Basic Information

Name: Kayleen Weaver
Birthday: 1984-08-01

Contact Information

Email: kweaver@neuromodulationlab.org
Hometown: Johnston, RI

Current Job

Research Coordinator

Education Background

BA in Psychology Franklin Pierce Univ., Rindge NH

Research Background

Senior Thesis project in differences in emotional perception, between males and females, measured both in labeling of emotion and judgement of intensity.  Also did small projects with the effects of caffeine in attention during the word-color stroop task, as well as the effects of scopolamine HBr on working memory in adult male mice. 

Research Focus

I have a strong interest in studying long term effects of psychotropic medications on brain structure and function, as well as studying neurological structure and how changes in that structure relates to symptoms in psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia.

Personal Interests

Spending time with family/friends