Pearl Werbach
Evaluating Affective Control Training in Transdiagnostic Risk
Emotion-related impulsivity and rumination are established risk factors for developing a range of psychopathologies. Neurobehavioral Affective Control Training (N-ACT) is an eight-week cognitive remediation intervention coupled with psychoeducation coaching sessions to improve the core cognitive-affective processes understood to underlie these risk factors. This summer, I’ll be analyzing the data from the N-ACT trial to investigate whether the intervention significantly improved affective control in participants and their symptoms.
Message To Sponsor
Thank you so much to my donors for giving me the opportunity to pursue this crucial work that has the possibility of alleviating mental illness symptoms for people experiencing a wide range of diagnoses. Working on this project has taught me so much and I’m thrilled to be able to continue this summer.
Major: Neuroscience and Data Science Minor
Mentor: Sheri L. Johnson, Psychology
Sponsor: Leadership Fund