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. This summer, you've allowed me to feel like a real researcher for the first time, contributing to a novel treatment for patients with severe mental illness and also being worth fiscal sponsorship. I hope to also be a donor when I make grown-up money and enable other young researchers to dive deep.
Major: Neuroscience and Data Science Minor
Mentor: Sheri L. Johnson, Psychology
Sponsor: Leadership Fund