Curriculum VitaeMichael E. Dawson, Ph.D.page 1
Curriculum Vitae
Michael Edward Dawson, Ph.D.
(August, 2016)
OFFICE ADDRESS:Department of Psychology, SGM 501
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA90089-1061
Office Telephone: (213) 740-2294
FAX: (213) 746-9082
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA:
Personal data may be found in
Marquis’ Who's Who in America,
Marquis’ Who's Who in California,
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EDUCATION, LICENSE, AND AREAS OF MAJOR INTEREST:
B.S.ArizonaStateUniversity
Tempe, AZ (1963)
Ph.D.University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA (1967)
Licensed Psychologist in California #PC 006065 (inactive)
Areas of Interest:Human psychophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, affective neuroscience, affective conditioning, schizophrenia
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
1987 - Present Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
1984 - 1987Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
1979 - 1984Adjunct Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
1969 - 1979Research Psychologist, Gateways Hospital, Los Angeles
1967 - 1969Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University at Los Angeles
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1966 - 1967NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship
1981 - 1984Member of Board of Directors of the Society for Psychophysiological Research
1989 - 1990President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research
1990 - 1993Blue Ribbon Panel, "State of the Society in the year 2000", Society for Psychophysiological Research
1993 Selected for Fellow Status of American Psychological Society
1993 – 1998 NIMH Research Scientist Development Award
1993 - 1998NIMH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award
1995 - 1999Member of Executive Board of the Society for Research in Psychopathology
1998 – 2005 NIMH Research Scientist Development Award
2003 - 2004 Member of Nomination Committee of the Society for Psychophysiological Research
2004 - 2005Member of Publication Board of the Society for Psychophysiological Research
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SUPPORT:
1970 - 1979Principal Investigator, "Cognitive effects on GSR conditioning and performance" NIMH MH18411-01-09
1979 - 1981Co-Principal Investigator, "Developmental processes in schizophrenic relapse", awarded by NIMH through the Mental Health Clinical Research Center Program
1979 - 1983Principal Investigator, "Cognitive effects on GSR conditioning and performance" NIMH MH18411-10 and MH35217-01
1982 - 1985Co-Principal Investigator, "Developmental processes in schizophrenic disorders" NIMH MH3705-01-03
1982 - 1989Co-Chief of “Cognition, psychophysiology and neuropsychology laboratory of ClinicalResearchCenter for the Study of Schizophrenia” NIMH MH30911
1984 - 1988Principal Investigator, "Cognitive effects on ANS orienting and conditioning" NIMH MH40496-01-03
1989 - 1991Principal Investigator, "Electrodermal and attentional dysfunctions in schizophrenic and at-risk subjects" Scottish Rite schizophrenia research program
1990 - 1993Principal Investigator, "Electrodermal dysfunctions and
schizophrenia" NIMH MH46433-01-03
1993 - 1998Principal Investigator, “Electrodermal dysfunctions and schizophrenia” NIMH MH46433-04-09. (Selected for Method to Extend Research in Time [MERIT] award from NIMH.)
1993 - 1998Principal Investigator, “Psychophysiology of schizophrenia” NIMH K02 MH01086-01-05. (Research Scientist Development Award.)
1998 - 2005Principal Investigator, “Electrodermal dysfunctions and schizophrenia” NIMH MH46433-10-15
1998 - 2005Principal Investigator, “Psychophysiology of schizophrenia” NIMH K02 MH01086-06-11. (Research Scientist Development Award.)
2003 – 2007Sponsor of Anthony Rissling “Attentional stages of processing during nicotine withdrawal” National Research Service Award
2009 – 2010Co-Principal Investigator, “Virtual Sick Call” Army Research Office
2010 – 2011Principal Investigator, “Psychophysiological Interface for NeurocognitiveAssessment”, Institute for Creative Technologies
2011 – 2014Co- Investigator, “Sensory Adapted Dental Environments to Enhance Oral Care for children with Autism”, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, (PI Sharon A. Cermak, EdD)
2015 – 2021Co- Investigator, “Sensory Adapted Dental Environments to Enhance Oral Care for Children”, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, (PI Sharon A. Cermak, EdD)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Psychological Society (Charter Member and Fellow)
Society for Psychophysiological Research (Former President)
Society for Research in Psychopathology(Former Member of BoardofDirectors)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES:
Society for Psychophysiological Research
Member, Publication Board, 1978-1981
Chair, Program Committee, 1981
Member, Bylaws Committee, 1984-1987
Chair, Ethics Committee, 1986-1988
Chair, Nominations Committee, 1990-1991
Member, “State of the Society in the year 2000”, 1990-1993
Member, Publication Board, 1990-1994
Chair, Ethics Committee, 1998-2001
Member, Nominating Committee, 2000-2001
Member, Nominating Committee, 2003-2004
Member, Publication Board, 2004 - 2005
Society for Research in Psychopathology
Member, Executive Board, 1995-1999
Chair, Smadar Levin Award Committee, 2000
Editorial Activities:
Associate EditorPsychophysiology (1980-1983)
Guest Co-editorSchizophrenia Bulletin (V.10:2, 1984)
Editorial ReviewsBehavioral and Brain Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Emotion, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Comparative Psychology, JEP: Human Perception and Performance, JEP: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychiatry Research, Psychological Review, Psychological Bulletin, Psychopharmacology, Psychophysiology, Quarterly JEP, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Science
Grant ReviewerAustralian Research Council, Binational Science Foundation,
National Institute of Mental Health, Special Emphasis Panel,
National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering, Research Council of Canada, Veterans Administration
PUBLICATIONS (2016 - 1970):
Dawson, M.E & Schell, A.M. (in press). Classical Conditioning. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Education Research, Measurement, and Evaluation.
Payne, A. F. H., Schell, A. M., & Dawson, M. (2016). Lapses in skin conductance responding across anatomical sites: Comparison of fingers, feet, forehead, and wrist. Psychophysiology, 53, 1084 - 1092. DOI 10.1111/psyp.12643
Ratan, R.A. & Dawson, M.E. (2015). When Mii is Me: A psychophysiological examination of avatar self-relevance. Communication Research, 1-30. DOI 10.1177/009365022I5570652.
Cermak, S.A., Stein Duker, L.I., Williams, M.E., Dawson, M.E., Lane, C.J., & Polido, J.C. (2015) Sensory adapted dental environments to enhance oral care for children with autism spectrum disorders: A randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2450-5.
Cermak, S.A.,Stein, L.I., Williams, M.E., Lane, C.J., Dawson, M.E., Borreson, A.E., & Polido, J.C. (2015). Feasibility of a sensory adapted dental environment for children with autism. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 69, DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2015.013714.
Stein, L.I., Lane, C.J., Williams, M.E., Dawson, M.E., Polido, J.C., Cermak, S.A. (2014). Physiological and behavioral stress and anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorders during routine oral care, BioMed Research International, 2014, 694876, doi:10.1155/2014/694876
Parsons, T. D., Courtney, C. G., & Dawson, M. E. (2013). Virtual reality Stroop task for assessment of supervisory attentional processing. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 35 (8), 812–826.
Courtney, C.G., Dawson, M.E., Rizzo, A.A., Arizmendi, B.J., & Parsons, T.D. (2013). Predicting navigation performance with psychophysiological responses to threat in a virtual reality environment. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8021, 75-83.
Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C.G., Dawson, M.E., Rizzo, A.A., & Arizmendi, B.J. (2013). Visuospatial processing and learning effects in virtual reality based mental rotation and navigational tasks. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8019, 129-138.
Payne, F. H., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., Singh, K., & Courtney, C. G. (2013). Can you give me a hand? A comparison of hands and feet as optimal anatomical sites for skin conductance recording. Psychophysiology, 50, 1065-1069
Singh, K., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., Courtney, C., & Payne, A. F. H. (2013). Can human autonomic classical conditioning occur without contingency awareness? The critical importance of the trial sequence. Biological Psychology, 93, 197-205
Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C.G.,Dawson, M.E. (2012). Psychophysiology to assess impact of varying levels of simulation fidelity. Advances in Human-computer Interaction,1-9. Doi:10.1155/2012/831959
Subnotik, K.L., Schell, A.M., Chilingar, M.S., Dawson, M.E., Ventura, J., Kelly, K.A., Hellemann, G.S., Neuchterlein, K.H. (2012). The interaction of electrodermal activity and expressed emotion in prediction of symptoms in recent-onset schizophrenia. Psychophysiology, 49, 1035-1038
Boucsein, W., Fowles, D.C., Grimnes, S., Ben-Shakar, G., Roth, W.T., Dawson, M.E., Filion, D.L. (2012). Committee Report: Publication recommendations for electrodermal measurements. Psychophysiology, 49, 1017-1034
Chang, M.C., Parham, D., Blanche, E.I., Schell, A.M., Chou, C.P., Dawson, M.E., Clark, F. (2012). Autonomic and behavioral responses of children with autism to auditory stimuli. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 1 - 10.Doi.org/5014/ajot.2012.004242
Feng, M.C., Courtney, C.G., Mather, M., Dawson, M.E., Davison, G.C.(2011). Age-related affective modulation of the startle eyeblink response:Older adults startle most when viewing positive pictures.Psychology and Aging, 26, 752 - 760.
Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Banis, H.T. (2011). Greater resistance to extinction of electrodermal responses conditioned to potentially phobic CSs: A non-cognitive process? In Lekander, M., Nilsonne, G., & Ingvar, M. (Eds.) Affective regulation and neuroscience of emotion: Festschrift in honor of Arne Ohman. Pp 67 – 76 (ReprintfromPsychophysiology, 1986, 23, 552-561).
Parsons, T.D., Courtney, C., Arizmendi, B., & Dawson, M. (2011). Virtual Reality Stroop Task for neurocognitive assessment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 143, 433-439.
Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Courtney, C.G. (2011). The skin conductance response, anticipation, and decision making. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 4, 111-116.
Wu, D., Courtney, C.G., Lance, B., Narayanan, S.S., Dawson, M., Oie, K., & Parsons, T.D. (2010). Optimal arousal identification and classification for affective computing: Virtual reality Stroop task. IEEE Transactions onAffective Computing, 1, 109-118.
Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., Rissling, A., Ventura, J., Subotnik, K. L., & Nuechterlein, K. H. (2010). Psychophysiological prodromal signs of schizophrenic relapse: A pilot study. Schizophrenia Research, 123, 64-67.
Courtney, C. G., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., Iyer, A., & Parsons, T. D. (2010). Better than the real thing: Eliciting fear with moving and static computer-generated stimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 78, 107-114.
Gao, Y., Raine, A., Venables, P. H., Dawson, M. E., Mednick, S. A. (2010). Reduced electrodermal fear conditioning from ages 3 to 8 years is associated with aggressive behavior at age 8 years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51, 550-558.
Isen, J., Raine, A. Baker, L., Dawson, M., Bezdjian, S., Lozano, D. (2010). Sex-specific association between psychopathic traits and electrodermal reactivity in children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 216-225.
Gao, Y., Raine, A., Venables, P. H., Dawson, M. E., Mednick, S. A. (2010). Association of poor childhood fear conditioning and adult crime. American Journal of Psychiatry, 167, 56-60.
Gao, Y., Raine, A., Venables, P.H., Dawson, M.E., & Mednick, S.A. (2010). The development of skin conductance fear conditioning in children ages 3 to 8 years. Developmental Science, 13, 1-12.
Dawson, M.E.Schell, A.M. (2009). Electrodermal response system. In D. Sander & K. R.
Scherer (Eds.). Oxford Companion to Affective Sciences. pp 135-136.OxfordUniversity
Press.
Dawson, M. E., & Schell, A. M. (2009). Is propositional learning necessary for human autonomic classical conditioning? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 205-206
Courtney, C.G., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Parsons, T.D. (2009). Affective computer-generated stimulus exposure: Psychophysiological support for increased elicitation of negative emotions in high and low fear subjects. Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5638, 459-468.
Cosand, L. D., Cavanagh, T. M., Brown, A., Courtney, C. G., Rissling, A. J., Schell, A. M., & Dawson, M. E. (2008). Arousal, working memory, and conscious awareness in contingency learning. Consciousness and Cognition, 17, 1105-1113
Hazlett, E. A., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Nuechterlein, K. H. (2008). Probing attentional dysfunctions in schizophrenia: Startle modulation during a continuous performance test. Psychophysiology, 45, 632–642.
Dawson, M. E., Rissling, A. J., Schell, A. M., & Wilcox, R. (2007). Under what conditions can human affective conditioning occur without contingency awareness? A test of the evaluative conditioning paradigm. Emotion, 7, 755-766.
Gao, Y., Raine, A., Dawson, M. E., Venables, P. H., & Mednick, S. A. (2007). Development of skin conductance orienting, habituation, and reorienting from ages 3 to 8 years: A longitudinal latent growth curve analysis. Psychophysiology, 44, 855-863.
Rissling, A. J., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Nuechterlein, K. H. (2007). Effects of
cigarette smoking on prepulse inhibition, its attentional modulation, and vigilance performance.Psychophysiology, 44, 627-634
Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Filion, D. L. (2007). The electrodermal system. In J. T. Cacioppo, L. G. Tassinary & G. G. Berntson (Eds.), Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd ed., pp. 159-181). New York: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Thorne, G. L., Dawson, M. E., & Schell, A. M. (2006). Effects of perceptual load on startle reflex modification at a long lead interval. Psychophysiology, 43, 498-503.
Wynn, J. K., Sergi, M. J., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., Green, M. F. (2005).
Sensorimotor gating, orienting and social perception in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia
Research, 73, 319-325.
Rissling, A. J., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Nuechterlein, K. H. (2005). Effects of
perceptual processing demands on startle eyeblink modification. Psychophysiology,
42, 440-446.
Schell, A. M., Dawson, M. E., Rissling, A., Ventura, J., Subotnik, K. L., Gitlin, M. J., &
Nuechterlein, K. H. (2005). Electrodermal predictors of functional outcome and negative
symptoms in schizophrenia. Psychophysiology, 42(4), 483-492.
Thorne, G. L., Dawson, M. E., & Schell, A. M. (2005). Attention and prepulse inhibition: The
effects of task-relevant, irrelevant, and no-task conditions. International Journal of
Psychophysiology, 56, 121-128.
Dawson, M.E., Oray, S., Lu, Z.-L., & Schell, A.M. (2004). Prepulse inhibition of event -
related brain potentials and startle eyeblink. Advances in Psychology Research, Vol 29. (pp 65-77) New York: Nova Science.
Wynn, J.K., Dawson, M.E., & Schell, A.M. (2004). The functional relationship between visual backward masking effects and prepulse inhibition. Psychophysiology, 41, 306-312.
Wynn, J.K., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M. McGee, M., Salveson, D., & Green, M.F. (2004). Prepulse facilitation and prepulse inhibition in schizophrenia patients and their unaffected siblings. Biological Psychiatry, 55, 518-523.
Vanman, E.J., Mejia, V.Y., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Raine, A. (2003). Modification of the startle reflex in a community sample: Do one or two dimensions of psychopathy underlie emotional processing? Personality and Individual Differences,35, 2007-2021.
Dawson, M. E., & Schell, A. M. (2002). What does electrodermal activity tell us about
prognosis in the schizophrenia spectrum? Schizophrenia Research, 54, 87-93.
Oray, S., Lu, Z. L., & Dawson, M. E. (2002). Modification of sudden onset auditory ERP by involuntary attention to visual stimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 43, 213-224.
Schell, A. M., Dawson, M. E., Nuechterlein, K. H., Subotnik, K. L., Ventura, J. (2002). The temporal stability of electrodermal variables over a one-year period in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia and in normal subjects. Psychophysiology, 39, 124-132.
Schell, A.M. Dawson, M.E.(2001). Psychophysiology. In N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. (pp. 12448-12452).
Hazlett, E. A., Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Nuechterlein, K. H. (2001). Attentional stages of information processing during a continuous performance test: A startle modification analysis. Psychophysiology,38, 669-677.
Medina, A. M., Mejia, V. M., Schell, A. M., Dawson, M. E., & Margolin, G. (2001). Startle
reactivity and PTSD symptoms in a community sample of women. Psychiatry Research,
101, 157-169.
Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., Hazlett, E.A., Nuechterlein, K.H., & Filion, D.L. (2000). On the clinical and cognitive meaning of impaired sensorimotor gating in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 96, 187-197.
Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Filion, D.L. (2000). The electrodermal system. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.L. Bernston (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (pp. 200-223). Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Schell, A.M., Wynn, J.K., Dawson, M.E., Sinaii, N., Niebala, C.B. (2000)Automatic and controlled attentional processes in startle eyeblink modification: Effects of habituation of the prepulses. Psychophysiology, 37, 409-417.
Wynn, J.K., Dawson, M.E., & Schell, A.M. (2000). Discrete and continuous prepulses have differential effects on startle prepulse inhibition and skin conductance orienting. Psychophysiology, 37, 224-230.
Böhmelt, A. H., Schell, A. M., & Dawson, M. E. (1999). Attentional modulation of short- and long-lead-interval modification of the acoustic startle eyeblink response: Comparing auditory and visual prestimuli. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 32, 239-250.
Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Böhmelt, A. (1999). Startle modification: Introduction and overview. In M. E. Dawson, A. M. Schell, & A. Boehmelt (Eds.). Startle Modification: Implications for neuroscience, cognitive science, and clinical science (pp. 6-18). Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Böhmelt, A. (Eds.) (1999). Startle Modification: Implications for neuroscience, cognitive science, and clinical science. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Nuechterlein, K. H., Asarnow, R. F., Subotnik, K. L., Fogelson, D. L., Ventura, J., Torquato, R. D., Dawson, M. E. (1998). Neurocognitive vulnerability factors for schizophrenia: Convergence across genetic risk studies and longitudinal trait/state studies. In M. F. Lenzenweger & R. H. Dworkin (Eds.) Origins and development of schizophrenia:
Advances in experimental psychopathology (pp. 299-327). Washington D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Nuechterlein, K. H., & Dawson, M. E. (1998). Neurophysiological and psychophysiological approaches to schizophrenia and its pathogenesis. In S. J. Watson (Ed.), Psychopharmacology: The fourth generation of progress (CD-ROM Version 2). New York: Raven-Lippincott Press.
Vanman, E. J., Dawson, M. E., & Brennan, P. A. (1998). Affective reactions in the blink of an eye: Individual differences in subjective experience and physiological responses to emotional stimuli. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1007-1018.
Yee, C.M., Nuechterlein, K.H., Dawson, M.E. (1998). A longitudinal analysis of eye tracking dysfunction and attention in recent-onset schizophrenia. Psychophysiology, 35, 443-451.
Filion, D. L., Dawson, M. E., & Schell, A. M. (1998). The psychological significance of human startle eyeblink modification: A review. Biological Psychology, 47, 1-43.
Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., Swerdlow, N.R., & Filion, D.L. (1997). Cognitive, clinical, and neurophysiological implications of startle modification. In P.J. Lang, R.F. Simons, & M.T. Balaban (Eds.), (pp. 257 – 279). Attention and orienting: Sensory and motivational processes: New Jersey, Erlbaum Associates.
Nuechterlein, K. H., & Dawson, M. E. (1997). Neurophysiological and psychophysiological approaches to schizophrenia and its pathogenesis. In Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress (pp. CD-ROM Revision): Raven-Lippincott Press.
Hazlett, H., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Nuechterlein, K.H. (1997). Electrodermal activity as a prodromal sign in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 41, 111-113.
Hazlett, E.A., Dawson, M.E., Filion, D.L., Schell, A.M., & Nuechterlein, K.H. (1997). Autonomic orienting and the allocation of processing resources in schizophrenia patients and putatively at-risk individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 171-181.
Vanman, E.J., Boehmelt, A.H., Dawson, M.E., & Schell, A.M. (1996). The varying time courses of attentional and affective modulation of the startle eyeblink reflex. .
Jennings, P.D., Schell, A.M., Filion, D.L.Dawson, M.E. (1996). Tracking early and late stages of information processing: Contributions of startle blink reflex modification. Psychophysiology, 33, 148-155.
Schell, A.M., & Dawson, M.E. (1995). Responses conditioned to fear-relevant stimuli survive extinction of the expectancy of the UCS. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18, 312-313.
Schell, A.M., Dawson, M.E., Hazlett, E., & Filion, D.L. (1995). Attentional modulation of startle in psychosis-prone college students. Psychophysiology, 32, 266-273.
Nuechterlein, K.H., & Dawson, M.E. (1995). Neurophysiological and psychophysiological approaches to schizophrenia. In F.E. Bloom & D. J. Kupfer (Eds.), Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation (pp. 1235-1244). New York:Raven Press.
Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., Hazlett, E.A., Filion, D.L., & Nuechterlein, K.H. (1995). Attention, startle eyeblink modification, and psychosis proneness. In A. Raine, T. Lencz, & S.A. Mednick (Eds.), Schizotypal personality (pp. 250-271). Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Nuechterlein, K.H., Dawson, M.E., & Green, M.F. (1994). Information-processing abnormalities as neuropsychological vulnerability indicators for schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 90 (Supplement 384), 71-79.
Lipp, O.V., Arnold, S.L., Siddle, D.A.T., & Dawson, M.E. (1994). The effect of repeated prepulse-blink reflex trials on blink reflex modulation at short lead intervals. Biological Psychology, 38, 19-36.
Dawson, M.E., Nuechterlein, K.H., Schell, A.M., Gitlin, M., & Ventura, J. (1994). Autonomic abnormalities in schizophrenia: State or trait indicators? Archives of General Psychiatry, 51, 813-824.
Nuechterlein, K.H., Dawson, M.E., Ventura, J., Gitlin, M., Subotnik, K.L., Snyder, K.S., Mintz, J., & Bartzokis, G. (1994). The vulnerability/stress model of schizophrenic relapse: A longitudinal study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 89(Supplement 382), 58-64.
Nuechterlein, K.H., Buchsbaum, M., & Dawson, M.E. (1994). Neuropsychological vulnerability to schizophrenia. In A. Davids & J. Cutling (Eds.), The neuropsychology of schizophrenia (pp. 53-77). London: Erlbaum.
Freedman, L.W., Scerbo, A.S., Dawson, M.E., Raine, A., McClure, W.O., & Venables, P.H. (1994). The relationship of sweat gland count to electrodermal activity. Psychophysiology, 31, 196-200.
Filion, D.L., Dawson, M.E., & Schell, A.M. (1994). Probing the orienting response with startle modification and secondary reaction time. Psychophysiology, 31, 68-78.
Schell, A.M., Dawson, M. E., Hazlett, E.A., Filion, D.L., & Nuechterlein, K.H. (1993). The skin conductance orienting response, attention, and schizophrenia. In J.C. Roy, W. Boucsein, D.C. Fowles, & J.H. Gruzelier (Eds.), Progress in electrodermal research (pp. 207-221.) New York: Plenum.
Dawson, M.E., Hazlett, E.A., Filion, D.L., Nuechterlein, K.H., & Schell, A.M. (1993). Attention and schizophrenia: Impaired modulation of the startle reflex. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 633-641.
Filion, D.L., Dawson, M.E., & Schell, A.M. (1993). Modification of the acoustic startle-reflex eyeblink: A tool for investigating early and late attentional processes. Biological Psychology, 35, 185-200.
Dawson, M.E. (1993). [Review of Attention and information processing in infants and adults: Perspectives from human and animal research.] Psychophysiology, 30, 316-317.
Hazlett, E. A., Dawson, M. E., Buchsbaum, M. S., & Nuechterlein, K. H. (1993). Reduced regional brain glucose metabolism assessed by PET in electrodermal nonresponder schizophrenics: A pilot study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 39-46.
Nuechterlein, K.H., Dawson, M.E., Gitlin, M., Ventura, J., Goldstein, M.J., Snyder, K.S., Yee, C.M., & Mintz, J. (1992). Developmental processes in schizophrenic disorders: Longitudinal studies of vulnerability and stress. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 18, 387-425.
Dawson, M.E., Nuechterlein, K.H., & Schell, A.M. (1992). Electrodermal abnormalities in recent-onset schizophrenia: Relationships to symptoms and prognosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 18, 295-311.
Sakai, L.M., Baker, L.A., & Dawson, M.E. (1992). Electrodermal lability: Individual differences affecting perceptual speed and vigilance performance in 9 to 16 year old children. Psychophysiology, 29, 207-217.
Scerbo, A., Freedman, L.W., Raine, A., Dawson, M.E., & Venables, P.H. (1992). A major effect of recording site on measurement of electrodermal activity. Psychophysiology, 29, 241-246.
Dawson, M.E., Nuechterlein, K.H., Schell, A.M., & Mintz, J. (1992). Concurrent and predictive electrodermal correlates of symptomatology in recent-onset schizophrenic patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101, 153-164.
Nuechterlein, K.H., Dawson, M.E., Ventura, J., Miklowitz, D., & Konishi, G. (1991). Information-processing anomalies in the early phases of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia Research, 5, 195-196.
Woodward, S.H., Brown, W.S., Marsh, J.T., & Dawson, M.E. (1991). Probing the time-course of the auditory oddball P3 with secondary reaction time. Psychophysiology, 28, 609-618.
Filion, D.L., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Hazlett, E.A. (1991). The relationship between skin conductance orienting and the allocation of processing resources. Psychophysiology, 28, 410-424.
Schell, A.M., Dawson, M.E., & Marinkovic, K. (1991). Effects of the use of potentially phobic CSs on retention, reinstatement, and extinction of the conditioned skin conductance response. Psychophysiology, 28, 140-153.
Dawson, M.E., & Hazlett, E.A. (1991). Heterogeneity, orienting, and habituation in schizophrenia. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Commentary), 14, 24-25.
Nuechterlein, K.H., Dawson, M.E., Ventura, J., Fogelson, D., Gitlin, M., & Mintz, J. (1991). Testing vulnerability models: Stability of potential vulnerability indicators across clinical state. In H. Hafner & W.F. Gattaz (Eds.), Search for the causes of schizophrenia (Vol. 2, pp. 177-191). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.