Dr. Rebecca Calcott

Telefon: 0941 943-3814

Curriculum Vitae

Academic education

• 2017 - PhD in Psychology (University of Oregon)
• 2012 - M.S. in Psychology (University of Oregon)
• 2010 - Hons. B.Sc. in Psychology and Human Biology (University of Toronto)

Professional Employment History

• 2017-2018: DAAD Research Fellow, University of Regensburg
• 2012 - 2017: Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon
• 2010 - 2011: Research Assistant, Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Division, The Hospital for Sick Chilrden, Toronto ON

Publications

Articles (peer-reviewed)

• Calcott, R.D., & Berkman, E.T. (2015). Neural correlates of attentional flexibility during approach and avoidance motivation. PLoS ONE, e0127203-19.
• Calcott, R.D., & Berkman, E.T. (2014). Attentional flexibility during approach and avoidance states: The role of context in shifts of attentional breadth. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 143, 1393-1408.
• Giuliani, N., Calcott, R.D., & Berkan, E.T. (2013). Piece of cake: Cognitive reappraisal of food rewards. Appetite, 64, 56-61.

Conference Presentations (first Authorship only)

• Calcott, R.D., Hubbard, J., & Berkman, E.T. (2017). Assessing the role of norepinephrine in attentional flexibility: A pupillometry study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San Francisco, CA.
• Calcott, R.D., & Berkman, E.T. (2016, September). Assessing the roles of norepinephriine and striatal dopamine in attentional flexibility: A pupillometry and eye blink study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Minneapolis, MN.
• Calcott, R.D., & Berkman, E.T. (2016, March). The role of striatal dopamine in attentional flexibility and distractibility. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science (SAS) in Chicago, IL.
• Calcott, R.D., & Berkman, E.T. (2015, April). Investigating the influence of positive affect on the stability-flexibility balance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science (SAS) in Oakland, CA.
• Calcott, R.D., Merchant. J.S., & Berkman, E.T. (2014, April). Neural correlates of attention switching in approach and avoidance states: Context matters. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), Boston, MA.
• Calcott, R.D. & Berkman E.T. (2014, February). Positive affect influences susceptibility to distraction during goal maintenance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Austin, TX.
• Calcott, R.D., Merchant, J.S., & Berkman, E.T. (2013, April). Understanding motivation-related changes in attentional flexibility: A neural networks approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS), San Francisco, CA.
• Calcott, R.D. & Berkman, E.T. (2013, January). Attentional flexibility during approach and avoidance motivational states. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), New Orleans, LA.
• Calcott, R.D., May, L.M., Tipsord, J.M., Felver-Grant, J.C., & Berkman, E.T. (2012, April). Increases in frontal control region activation during emotion regulation following a mindfulness intervention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) New York, NY.