Entry Year
2016
Major Area of Study
Neuropsychology
Mentor
Susan Tapert, PhD
acmay@ucsd.edu
Research Interests
April uses neuropsychological and neuroimaging methods to examine the effects of alcohol and substance use on adolescent neurocognition and development.
Representative Publications
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Stewart, J.L. & May, A.C. (2016) Electrophysiology for addiction medicine: From methodology to conceptualization of reward deficits. In H. Ekhtiari & M.P. Paulus (Eds.), Progress in Brain Research: Neuroscience for Addiction Medicine, 224, 67-84.
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May, A.C., Stewart, J.L, Tapert, S.F., & Paulus, M.P. (2014). The Effect of Age on Neural Processing of Pleasant Soft Touch Stimuli. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00052./p>
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May, A.C., Stewart, J.L., Migliorini, R., Tapert, S.F., & Paulus, M.P. (2013). Methamphetamine dependent adults show attenuated brain response to pleasant interoceptive stimuli. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 131, 238-246.
Grants/Awards
- Institutional Research Training Grant, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: T32 AA013525, Alcohol Research in the Science/Practitioner Model. PI: Edward P. Riley, 2016-2017