Brittany Shane Cassidy Department of Psychology, Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-3031 415 South St., MS 062 E-mail: bcassidy@brandeis.edu Waltham, MA 02454 EDUCATION Ph.D. (ongoing) M.A. B.A. Psychology Brandeis University Psychology Brandeis University Psychology, minor concentration in Statistics Cum laude, with Distinction in Psychology Boston University Anticipated 2014 2009-2010 2003-2007 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE fmri and behavioral studies of social cognition, face perception, and memory in healthy aging (PI: Angela Gutchess, Brandeis University) fmri and behavioral studies of face perception and social cognition in schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals (PIs: Daphne Holt and Roger Tootell, Massachusetts General Hospital) Behavioral studies of human visual attention (PI: David Somers, Boston University 2009-present 2007-2009 2006-2007 AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS Summer Institute on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship, 2013 Maryland Neuroimaging Center, University of Maryland Graduate Student Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2013 Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship, University of California, 2012 Santa Barbara First Prize, Student Paper Award, Massachusetts Gerontology Association 2012 Brandeis University Graduate Student Association Research Grant 2011 Outstanding Student Poster, Massachusetts Gerontology Association 2011 Outstanding Student Poster, Eastern Psychological Association 2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2010-2013 NIH/NIGMS T32-GM084907 Brain-Body-Behavior Interface in Learning and 2009-2010 Development Across the Lifespan, Predoctoral Trainee Boston University Undergraduate Travel Grant 2007 PUBLICATIONS Cassidy, B.S., Leshikar, E.D., Shih, J.Y., Aizenman, A., Gutchess, A.H. (in press). Valencebased age differences in medial prefrontal activity during impression formation. Social
Neuroscience. Cassidy, B.S., Zebrowitz, L.A., Gutchess, A.H. (2012). Appearance-based inferences bias source memory. Memory & Cognition, 40(8): 1214-1224. Cassidy, B.S., Shih, J.Y., Gutchess, A.H. (2012). Age-related changes to the neural correlates of social evaluation. Social Neuroscience, 7(6): 552-564. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2012). Structural variation within the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex predicts memory for impressions in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 3(319): 1-10. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2012). Social relevance enhances memory for impressions in older adults. Memory, 20(4): 332-345. Holt, D.J., Cassidy, B.S., Andrews-Hanna J., Lee, S.M., Coombs, G., Goff, D.C., Gabrieli, J.M., Moran, J.M. (2011). An anterior-to-posterior shift in midline cortical activity in schizophrenia during self-reflection. Biological Psychiatry, 69(5): 415-423. Yue, X., Cassidy, B.S., Devaney, K.J., Holt, D.J., Tootell, R.B.H. (2011). Lower level stimulus features strongly influence responses in the fusiform face area. Cerebral Cortex, 21(1): 35-47. Holt, D.J., Lebron-Milad, K., Milad, M.R., Rauch, S.L., Pitman, R.K., Orr, S.P., Cassidy, B.S., Walsh, J.P., Goff, D.C. (2009). Extinction memory is impaired in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 65(6): 455-463. Holt, D.J., Cassidy, B.S., Yue, X., Rauch, S.L., Nasr, S., Tootell, R.B.H., Coombs, G. (invited revision). Neural correlates of personal space intrusions. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (under review). Congruity between appearance and behavior impacts social judgments and memory. Holt, D.J., Cassidy, B.S., Stufflebeam, S.M., Goff, D.C., Tootell, R.B.H. (in preparation). Contrast sensitivity is reduced in V1 but not MT in schizophrenia. PRESENTATIONS Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2014): Appearance-behavior congruity impacts social judgments and memory across age. Poster: Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, Austin, TX (upcoming). Cassidy, B.S., Leshikar, E.D., Gutchess, A.H. (2013): Valence modulates dorsomedial prefrontal cortex engagement during impression formation in healthy aging. Poster: Mechanisms of Motivation, Cognition, and Aging Interactions conference, Washington, DC.
Cassidy, B.S., Zebrowitz, L.A., Gutchess, A.H. (2013): Appearance-based stereotypes distort source memory. Poster: Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, New Orleans, LA. Cassidy, B.S., (2012): Valence-based age differences in medial prefrontal activity during impression formation. Talk: Harvard University Social Brain Sciences Symposium, Cambridge, MA. Cassidy, B.S., Leshikar, E.D., Gutchess, A.H. (2012): Valence modulates dorsomedial prefrontal cortex engagement during impression formation in healthy aging. Poster: Society for Neuroscience meeting, New Orleans, LA. Gutchess, A.H. & Cassidy, B.S. (2012): Effect of aging on the neural correlates of social evaluation. Talk: International Congress of Psychology conference, Cape Town, South Africa. Cassidy, B.S., Aizenman, A., Gutchess, A.H. (2012): Amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex structural variation predict memory for impressions in older adults. Poster: Social and Affective Neuroscience Society conference, New York City, NY. Cassidy, B.S. (2012): Aging and social evaluation: Neural and behavioral evidence for agerelated preservation and change. Talk: Harvard University Social Neuroscience Workshop, Cambridge, MA. Holt, D.J., Coombs, G., Cassidy, B.S., Yue, X., Rauch, S.L., Nasr, S., Tootell, R.B.H. (2011): A frontoparietal cortical network in humans that is preferentially responsive to faces. Poster: American College of Neuropsychopharmacology meeting, Waikoloa, HI. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2011): Age-related changes to the neural correlates of social evaluation. Talk: Society for Neuroscience meeting, Washington, DC. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2011): Self-relevant goals enhance memory for traits in older adults. Poster: European Association of Social Psychology conference, Stockholm, Sweden. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2011): Self-relevant strategy use differentially affects memory for impressions in older adults. Poster: Eastern Psychological Association conference, Cambridge, MA. Cassidy, B.S. & Gutchess, A.H. (2010): Contextual effects on memory for impressions in young and older adults. Poster: Social and Affective Neuroscience Society conference, Chicago, IL. Gutchess, A.H., Gilron, R., Cassidy, B.S. (2010): Memory for first impressions. Talk: Association for Psychological Science convention, Boston, MA. Yue, X., Holt, D.J., Cassidy, B.S., Devaney, K.J., Tootell, R.B.H. (2009): Face selectivity is parameter-dependent in FFA. Poster: European Conference on Visual Perception, Regensberg, Germany.
Cassidy, B.S., Yue, X., Young, J.C., Tootell, R.B.H., Holt, D.J. (2009): A bias towards looming faces in a frontoparietal network and its potential role in social behavior. Poster: The Neuroscience of Emotion: From Reaction to Regulation meeting at Tufts University, Medford, MA. Holt, D.J., Cassidy, B.S., Lee, S.M., Gabrieli, J.D., Goff, D.C., Moran, J.M. (2009): Elevated activity within the posterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia during self-reflection. Poster: International Congress of Schizophrenia Research meeting, San Diego, CA. Cassidy, B.S., Yue, X., Young, J.C., Huang, S., Lynn, S.K., Tootell, R.B.H., Holt, D.J. (2008): Monitoring personal space: regions with a 'looming' bias in the human brain. Poster: Society for Neuroscience meeting, Washington, DC. Holt, D.J., Milad, M., Lebron-Milad, K., Cassidy, B.S., Goff, D.C. (2008): Amygdala volume predicts acquisition of conditioned fear responses in schizophrenia. Poster: American College of Neuropsychopharmacology meeting, Scottsdale, AZ. Yue, X., Holt, D.J., Cassidy, B.S., Young, J.C., Tootell, R.B.H. (2008): Face size selectivity in FFA reflects the cortical magnification factor. Talk: Society for Neuroscience meeting, Washington, DC. Holt, D.J., Lebron-Milad, K., Milad, M.R., Rauch, S.L., Pitman, R.K., Orr, S.P., Cassidy, B.S., Walsh, J.P., Goff, D.C. (2008): Extinction memory is impaired in schizophrenia. Poster: Society for Neuroscience meeting, Washington, DC. Holt, D.J., Lebron-Milad, K., Milad, M.R., Rauch, S.L., Pitman, R.K., Cassidy, B.S., Walsh, J.P., Goff, D.C. (2007): Reduced fear extinction recall in schizophrenia. Poster: American College of Neuropsychopharmacology meeting, Boca Raton, FL. Cassidy, B.S., Sheremata, S., Somers, D.C. (2007): Spatially specific training effects in multiple spotlight attention. Poster: Vision Sciences Society meeting, Sarasota, FL. TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE Primary instructor: o Introduction to Psychology (Summer 2013) Teaching assistant/guest lecturer: o Social Psychology (Isaacowitz, Spring 2010; DeScioli, Spring 2013) o Introduction to Psychology (Rosa, Fall 2010; Wright, Spring 2011) o Research Methods (Wolf, Fall 2011; Harries, Spring 2012) o Statistics (Kimball, Fall 2012) o Social Cognition (Zebrowitz, Fall 2012) Advised undergraduate honors student research (Liat Zabludovsky, 2013; Lauren Grewal, 2013), undergraduate research assistants (Michael Margolis, 2010-2011; Todd Kirkland, 2010-2011; Avi Aizenman 2011-2012; Rebekah Lafontant 2011-2012; Alina Liu 2011-2013; Jenny Crawford 2012-2013; Trent Judis 2012-2013; Tali Friedland 2012-present), and a visiting high school student (Victoria Jonas, 2011)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Psychological Association Div. 20 (Adult Development and Aging) Society for Neuroscience Massachusetts Gerontology Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Ad hoc reviewer: Psychological Science; Social Neuroscience RESEARCH SKILLS Designed and implemented behavioral and fmri research studies in young, aging, and clinical populations Extensive training analyzing fmri data in Freesurfer and SPM8 Proficient with software packages including SPSS, E-Prime, and SAS Basic scripting experience in UNIX and MATLAB