Tessa Abagis, M.S. CURRICULUM VITAE University of Michigan Department of Psychology 530 Church St Ann Arbor, MI 48109 E-mail: tabagis@umich.edu EDUCATION 2015-Present Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Ph.D. Candidate Data Science Graduate Certificate, Expected 2020 Master of Science in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, 2017 Thesis: Understanding the Perceptual Load Theory of Attention: Task Strategy Alters Performance, ADHD and Inattention Levels do not Advisor: Dr. John Jonides Expected Graduation Date: 2020 2009-2013 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Major, Neuroscience Major Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA AWARDS 2018 Weinberg Institute Faculty/Student Collaboration Research Grant 2018 Institute for Social Research - Rackham Summer Training Award 2018 Rackham International Conference Travel Grant 2017 Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Travel Grant 2017 Rackham Summer Award 2017 National Science Foundation GRFP Honorable Mention 2016, 2017, 2018 Rackham Conference Travel Grant 2016, 2018 Rackham Graduate Research Grant 2016 Rackham Graduate Training Grant RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2017-present 2015-present Graduate Student Researcher University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI Supervisor: Priti Shah, Ph.D. Graduate Student Researcher University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI Supervisor: John Jonides, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae ABAGIS, Tessa 2 2013-2015 Clinical Research Assistant University of Michigan Health System, Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI Supervisor: Stephan Taylor, M.D. 2012-2013 Laboratory Assistant Laboratory of Molecular Neurotherapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Supervisor: Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D. 2011-2012 Research Assistant Boston University School of Education, Boston, MA Supervisor: Julie Dwyer, Ph.D. 2011-2012 Laboratory Assistant Steroid Hormone Assay Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Supervisor: Anqi Zhang, M.D. PUBLICATIONS Jie Fan, Ivy F. Tso, Daniel F. Maixner, Tessa Abagis, Luis Hernandez-Garcia, Stephan F. Taylor (under revision). Segregation of salience network predicts treatment response of depression to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Kathleen E. Hupfeld, Tessa R. Abagis, Priti Shah (2018). Living in the zone : Hyperfocus in Adult ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Stephan F. Taylor, Shaun Ho, Tessa Abagis, Mike Angstadt, Daniel F. Maixner, Robert C. Welsh, Luis Hernandez-Garcia (2018). Changes in brain connectivity during a shamcontrolled, transcranial magnetic stimulation trial for depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 232, 143-151. Benjamin Katz, Jacky Au, Martin Buschkuehl, Tessa Abagis, Chelsea Zabel, Susanne M. Jaeggi, John Jonides (2017). Individual Differences and Long-term Consequences of tdcs-augmented Cognitive Training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(9), 1498-1508. PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2019). Visual search attention training minimizes task distraction in adults with and without ADHD. Poster to be presented at the 26 th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Jacky Au, Seung Min Moon, Benjamin Katz, Tessa Abagis, John Jonides, Susanne M. Jaeggi. Evaluating the Optimal Timing of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Augment
Curriculum Vitae ABAGIS, Tessa 3 Cognitive Training. Poster to be presented at the 26 th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Paige Baal, Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2019). Investigating the effect of current and recent color distractors on cognitive task performance in ADHD and control participants. Poster to be presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Arushi Maharajan, Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2019). Novel Paradigm to Minimize Distraction through tdcs Enhanced Cognitive Training. Poster to be presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2018). Visual Search Attention Training Minimizes Task Distractibility. Poster presented at the 3rd International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2017). Mitigating Distraction by Irrelevant Items in Visual Search in ADHD. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Tessa Abagis, Chandra Sripada, Priti Shah, John Jonides (2017). Visual Attention Cognitive Training Minimizes Task Distraction. Poster presented at the MCubed Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI. Michaela Andrini, Zachary Schildcrout, Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2017). Visual Attention Cognitive Training Decreases Distraction. Poster presented at the UROP Summer Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI. Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2017). Individual difference effects on attentional capture by perceptually salient distractors. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Jacky Au, Benjamin Katz, Sheebani Talati, Seung-Min Moon, Kimberly Bunarjo, Benjamin Gibson, Martin Buschkuehl, Tessa Abagis, Chelsea Zabel, Susanne Jaeggi, John Jonides (2017). Evaluating Moderators in the Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation with Working Memory Training. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Tessa Abagis, Ben Katz, Luis Hernandez-Garcia, John Jonides (2017). Neural correlates of concurrent tdcs and working memory training. Talk delivered at Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Forum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Benjamin Katz, Jacky Au, Martin Buschkuehl, Tessa Abagis, Chelsea Zabel, Susanne M. Jaeggi, John Jonides (2017). Individual Differences in tdcs Augmented Working Memory Training. Poster presented at the NYC Neuromodulation 2017 Meeting, New York, NY.
Curriculum Vitae ABAGIS, Tessa 4 Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2016). The influence of perceptual load on detection of singleton distractors: A replication of Forster and Lavie (2008). Poster presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. Tessa Abagis, John Jonides (2016). High perceptual load results in less distractor interference: A replication of Forster and Lavie s 2007 study. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Luis Hernandez-Garcia, S. Shaun Ho, Tessa Abagis, Daniel F. Maixner, Stephan F. Taylor (2015). Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on Major Depressive Disorder: an ASL study of working memory. Poster presented at the 21st Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. Tessa Abagis, S. Shaun Ho, Daniel F. Maixner, Luis Hernandez-Garcia, Stephan F. Taylor (2015). Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment on resting state connectivity in depression. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Albert J. Silverman Research Conference, Ann Arbor, MI. Stephan F. Taylor, S. Shaun Ho, Daniel F. Maixner, Tessa Abagis, Luis Hernandez-Garcia (2015). Transcranial magnetic stimulation and resting state connectivity in depression. Poster presented at the 70th Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. GUEST BLOG POSTS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH Tessa Abagis (2018). How Brain Stimulation Can Boost Memory if Paired with Learning. Aeon. Tessa Abagis (2017). How Will We Get to Brain Stimulation for Learning? Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Tessa Abagis (2013). Liar Liar, Pants on Fire, Hanging from a 75th Percentile Wire. Boston University s The Nerve Blog. Tessa Abagis (2012). Failing Relationship? Take Some Neurochemicals! Boston University s The Nerve Blog. Tessa Abagis (2011). The Zombie Brain. Boston University s The Nerve Blog. Tessa Abagis (2011). Dog Lovers, Rejoice! Boston University s The Nerve Blog. Tessa Abagis (2010). Magic Rooted in Neuroscience. Boston University s The Nerve Blog. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Summer 2018 Lead Instructor
Curriculum Vitae ABAGIS, Tessa 5 E-prime workshop: Introduction to functional MRI course Winter 2018 Fall 2017, 2018 Summer 2017 Winter 2017 Fall 2016 Winter 2016 Research Methods in Psychology Lead Instructor: Colleen Seifert, Ph.D. Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience Lead Instructor: Daniel Weissman, Ph.D. Instructor E-prime workshop: Introduction to functional MRI course Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Lead Instructor: Nick Ellis, Ph.D. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Lead Instructor: Thad Polk, Ph.D. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Lead Instructor: James Hoeffner, Ph.D. SPECIALTY TRAINING 2018 Math for Social Scientists II, ICPSR Summer Program, Ann Arbor, MI 2018 Multilevel Models I: Introduction and Application, ICPSR Summer Program, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Training Course in fmri, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Multimodality Short Course, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA 2013 Neuronetics Clinical Certification in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI MENTORING 2018-present 2018-present 2018-present 2017-present Paige Baal, Honor s Thesis, Differently colored distractors' impact on cognitive performance in ADHD Arushi Mahajan, Honor s Thesis, tdcs-enhanced Visual Attention Training Nathan Lwo, Honor s Thesis, tdcs-enhanced Visual Attention Training in adult ADHD Maya Eter, Honor s Thesis, tdcs-enhanced Working Memory Training
Curriculum Vitae ABAGIS, Tessa 6 2017-2018 Zac Schildcrout, Honor s Thesis, Improving ADHD symptoms with Visual Attention Cognitive Training 2017 Michaela Andrini & Zachary Schildcrout, UROP project, Investigating Visual Attention Cognitive Training 2016-2017 Sally Nagia, Honor s Thesis, Cathodal vs. Anodal tdcs with Working Memory Training 2016-2017 Sheebani Talati, Honor s Thesis, Offline vs. Online tdcs with Working Memory Training PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2018-present Departmental Associate for the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area, University of Michigan Department of Psychology 2018 Reviewer, Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment 2017-2018 Social Committee for the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area, University of Michigan Department of Psychology 2017 Mentor, Association for Psychological Science Student Mentorship Program 2017 Reviewer, Association for Psychological Science Student Research Award 2017 Reviewer, Neuropsychologia 2016-2017 Recruitment Committee for the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area, University of Michigan Department of Psychology 2016 Reviewer, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2016 Reviewer, Neuropsychologia 2015-present Mentor, Michigan Association of Psychology Scholars 2015 Forum Committee for the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area, University of Michigan Department of Psychology 2010-2013 Writer and Editor, The Nerve Boston University blog 2009-2013 Mentor, Boston University Mind and Brain Society PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association for Psychological Science Cognitive Neuroscience Society Psychonomic Society