The Psychology Colloquium series presents Dr. Melissa Cyders on “Multidisciplinary Approaches and Findings Concerning the Role of Emotion-based Impulsivity as a Transdiagnostic Endophenotype” on Friday, Sept. 23, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 102.
Dr. Melissa Cyders
Cyders is Associate Professor of Psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. “One of the overarching goals of Dr. Cyders’ research program has been to better understand the separate facets underlying the construct of impulsivity and to show how the use of these separate facets leads to better prediction of risk-taking behaviors. Her research suggests that the term “impulsivity” is not meaningful and that using more specific conceptualizations will avoid problems associated with the use of varied or combined conceptualizations of impulsivity.
“Dr. Cyders’ research has also suggested that negative and positive urgency are the most clinically relevant impulsivity-related traits for a wide range of problematic levels of risk taking behaviors. Although the experience of emotions is generally adaptive and serves to motivate behaviors, extreme emotions can be maladaptive for individuals, especially when the emotions leads one to behavior that does not address the precipitating need or event of the emotional experience. Targeting urgency in treatment could lead to the development of psychotherapy or pharmacological therapies to alleviate emotion-based rash action that could be useful across many DSM-5 diagnoses,” according to her website.
The colloquium is hosted by Dr. Sarah Racine.
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