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}