Boundaries of Anxiety and Depression Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania

Overview

Conducted research to explore the boundaries of emotional disorders, describe distinguishing features of these disorders, and identify mechanisms through which anxiety and depression emerge and co-occur.

Role

Student researcher

Penn Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program (PURM)

Major Contributions

Research

1. I wrote Python and MATLAB scripts to extract psychophysiological data from 4+ hour experimental data.

2. I worked in SPSS to analyze this data with regards to how individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder respond to positive feedback.

3. I synthesized preliminary findings into a poster for presentation.