Micah Amd EDUCATION Research Doctorate ( Board Certified Neurotherapist

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1 Curriculum Vitae Micah Amd Department of Psychology National University of Ireland Maynooth Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland Phone: +353(831) My primary research focus is the enhancement of self-esteem through systematically diminishing rumination. I have previously demonstrated how emotional properties in arbitrary events can be derived as a consequence of how these events are related to one another, even in the absence of any direct conditioning histories. These findings have granted crucial insight regarding how maladaptive processes function in individuals suffering from depression. Adapting a non-linear dynamics perspective, my research strives towards the development of an automated procedure for detecting, and eventually remedying, aversive verbal patterns through a combination of relational responding and neurofeedback. EDUCATION Research Doctorate (in Experimental Psychology), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, (expected) Title: Contextual Modification of Frontal Alpha Asymmetry in Depressed Individuals Supervisor: Professor Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Board Certified Neurotherapist (accreditation-in-progress by Biofeedback Certification International Alliance, BCIA), 2013-present Includes: BCIA approved didactic education course that covered the 36 hours of the BCIA Blueprint of Knowledge and

2 2/5 25 contact hours with a BCIA-approved mentor to review 10 sessions of personal biofeedback demonstrating self-regulation and 100 sessions of patient/client treatment and 10 hours of case conference presentations passing the BCIA written examination Clinical supervisor: Dr. Richard Soutar, NewMind Centers, Roswell GA, USA. Certification in Teaching and Learning, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2014 A specialized module geared towards formulating and implementing teaching methodologies and outcomes for undergraduate students across various disciplines. Certification in Functional Neuroimaging, Trinity College, 2014 A course on the conceptual and practical underpinnings of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Masters of Science (in Psychology by research), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Title: Transformation of emotional functions across two eight-member comparative relational network using Implicit Associations Tests Supervisor: Professor Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Bachelor of Science (Honors) Degree Summa Cum Laude (CGPA 4.2/4.3), Saint Mary s University, Halifax, Honors Thesis Title: Transfer of Valence functions through combinatorial entailment: An ERP Inquiry Supervisor: Dr. Jason Ivanoff, Department of Psychology, Saint Mary s University AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS Research grant from the Irish Research Council (IRC), formerly the Irish Research Council of Science, Engineering and Technology Location: National University of Ireland, Maynooth Dates: John Hume Scholarship Location: National University of Ireland, Maynooth Dates: Graduating with greatest distinction: summa cum laude (CGPA: 4.2/4.3)

3 3/5 Date: 2011 Governor s Gold Medal for the Sciences Date: 2011 Dean of Science award for Outstanding Research Date: 2010 Dean s List for academic achievement Dates: 2010 Best poster Location: International Society for Human Ethology Conference PUBLICATIONS Amd, M. (in preparation). Opening the black box : Transformation of evaluative functions across multi-modal networks. Amd, M., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Bennett, M. (in preparation). Differences in affective relational generalization between high and low depressed groups. Amd, M. & Barnes-Holmes, D. (Under review). An asymmetrical relationship between comparative contextual cues. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Amd, M. (Under review). Out with the old, in with the New...or so we should believe. A review of J.E.R. Staddon's The New Behaviorism, Second edition. The Psychological Record. Amd, M., Roche, R.A.P., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (Under review) Relative shifts in individual frontal alpha asymmetry and the transformation of emotional functions. Biological Psychology. Amd, M. & Barnes-Holmes, D. (Under review). A derived transformation of valence functions across two 8-member comparative relational networks using Implicit Association Tests. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

4 4/5 Amd, M. & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2014). A derived transformation of implicit evaluative preferences across comparative relational networks using the Implicit Association Test. The Psychological Record. 64(3) Amd, M., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Ivanoff, J.I. (2013). A derived transfer of eliciting emotional functions using differences among electroencephalograms as a dependent measure. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 99(3) Amd, M., & Fisher, M. (2010). Men's perspectives on women's nonverbal cues of sexual interest. EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 2(2), CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 7 th Conference for the European Association of Behavior Analysis (EABA) Date: 14 th, September, 2014 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Title 1: Transformation of Emotional Functions across Two Eight-member Comparative Networks Title 2: Transformation of Emotional Functions in Relation to a Self stimulus Title 3 : Predicting self-reported Depression with Affective Relational Generalization Authors: Micah Amd, Dermot Barnes-Holmes 35 th Annual Conference for the Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) Date: July 3 rd, 2014 Location: Toronto, Canada Title: Relative shifts in Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and the Transformation of Emotional Functions Authors: Micah Amd, Dermot Barnes-Holmes 6 th European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning, 2014 Date: May 5 th, 2014 Location: Affligem, Belgium Title: Transformation of emotional functions across Comparative Relational Networks Author: Micah Amd, Dermot Barnes-Holmes 8 th Annual Conference for the Division of Behaviour Analysis (DBA) Date: April 4-5 th, 2014 Location: Athlone, Ireland Title: Transformation of Evaluative Functions in Relation to the Self Author: Micah Amd, Dermot Barnes-Holmes

5 5/5 Seventh International Conference for the Association of Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) Date: October 6-8 th, 2013 Location: Merida, Mexico Title: Transformation of Emotional Functions across Two 8-Member Comparative Networks: A Functional Account of Transitive Inference Authors: Micah Amd, Dermot Barnes-Holmes IGNITE Research Talks Date: May 29 th, 2013 Location: Maynooth, Ireland Title: Predicting Alpha Activity with the Affective Relational Generalization Task Author: Micah Amd The 35 th Biological Society Annual Whittaker Talks Date: March 8 th, 2013 Title: Merging Behaviourology with Neurofeedback Author: Micah Amd Congress of Science Honors Students for 2011 Date: August 7 th, 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Title: Transfer of Valence functions through Combinatorial Entailment: An ERP Inquiry Authors: Micah Amd 31 st Annual Conference for the Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) Date: July 3 rd, 2010 Location: Halifax, Canada Title: A Speed-Accuracy Analysis of Inhibition-of-Return Authors: Jason Ivanoff, Ryan Blagdon, Micah Amd 18 th Annual Conference for the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE) Date: August 9 th, 2010 Location: Madison, USA Title: Non-verbal Female Cues indicative of Mating Preferences Authors: Micah Amd, Maryanne Fisher TEACHING

6 6/5 Demonstrator Course: Psychological Statistics (Second year course) Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Coogan Location: Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Dates: October, 2011 April, 2012 Demonstrator Course: Research Methods in Psychology (Second year course) Supervisor: Dr. Lucie Kocum Dates: September 2010 December 2010 Teaching Assistant Course: Learning (First year course) Supervisor: Professor Faizal Junus Dates: September 2009 December 2010 Teaching Assistant Course: Drugs and Behavior (Third year course) Supervisor: Dr. Marcia Ozier Dates: June 2010 August 2010 Teaching Assistant/Proctor Course: Health Psychology (Third year course) Supervisor: Dr. Marcia Ozier Dates: June 2010 August 2010 Teaching Assistant/Proctor Course: Motivation & Emotion (Third year course) Supervisor: Dr. Marcia Ozier AFFILIATIONS

7 7/5 Association of Behavior Analysis International Student member (2012 present) Association of Contextual Behavioral Science Student member (2012 present) Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science Student member (2013 present) European Association of Behavior Analysis Student member (2013 present) REFERENCES Professor Dermot Barnes-Holmes Phone: (353) , Dr. Bryan Roche Phone: (353) , Dr. Richard Roche Phone: (353) , Dr. Andrew Coogan Phone: (353) , Dr. Philp Street Phone: (1-902) , Dr. Jason Ivanoff Phone: (1-902) , More available upon request