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Curriculum Vita September 2008
Christopher Paynter Carnegie Mellon University Department of Psychology 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ____________________________________________________________________________
Office: (412) 268- 4191 Baker Hall 455G Home: (412) 404-8573 cpaynter@andrew.cmu.edu Fax: (412) 268-2844 http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~paynter/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________ |
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Research Interest
My area of research is the neural substrates of recognition memory. My interests are in brain imaging and the pharmacology of memory.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA 2006-Present I am working toward a PhD in Psychology. GPA: (3.94/4.0)
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition; Pittsburgh, PA 2006-Present I am in the Behavioral Brain (B2) Research Training Program and am working toward a certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience
Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY 2002-2006 I earned a B.S. Degree in both Biochemistry and Psychology from The Honors College. Phi Beta Kappa Suma cum Laude; GPA: (3.97/4.0); Dean’s List all four years
Research Experience
Graduate Student working with Dr. Lynne Reder 2006-Present Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA Our latest project will look at fMRI images of subjects’ brains during a recognition task to see what regions are specially affected by the drug midazolam. Our first project used ERP (event related potential) methodology to find ERP correlates of initial feeling-of-knowing. We are also doing an ERP project involving problem solving with Dr. Kenneth Kotovsky.
Undergraduate Research with Dr. Nancy Squires, 2004-2006 Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY I assisted Allen Azizian, a post doctorial fellow, on an ERP study of responses to pictures and words. I also worked on dual- code theory, the topic of my senior thesis.
Summer Research with Dr. Cliff Kentros Summer 2005 University of Oregon; Eugene, OR The focus of the Kentros’ lab was the functioning of place cells in the hippocampus which we studied using single-unit recordings from transgenic mice.
Summer Research with Dr. Robert Levin Summers 2001-2002 Albany College of Pharmacy; Albany, NY We conducted biochemical analysis of rat bladder tissue as part of a larger project to determine the impact of temporary ischemia (deprivation of oxygen and glucose) on the level of cellular functioning in these tissues
Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant: Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology with Erin Ingvalson Fall 2008 Carnegie Mellon University Department of Psychology
Teaching Assistant: Social Psychology with Dr. Chante Cox Boyd Spring 2008 Carnegie Mellon University Department of Psychology
Publications
Paynter, C.A., Reder, L.M., & Kieffaber, P.D. (under review). Knowing we know before we know: ERP correlates of initial feeling-of-knowing. Neuropsychologia
Reder, L.M., Paynter, C., Diana, R.A., Ngiam, J., & Dickison, D. (2008). Experience is a double- edged sword: A computational model of the encoding/retrieval tradeoff with familiarity. In Ross, B. & Benjamin, A.S. (Eds.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Academic Press 271-312.
Conference Presentations
Paynter, C.A.,Kieffaber, P.D.,& Reder, L.M. (2007) Knowing We Know Before We Know: EEG Correlates of Initial Feeling-of-Knowing. Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society; Long Beach, CA (Abstract) (PDF of "Feeling-of-Knowing" Poster)
Azizian, A.,Watson, T.D., Paynter, C., & Squires, N.K. (2004) Effects of Pictorial and Word Stimuli on P300 and Reaction Time. Presented at the 2004 meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research; Santa Fe, NM (Abstract)
Honors and Awards
Academic Achievement and Dedication Award of Honor in Biochemistry 2006 Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY
Phi Beta Kappa 2005
Sigma Beta Honor Society of Stony Brook University 2003
National Merit Scholar 2002
National AP Scholar 2002
Scholarships and Grants
Behavioral Brain (B2) Research Training Program funded by National Institutes 2007 of Health and administered through the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition; Pittsburgh, PA
National Institute of Mental Health Combined Computational and Empirical approaches 2006 to the study of Cognitive Neuroscience Training Grant; Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Byrd Scholarship 2002
Stony Brook University Honors College and Presidential Scholarships 2002
New York State Regents’ Scholarship 2002
Science Scholarship from the Board of Education; Albany, New York 2002
Professional and Scholastic Activities
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Consciousness and Cognition and the Journal of 2006-Present Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
The American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007-Present Board Board Member of Stony Brook University’s Residence Hall Association 2002-2006 Treasurer (2004 – 2005)
Neuroscience-Axis Club of Stony Brook University 2004-2006
Undergraduate Chemistry Society of Stony Brook University 2002-2006
Personal Interests
I am an accomplished classical pianist. I also enjoy art, music, literature and world travel.
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