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1 BRADLEY C. TABER-THOMAS Contact: Cognition, Affect, & Temperament Lab Phone: Child Study Center Cell: University Support Bldg. 1 Fax: Penn State University bct3@psu.edu University Park, PA Last updated: 11/2013 a. Professional Preparation and Experience present Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Fellow Child Study Center, Psychology Department Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab (Director: Dr. Koraly Perez- Edgar; topic: social-affective developmental neuroscience; impact of attention training on neural functioning in children at risk for anxiety) 2012 University of Oklahoma Postdoctoral Fellow Health Sciences Center Behavioral Sciences Lab (Director: Dr. William Lovallo; topic: neural risk factors associated with early life adversity; psychophysiology; psychoneuroendocrinology) 2012 University of Iowa Postdoctoral Research Scholar Hospitals and Clinics Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Director: Dr. Daniel Tranel; topic: neural basis of social and affective functioning; the role of attention; lesion method) University of Iowa Ph.D., Neuroscience Dissertation: A Model of the Neural Basis of Predecisional Processes: The Fronto-Limbic Information Acquisition Network Committee Chair: Dr. Daniel Tranel Georgia State University M.A., Philosophy; Brains & Behavior Program Thesis: The Non-Moral Basis of Cognitive Biases of Moral Intuitions Committee Chair: Dr. Eddy Nahmias Northeastern University B.A., Modern Languages (Spanish), Biology minor, with honors 1 of 9

2 b. Relevant Experience and Awards Research Experience: 2012 Fellow at the University of Maryland Summer Institute on Developmental Neuroscience, Maryland Neuroimaging Center 2012 Completed the Mind Research Network fmri Image Acquisition and Analysis Course, University of Colorado, Boulder 2011 Obermann Graduate Fellow, Obermann Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Daniel Tranel, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa 2009 Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. David Rudrauf, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Tricia King, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University 2007 Summer Intern, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Brains & Behavior Graduate Fellow, Georgia State University Teaching Experience and Training: Fall 2012 Guest lecture on Moral Development, 212H Developmental Psychology, Pennsylvania State University Spring 2010 & 2011 Teaching Assistant, Medical Neuroscience, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Spring 2011 Seminar on College Teaching (received pedagogical training) Student mentor for 7 undergraduate research assistants and 2 precomps graduate students Awards and Funding: 2013 Faris Fund, College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, conference travel award for SRCD, $1, of 9

3 2012 Fellowship, from the Maryland Neuroimaging Center to attend the University of Maryland Summer Institute on Developmental Neuroscience The Neural Basis of Moral Behavior, Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students (ECGPS), University of Iowa, Research Grant, $ Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, to travel to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November ECGPS Travel Grant, to travel to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November Society for Neuroscience Next Generation Award nominee from the Iowa SfN Chapter 2011 Society for Neuroscience Chapter Grant Award (as Student Co- Director of Chapter), supports chapter activities and outreach 2011 Obermann Graduate Fellowship to join the Obermann Graduate Institute on Engagement and the Academy, which works to deepen relationships between universities and communities Graduate College Supplemental Funds, to travel to the Rotman Research Institute Conference on the Frontal Lobes, in Toronto, Canada, March 22-26, Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, to travel to the Cognitive Neuroscience Society s 17th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Québec, Canada, April ECGPS Travel Grant, to travel to the Cognitive Neuroscience Society s 17 th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Québec, Canada, April Exemplary Senator Recognition (for 78 hours of service in ), from the University of Iowa Graduate College and Graduate Student Senate 2006 Brains & Behavior Graduate Fellowship, Georgia State University 2006 Graduate Assistantship with full tuition waiver, Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University (declined to accept Brains & Behavior Fellowship) 3 of 9

4 c. Publications. Peer-Reviewed: Taber-Thomas, B.C.,* Asp, E.W.,* Koenigs, M., Sutterer, M., Anderson, S.W., & Tranel, D. (in press). Arrested Development: Abnormally Egocentric Moral Judgment After Developmental-Onset Prefrontal Cortex Damage. Brain. (*equal contribution) Thomas, B.C., Croft, K., & Tranel, D. (2011). Harming Kin to Save Strangers: Further Evidence for Abnormally Utilitarian Moral Judgments after Ventromedial Prefrontal Damage. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 23(9), Corona, E. & Thomas, B. (2010). A New Perspective on the Early History of the American Society for Cybernetics. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Summer 2010, Invited Chapters: Pérez-Edgar, K.E., Taber-Thomas, B.C., Auday, E., Morales, S. (in press). Temperament and Attention as Core Mechanisms in the Early Emergence of Anxiety. In K.H. Lagattuta (Ed.), Children and Emotion: New Insights into Developmental Affective Science. Karger. Taber-Thomas, B.C. & Tranel, D. (2012). Social and moral functioning: A cognitive neuroscience perspective. In M. Beauchamp & V. Anderson (Eds.), Developmental social neuroscience and childhood brain insult: Implications for theory and practice (65-90). New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Under review: Taber-Thomas, B.C., Sorocco, K.H., Cohoon, A.J., & Lovallo, W.R. (under review). Lifetime Adversity Leads to Blunted Cortisol Response to Opioid Blockade: Studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project. Scherer, A.M.,* Taber-Thomas, B.C.,* Robinson, H., Edmiston, P., & Tranel, D. (under review). Seeking What We Want: A Neuropsychological Test of Competing Motivational Theories of Confirmatory Information Seeking. (*equal contribution) Manuscripts in preparation: Taber-Thomas, B.C., Murray, K., Robinson, H., & Tranel, D. (in submission). The Role of the vmpfc in Personal Control: vmpfc Injury Increases Belief in God- Mediated Control and Optimism. 4 of 9

5 Taber-Thomas, B.C. & Tranel, D. (in preparation). Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Damage Increases the Acquisition of Utilitarian Information Prior to Choice. (based on PhD thesis) Perez-Edgar, K.E. & Taber-Thomas, B.C. (in preparation). Brain Development in Emerging Adulthood. To appear in Arnett, J.J. (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Emerging Adulthood. Abstracts: Perez-Edgar, K.E., Taber-Thomas, B.C., Hardee, J.E., Fox, N.A., & Pine, D.S. (2013). The frontolimbic system and attention bias to threat in young children at risk for anxiety due to childhood temperament. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Nashville, TN, November (Symposium presentation) Taber-Thomas, B.C., Morales, S., Auday, E., & Perez-Edgar, K.E. (2013). Behavioral Inhibition and Altered Frontolimbic Functioning in Late Childhood. The International Congress for Integrative Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Flux Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, September (Poster presentation) Taber-Thomas, B.C., Asp, E.W., Koenigs, M., Sutterer, M., Anderson, S.W., & Tranel, D. (2013). Early prefrontal lesions impair the maturation of moral judgment. Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Providence, RI, June (Poster presentation) Pérez-Edgar, K., Taber-Thomas, B.C., Thai, N., Morales, S., & Danilo, C. (2013). Electrophysiological and Neural Correlates of Attention Bias Modification in Behaviorally Inhibited Children. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC, May (Paper presentation) Thai, N., Taber-Thomas, B.C., Danilo, C., Morales, S., & Perez-Edgar, K.E. (2013). Right frontal EEG asymmetry is associated with attention bias toward threat in children at risk for anxiety. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC, May (Poster presentation) Taber-Thomas, B.C., Hardee, J.E., Morales, S., Auday, E., & Perez-Edgar, K.E. (2013). The Frontolimbic System and Attention Bias to Threat in Behaviorally Inhibited Children. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA, April (Paper presentation) Asp, E.W., Taber-Thomas, B.C., Koenigs, M., Sutterer, M., Anderson, S.W., & Tranel, D. (2013). Increased egocentric moral judgment after developmental-onset ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA, April (Poster presentation) 5 of 9

6 Taber-Thomas, B.C., Morales, S., Thai, N., Danilo, C., & Perez-Edgar, K.E. (2013). Right Frontal EEG Asymmetry and the Disengagement of Attention from Negative Stimuli in Children at Risk for Anxiety. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA, April (Poster presentation) Fu, X., Auday, E., Taber-Thomas, B.C., Morales, S., Allen, E.A., Thai, N., Pfeifer, C., Danilo, C., Perez-Edgar, K.E. (2013). The Role of Attention Bias in the Link Between Temperament and Socio-emotional Maladjustment. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA, April 2013 (Poster presentation) Scherer, A.M., Thomas, B.C., Robinson, H., and Tranel, D. (2012). Seeking What We Want: A Neuropsychological Test between Conflicting Accounts of Confirmatory Information Seeking. Judgment and Decision Making Preconference at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, January And at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May (Slide presentation) Thomas, B.C., Edmiston, P., Robinson, H., Fleszar, A., and Tranel, D. (2011). Evidence for a Deficit in Adaptive Information Acquisition following Damage to the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November (Poster presentation) Thomas, B.C., Scherer, A.M., Edmiston, P., Robinson, H., and Tranel, D. (2011). Intact Confirmation Bias following Damage to the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November (Poster presentation) Thomas, B.C, Nahmias, E., & Murray, D. (2010). The influence of moral judgments on epistemic judgments about moral dilemmas. Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, June (Poster presentation) Thomas, B.C., Tranel, D., Alvarez, M., Mattes, K., Adolphs, R., & Spezio, M. (2010). The Insula in Political Judgment. Cognitive Neuroscience Society s 17 th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Québec, Canada, April (Slide presentation) Thomas, B.C., Croft, K., & Tranel, D. (2009a). The Self-Other Bias in Moral Judgment is Insensitive to Ventromedial Prefrontal Damage. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October Also presented at Pre-SfN Poster Session, University of Iowa, October (Poster presentation) Thomas, B.C. (2009). The Non-Moral Basis of Cognitive Biases of Moral Intuitions. Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Boulder, Colorado, August (Poster presentation) 6 of 9

7 Thomas, B.C., Croft, K., & Tranel, D. (2009b). Ventromedial Prefrontal Damage Increases Utilitarian Moral Judgments for Impersonal and Personal Moral Dilemmas. Cognitive Neuroscience Society s 16 th Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, March (Poster presentation) Thomas, B.C. (2008). From Performance Error to the Illusion of Incompatibilist Free Will: Accounting for Folk Intuitions on Moral Responsibility. Georgia Student Philosophy Symposium, March Abstract published in Proceedings of the Georgia Student Philosophy Symposium (Paper presentation) Thomas, B.C. (2007). Moral Responsibility: From Philosophy to Neuroscience. Invited presentation at Morning Meeting, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, June (Slide presentation) Abstracts of Mentored Undergraduate Students Edmiston, P., Thomas, B.C., Robinson, H., Fleszar, A., & Tranel, D. (2011). The Neural Correlates of Adaptive Information Acquisition. University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, July (Poster presentation) Miloyan, B., Firat, R., Thomas, B.C., & Tranel, D. (2010). The Neural Basis of Racial Attitudes in Context: A Pilot Study. University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, July (Poster presentation) Rodriguez Cardona, J.F., Koscik, T., Koscik, T., Thomas, B.C., & Tranel, D. (2009). Higher-order Theory of Mind or Memory for Complex Content. University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, July González, K., Thomas, B.C., Scherer, A., & Tranel, D. (2009). Neural Correlates of Framing Effects. University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, July (Poster presentation) d. Engaged and Synergistic Activities Founder/Director of the Because of brain science? project a Twitter project that is seeking to capture the public s voice on the implications of brain science for society by asking people to complete the phrase Because of brain science in 140 characters or less Graduate Student Advisor to pre-comps neuroscience graduate students Chair of Brain Awareness Committee, Neuroscience Program, University of Iowa 7 of 9

8 Undergraduate students supervised: Pierce Edmiston, Heather Robinson, Lucas Connor, Beyon Miloyan, Ali Mohammed, Katia González, and José Rodriguez Cardona Senator, Graduate Student Senate, University of Iowa (alternate ; full ) Organizer of the Iowa MoCo Reading Group on moral cognition Co-Chair of International Student Committee, Graduate Student Senate, University of Iowa Director of Lekker Lekker (annual ethnic restaurant review project of the Graduate Student Senate) Brain Awareness Committee Member, Neuroscience Program, University of Iowa (organizes local SfN Brain Awareness Week activities, the Iowa Brain Discovery Fair, the Iowa Brain Bee, and the Neuroscience Program Retreat) Peer-Review Experience Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (ad hoc) Behavioural Brain Research (ad hoc) International Journal of Psychophysiology (ad hoc) Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (ad hoc) ECGPS, University of Iowa (grant reviewer) e. References & Other Affiliations (i) References. Koraly Perez-Edgar (Penn State, Psychology), Daniel Tranel (University of Iowa, Neuroscience), Steven Anderson (University of Iowa, Neuroscience), Irwin Levin (University of Iowa, Psychology), William Lovallo (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Psychiatry), Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State University, Philosophy) (ii) Other collaborators. Lisa Gatzke-Kopp (Penn State, Human Development), Paul Windschitl (University of Iowa, Psychology), Melissa Duff (University of Iowa, Neuroscience), William Hedgcock (University of Iowa, Marketing), Mike Koenigs (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Psychiatry), Aaron Scherer (University of Iowa, Psychology), Rengin Firat (University of Iowa, Sociology) 8 of 9

9 (ii) Professional Societies. Society for Neuroscience, Society for Research in Child Development, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Society for Social Neuroscience, Society for Philosophy and Psychology, American Association for the Advancement of Science 9 of 9

BRADLEY C. TABER-THOMAS, M.A., Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

BRADLEY C. TABER-THOMAS, M.A., Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Contact: Cognition, Affect, & Temperament Lab Phone: Child Study Center Cell: 585-704-5137 171 University Support Bldg. 1 Fax: 814-863-5658 Penn State