Bruce Cuthbert
Psychology

     The major aims of my research are to develop new psychophysiological models and measures of affective processes, and to apply these results to research directed at an improved understanding of mood and anxiety disorders. . Both peripheral and central nervous system measures of emotional response are included. These include the startle reflex, heart rate, skin conductance, facial muscle activity, and brain event-related potentials recorded with large-array electrode nets for enhanced source localization. A focus of this research is an attempt to develop paradigms and measurements that can reveal individual differences in emotional responding that are relevant to risks for mood and anxiety disorders. My interests in clinical research are to understand the co-morbidity among anxiety, mood, and personality disorders in terms of dysregulation of basic motivational systems. Accordingly, rather than screening for "pure" diagnostic categories, the goal is to evaluate patients for the presence of symptoms relevant to all of these internalizing diagnoses.

• Cuthbert, B. N. (2005). Dimensional models of psychopathology: Research agenda and clinical utility. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,114, 565-569
  
  
• Schupp, H. T., Cuthbert, B. N., Bradley, M. M., Hillman, H. H., Hamm, A. O., & Lang, P. J. (2004). Brain processes in emotional perception: Motivated attention. Cognition and Emotion, 18, 593-611.
  
  
• Hillman, C. H., Cuthbert, B. N., Bradley, M. M., & Lang, P. J. (2004). Motivated engagement to appetitive and aversive fanship cues: Psychophysiological responses of rival sports fans. Journal of Sport & Exercise Physiology, 26, 338-351.
  
  
• Cuthbert, B. N., Lang, P. J., Strauss, C. C., Drobes, D., Patrick, C., & Bradley, M. M. (2003). The psychophysiology of anxiety disorder: Fear memory imagery. Psychophysiology, 40, 407-422.

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