Neural experiments on these mindsets at
the Clinical Psychophysiology Lab at Michigan State University found that after committing an error, growth mindset participants exhibited enhanced brain activity and were less likely than the fixed mindset participants to make a similar mistake.
Not exact matches
The findings are published in a special issue of the journal
Psychophysiology devoted to reshaping
clinical science.
From a research perspective, Dr. Cattie's background in neuropsychology and
psychophysiology have informed interests in
clinical assessment, and a drive to better understand and leverage factors that impact treatment outcome.
She received her masters degree in
clinical and human
psychophysiology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1978 and her Ph.D. in
clinical psychology with an emphasis in
clinical health psychology from Yale University in 1983.
Clinical,
psychophysiology, behavior genetics, biological makers of schizophrenia, drug abuse, alcoholism, the course and development of psychopathology, lie detection
The neurobiology and
psychophysiology of human anxiety, classical and operant conditioning markers of
clinical anxiety, generalization of conditioned fear, the neural antecedents of avoidance and other fear - related decisions
Dr. Levy is a member of the American Family Therapy Academy,
clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and a member of the Association for Applied
Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
She continues to develop her understanding of
psychophysiology and seeks to apply this knowledge to her
clinical work through a developing program of research.
The University's doctoral programs include a Ph.D. in
Clinical Psychology and another in Experimental Health Psychology, but faculty research allows for much more specialized training in areas like adolescent development and
psychophysiology in cognition and mental health.