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CURRICULUM VITA
Alex S. Cohen, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University
206 Audubon Hall
Baton Rouge, LA. 70803
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (225) 578.7017
Fax: (225) 578.4125
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Birthplace:
Citizenship:
Sacramento, CA
United States of America
Home Address:
Birth date:
Baton Rouge, LA
July 19, 1973
CLINICAL LICENSURE
License # 1033 State of Louisiana – Granted by the Louisiana Board of Examiners of Psychology
APPOINTMENTSHIPS:
09/2013 – Present
Adjunct Professor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
06/2013 – Present
Executive Board
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Baton Rouge, LA
08/2012 – Present
Associate Professor
Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology
08/2010 – Present
Adjunct Professor
Louisiana State University Health Sciences University
08/2006 – 2012
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology
06/2004 – 06/2006
Research Associate
University of Maryland, College Park
Mentor: Jack Blanchard, Ph.D.
EDUCATION:
08/1998 – 06/2004
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Kent State University
Mentor: Nancy Docherty, Ph.D.
Predoctoral clinical internship: University of Maryland, School of Medicine.
08/1993 – 06/1998
B.S. Psychology
Graduated with Honors
Portland State University
FUNDING:
Under Review NIMH R21: NIMH – Understanding computationally-derived communicative abnormalities in serious
mental illness across temporal and social-contextual conditions (~ $390,000 total).
Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2015 – 2019
Helse Nord (Northern Norway’s Health Authority). Reducing misdiagnosis and developing critical
objective phenotypes of severe mental illness (~ $390,000).
Co-Investigator/Mentor: Alex S Cohen
2014 – 2017
Norwegian Research Council. Diagnostic Support System Development for the Monitoring of
Psychosis (~ $1,300,000 total).
Co--Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
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2014 – 2015
Minimizing Driver Errors: Detecting Unexpected Targets in Familiar Environments. (~ $56,532 total).
Co-Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2014 – 2017
Psychological Externship: Our Lady of the Lake Psychiatry Dept. (~$254,000)
Contract: Alex S Cohen, Julie Buckner and Mary Lou Kelly
2014 - 2015
BOR Enhancement – Psychology Department EEG Neuroscience Lab ($102,811)
Co-Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2008 – 2017
Psychological Externship: East Louisiana State Hospital. (~$150,000)
Contract: Alex S Cohen and Johnny Matson
2010 – 2013
NIMH R03 – 2011 – 2013: NIMH R03 (1R03MH092622-01) – Identifying the Vocal Markers of
Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders (~ $225,000 total).
Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2008 - 2013
NIMH (1P50MH082999-01). Centers for Intervention Development and Applied Research (CIDAR).
Principal Investigator – William Carpenter.
2008 - 2011
Louisiana Board of Regents Grant – Understanding Negative Symptoms Using Novel Technologies
(~ $100,000 total).
Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2010
Manship Summer Research Fellowship: Optimizing Computer-Based Measures of Negative
Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2007-2008
Faculty Development Grant: Computerized Assessment of Negative Symptoms
Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
2007
Council On Research Summer Stipend: Computerized Assessment of Negative Symptoms in
Individuals At-Risk for Schizophrenia
Principal Investigator: Alex S Cohen
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS:
2016
2012
2012
2007
2003
2003
2002
2002
LSU Rainmaker Mid-Career Scholar award
“Faces of the Future” – Society for Research in Psychopathology
Nicholson Award for Outstanding Faculty Member
International Congress on Schizophrenia Research Young Investigator Award
Kent State University Grad. Student Senate (GSS) - Research achievement award.
Kent State University Applied Psychology Clinic (APC) - Publication award.
Friedman Fellowship for “Outstanding contributions to the field of mental health”.
Kent State University APC - Research fellowship award.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Italics denote a graduate student under my supervision
1. Le, Thanh, Mitchell Kyle R., Schwartz, Elana, McGovern, Jessica, Cohen, Alex S. (In Press). Schizophrenia.
In Volume III: Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. Edited by: C. Steven Richards and Lee M.
Cohen. Wiley
2. McGovern, Jessica, Mitchell, Kyle, Cohen, Alex S. (In Press). Schizophrenia. In the SAGE Encyclopedia of
Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.
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3. Cohen, Alex S., Macaulay, Rebecca, Mitchell, Kyle R., Ory, Justin, Schwartz, Elana (2016). Severe
Psychopathology. In Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism.
4. Levy, Ken, Cohen, Alex S. (2015). Commentary: Mental illness, dangerousness and involuntary commitment.
Philosophy and Psychiatry: Problems, intersections and New Perspectives. Eds. Mosely and Gala.
5. Macaulay, Rebecca M., McGovern, Jessica E., Cohen, Alex S. (2014). Understanding anhedonia: The role of
perceived control. Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook Volume I. Ritsner, Michael; New York, NY. US.
Springer.
6. Cohen, Alex S., Callaway, Callas A., Auster, Tracey (2014). Schizophrenia. The Oxford Handbook of
Depression and Comorbidity. Steven Richards and Mike O’Hara; Washington, DC, US: American
Psychological Association.
7. Blanchard, Jack J., Cohen, Alex S., Carreno, Jay. (2007). Schizophrenia. in Emotion and Psychopathology:
Bridging Affective and Clinical Science. Rottenberg, Jonathan; Johnson, Sheri L.; Washington, DC, US:
American Psychological Association, 2007. pp. 103-122.
PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
8. Cohen, Alex S., Le, Thanh P., Fedechko, Taylor, L., Elvevåg, Brita. (In Press). Can RDoC help find order in
thought disorder? Schizophrenia Bulletin.
9. Elvevåg, Brita, Foltz, Peter, Rosentstein, Mark, Ferrer-i-Cancho, Ramon, De Deyne, Simon, Cohen, Alex S.
(In Press). Thoughts about disordered thinking: Measuring and quantifying the laws of order and disorder.
Schizophrenia Bulletin.
10. Cohen, Alex S, Mitchell, Kyle, Strauss, Gregory P, Blanchard, Jack J, Buchanan, Robert, McMahon, Robert,
Carpenter, William. (In Press). Editorial Letter: The effects of oxytocin and galantamine on objectively-defined
vocal and facial expression: data from the CIDAR study. Schizophrenia Research.
11. Cohen, Alex S., Fonseca-Pedrero, Eduardo (In Press). Towards a phenotypic core of schizotypy:
convergence and divergence of two psychometrically-supported measures. Journal of Experimental
Psychopathology.
12. Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Javier Ortuño-Sierra, Alicia Pérez de Álbeniz, Alex Cohen. (In Press). A latent
profile analysis of schizotypal dimensions: associations with mental distress, psychosis proneness,
hypomanic experiences and hedonic capacity.
13. Ecker, A. H., Cohen, Alex. S., & Buckner, J. D. (2017). Overestimation of close friend drinking problems in
the prediction of one's own drinking problems. Addictive behaviors, 64, 107-110.
14. Cohen, Alex S., Mitchell, Kyle R., Docherty, Nancy M., Horan, William P. (2016). Vocal expression in
schizophrenia: Less than meets the ear. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 125(2). 299-309
15. Cohen, Alex S., Callaway, Dallas A., Mitchell, Kyle R., Larsen, Jeff T., Strauss, Gregory P. (2016). A
temporal examination of co-activated emotion valence networks in schizophrenia and schizotypy.
Schizophrenia Research. 170(2-3). 322-329
16. Fonseca-Pedrero, Eduardo, Cohen, Alex S. (2016). Dimensional structure and measurement invariance of
the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief Revised (SPQ-BR) across American and Spanish samples.
Journal of Personality Disorders.
17. Badcock, J. C., Panton, K., Cohen, Alex., & Badcock, D. R. (2016). Both harmful and (some) helpful
behaviours from others are associated with increased expression of schizotypal traits. Psychiatry
research, 239, 308-314.
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18. Elvevåg, B., Cohen, Alex. S., Wolters, M. K., Whalley, H. C., Gountouna, V. E., Kuznetsova, K. A., ... &
Nicodemus, K. K. (2016). An examination of the language construct in NIMH's research domain criteria: Time
for reconceptualization!. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 171(6),
904-919.
19. Badcock, J. C., Barkus, E., Cohen, A. S., Bucks, R., & Badcock, D. R. (2016). Loneliness and schizotypy are
distinct constructs, separate from general psychopathology. Frontiers in Psychology, 7.
20. Cohen, Alex S., Renshaw, Tyler, Mitchell, Kyle, Chun, Yunjung. (2015). A psychometric investigation of
“Macroscopic” speech measures for clinical and psychological science. Behavior Research Methods. 1-12
21. Cohen, Alex S., Dinzeo, Thomas J., Donovan, Neila J., Brown, Caitlin, Morrison, Sean C. (2015). Vocal
acoustic analysis as a biometric indicator of information processing: implications for neurological and
psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Research. 226(1). 235-241.
22. Cohen, Alex S., Park, Sohee, Mohr, Christine, Ettinger, Ulrich, Chan, Raymond (2015). Schizotypy as an
organizing framework for social and affective sciences. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 41. 427-435.
23. Ettinger, Ulrich, Mohr, Christine, Gooding, Diane D., Cohen, Alex S., Rapp, Alexander, Park, Sohee. (2015).
Cognition and Brain Function in Schizotypy. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 41. 417-426
24. Pow, Joni. L., Baumeister, Alan. A., Hawkins, Michael. F., Cohen, Alex. S., & Garand, J. C. (2015).
Deinstitutionalization of American Public Hospitals for the Mentally Ill Before and After the Introduction of
Antipsychotic Medications. Harvard review of psychiatry, 23(3), 176-187
25. Minor, Kyle, Luther, Lauren, Auster, Tracey, Marggraf, Matthew, Cohen, Alex S (2015). Category fluency in
psychometric schizotypy: How altering emotional valence and cognitive load affects performance. Cognitive
Neuropsychiatry. 20(6) 542-550
26. Cohen, Alex S., Auster, Tracey E., Callaway, Dallas, MaCaulay, Rebecca, Minor, Kyle. (2014).
Neurocognitive underpinnings of language disorder: Contrasting schizophrenia and mood disorders. Journal
of Experimental Psychopathology. 5(4). 492-502
27. MacAulay, Rebbeca, McGovern, Jessica., Cohen, Alex S. (2014) Self-Conscious Emotions' Role in
Functional Outcomes within Clinical Populations. Psychiatry Research. 216. 17-23.
28. Cohen, Alex S., McGovern, Jessica E., Dinzeo, Thomas, Covington, Michael (2014). Speech deficits in
severe mental illness: A cognitive resource issue?. Schizophrenia Research. 160. 173-179.
29. Cohen, Alex S., Mitchell, Kyle. Brita Elvavag. (2014). What do we really know about blunted vocal affect and
alogia? A meta-analysis of objective assessments. Schizophrenia Research. 159(2-3). 533-538.
30. Cohen, Alex S., Auster, Tracey R., McGovern, Jessica E., MaCaulay, Rebecca (2014). The normalities and
abnormalities associated with speech in schizotypy. Schizophrenia Research. 160. 169-172.
31. Cohen, Alex S., Auster, Tracey R., McGovern, Jessica E. (2014). Illusory Superiority and Schizotypal
Personality: Explaining the Discrepancy Between Subjective/Objective Psychopathology. Personality
Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment. 5(4). 413-418.
32. Cohen, Alex S., Elvevaag, Brita (2014). Automated computerized analysis of speech in psychiatric disorders.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 27(3). 203-209.
33. Musso, Mandi, Auster, Tracey R., Cohen, Alex S. (2014). Using the MOCA to measure neurocognitive
deficits in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 220. 664-668
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34. Minor, Kyle S., Firmin, Ruth L., Bonfils, Kelsey A., Chun, Charlotte, A, Buckner, J.D., Cohen, Alex S (2014).
Predicting creativity: the role of psychometric schizotypy and cannabis use in divergent thinking. Psychiatry
Research. 220. 205-210,
35. Bedwell, Jeffrey S., Trachik, Benjamin J., Cohen, Alex S., Deptula, Andrew E., Mitchell, Jonathan C. (2014).
Speech Prosody Abnormalities and Specific Dimensional Schizotypy Features: Are Relationships Limited to
Males? Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. 202(10). 745-751.
36. Morrison, Sean C., Cohen, Alex S. (2014). The moderating effects of perceived intentionality: exploring the
relationships between ideas of reference, paranoia and social anxiety in schizotypy. Cognitive
Neuropsychiatry. 19(6). 527-539.
37. MacAulay, Rebecca, K, Brown, Laura A., Kyle M, Cohen, Alex S. (2014). Conceptualizing schizotypal
ambivalence: Factor structure and its relationships. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. 202(11). 793801.
38. Cohen, Alex S., Auster, Tracey MacAulay, Rebecca, McGovern, Jessica. (2014). The paradox of schizotypy:
resemblance to prolonged severe mental illness in subjective but not objective quality of life. Psychiatry
Research. 217(3). 185-190
39. Auster, Tracey, Brown, Laura A., Cohen, Alex S. (2014). Objective and Subjective Olfactory Ratings across
the Schizophrenia-Spectrum. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. 77(1). 57-66.
40. Callaway, Dallas A., Cohen, Alex S., Matthews, Russell A (2014). Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire –
Brief Revised: Psychometric replication and extension. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research and
Treatment. 5(1). 32-38.
41. Gooding, Diane, C., Cohen, Alex S., Pflum, Madeline, J. (2014). Hedonic Capacity in Schizotypy: Evidence
for the criterion validity of the ACIPS. Comprehensive Psychiatry.
42. Renshaw, Tyler L., Cohen, Alex S. (2014) Further validation of the two-continuua model of mental health: life
satisfaction as a key indicator of college student functioning. Social Indicators Research. 117(1). 319-334
43. Cohen, Alex S., Morrison, Sean C., Callaway, Dallas. (2013). Computerized facial analysis for understanding
constricted/blunted affect: initial feasibility, reliability and validity data. Schizophrenia Research.148-1/3. 111116,
44. MacAulay, Rebecca, Cohen, Alex S. (2013). Affecting Coping: Does neurocognition predict approach and
avoidant coping strategies within schizophrenia spectrum disorders? Psychiatry Research. 209-2. 136-141.
45. Morrison, Sean, Brown, Laura A., Cohen, Alex S. (2013). A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding
Social Cognition in Schizotypy. Psychiatry Research. 210-3. 1014-1019.
46. Stewart, Diana, Vinci, Christine, Adams, Claire, Cohen, Alex S., Copeland, Amy L (2013). Smoking
Topography and Outcome Expectancies among Individuals with Schizotypy. Psychiatry Research. 205, 205212
47. Cohen, Alex S., Kim, Yungjung, Najolia, Gina M. (2013). Psychiatric Symptom versus Neurocognitive
Correlates of Diminished Expressivity in Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders. Schizophrenia Research.146,
249-253
48. Chun, Charlotte A., Minor, Kyle S., Cohen, Alex S (2013). Neurocognition in psychometrically-defined
schizotypy: We are NOT measuring the “right stuff”. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. 193, 324-339.
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49. Cohen, Alex S., Callaway, Dallas A, Najolia, Gina M, Larsen, Jeff T, Strauss, Gregory P. (2012). On risk and
reward: state anhedonia in psychometrically-defined schizotypy but not schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology. 121-2. 407-415.
50. Baumeister, Alan A., Hawkins, Mike F, Pow, Joni L, Cohen, Alex S., (2012). Prevalence and incidence of
severe mental illness in the United States: An historical overivew. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 142, 65-70
51. Cohen, Alex S. Morrison, Sean, Brown, Laura A., Minor, Kyle M (2012). Towards a cognitive resource
limitations model of diminished expressivity in schizotypy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 121-1. 109-118.
52. Llerena, Katiah, Strauss, Gregory P, Cohen, Alex S., (2012) Looking at the other side of the coin: A Metaanalysis of self-reported emotional arousal in people with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 142-1/3.
65-70
53. Cohen, Alex S., Najolia, Gina M, Kim, Yungjung, Dinzeo, Thomas J. (2012). On the boundaries of blunt affect
and alogia: Expressive deficits as potential research domain criteria. Schizophrenia Research. 140-1/3. 41-45
54. Cohen, Alex S., Brown, Laura A., Auster, Tracey L. (2012). Clarifying the nature of olfaction deficits in the
schizophrenia-prone: "clinical high-risk state" versus "vulnerability". Schizophrenia Research. 139-1/3. 262263
55. Cohen, Alex S, Couture, Shannon A, Blanchard, Jack J. (2012). Neuropsychological functioning and social
anhedonia: Three-year follow-up data from a longitudinal community high risk study. Journal of Psychiatric
Research. 46-7. 898-904.
56. Najolia, Gina M, Buckner, Julia D., Cohen, Alex S. (2012). Cannabis use and schizotypy: The role of social
anxiety. Psychiatry Research. 189-2. 233-238.
57. Cohen, Alex S., Brown, Laura, Auster, Tracey (2012). Olfaction, “Olfiction” and the Schizophrenia-Spectrum.
Schizophrenia Research. 135. 152-157
58. Cohen, Alex S., Najolia, Gina M., Brown, Laura A., Minor, Kyle S. (2011). The state-trait disjunction of
anhedonia in schizophrenia: Potential affective, cognitive and social-based mechanisms. Clinical Psychology
Review. 31-3. 440-448.
59. Minor, Kyle S., Cohen, Alex S. (2012) The Role of Atypical Semantic Activation and Stress in odd speech:
Implications for individuals with psychometrically defined schizotypy. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 46-9.
1231-1236.
60. Cohen, Alex S. Hong, S. Lee (2011). Understanding Constricted Affect in Schizotypy through Computerized
Prosodic Analysis. Journal of Personality Disorders. 25-4. 448-491
61. Vigna, Julia V., Reuther, Erin T., Cohen, Alex S., (2011). The Comorbidity of Psychotic Symptoms and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder – Evidence for a Specifier in DSM-V. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses.
5-3. 147-154.
62. Strauss, Gregory, Gold, Jim, Cohen, Alex S. (2011). Response to “Anticipatory vs. consummatory pleasure:
what is the nature of hedonic deficits in schizophrenia?”. Psychiatry Research 187 – 1/2. 36-41
63. Najolia, Gina M, Cohen, Alex S. (2011). A laboratory study of affectivity in Schizotypy: Subjective and Lexical
analysis. Psychiatry Research. 189-2. 233-238.
64. Blanchard, Jack J., Collins, Lindsay M., Aghevli, Minu, Leung, Winnie W., Cohen, Alex S. (2011). Social
Anhedonia and Schizotypy in a Community Sample: The Maryland Longitudinal Study of Schizotypy.
Schizophrenia Bulletin. 37-3. 587-602
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65. Cohen, Alex S, Buckner, Julia D, Najolia, Gina M, Stewart, Diana W. (2011). Cannabis and PsychometricallyDefined Schizotypy: Use, Problems and Treatment Considerations. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 45-4.
548-554.
66. Cohen, Alex S., Najolia, Gina M. (2011). Birth Characteristics and Schizotypy: Evidence of a Potential
“Second Hit”. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 45-7. 955 – 961
67. Cohen, Alex S., Beck, Melissa R., Najolia, Gina M., Brown, Laura A. (2011). Affective disturbances in
psychometrically defined schizotypy across direct, but not indirect assessment modes. Schizophrenia
Research. 128 – 1-3. 136-142.
68. Minor, Kyle S., Cohen, Alex S., Weber, Christopher, Brown, Laura A. (2011). The relationship between
atypical semantic activation and odd speech in schizotypy. Schizophrenia Research. 126-1-3. 144-149
69. Cohen, Alex S., Matthews, Russell, Najolia, Gina, M., Brown, Laura A. (2010). Towards a more
Psychometrically-Sound Brief Measure of Schizotypy: Improving the SPQ-B. Journal of Personality Disorders.
24. 516 - 537
70. Cohen, Alex S., Minor, Kyle S. (2010). Emotional Experience in Patients with Schizophrenia Re-revisited:
Meta-analysis of Laboratory Studies. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 36-1, 143-150
71. Cohen, Alex S., Hong, Lee S., Guevara, Alvero. (2010) Understanding Emotional Expression Using Prosodic
Analysis of Natural Speech: Refining the Methodology. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental
Psychiatry. 41-2, 150-157
72. Cohen, Alex S., Beck, Melissa R, Najolia, Gina, Brown, Laura A (2010). Decoupling Implicit Measures of
Pleasant and Unpleasant Social Attitudes. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 41-1,
260-268
73. Brown, Laura A., Cohen, Alex S., (2010) Facial Emotion Recognition in Schizotypy: The Role of Accuracy
and Social Cognitive Bias. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society. 16-3, 474-483
74. Cohen, Alex S., Brown, Laura A. Minor, Kyle S. (2010). The Psychiatric Symptomatology of Deficit
Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis. Schizophrenia Research. 118-1-3, 122-127
75. Stewart, Diana W., Cohen, Alex S., Copeland, Amy L. (2010). Schizotypy and Cigarette Smoking in a Nonclinical Sample of Young Adults. Psychiatry Research. 179-1, 113-115
76. DeWall, C. N., Buckner, J. D., Lambert, N. L., Cohen, A., & Fincham, F. D. (2010). Bracing for the worst, but
behaving the best: Social anxiety, hostility, and aggression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 24-2, 260-268
77. Cohen, Alex S., Matthews, Russell. (2010). Primary and Secondary Negative Schizotypal Traits in a Large
Non-clinical Sample. Personality and Individual Differences. 49-5, 419-424
78. Cohen, Alex S, Minor, Kyle S., Najolia, Gina. (2010). A framework for understanding experiential deficits in
schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 178-1, 10-16
79. Minor, Kyle S, Cohen, Alex S. (2010) Affective reactivity of Speech Disturbances in Schizotypy. Journal of
Psychiatric Research. 44-2, 99-105
80. Buckner, Julia D., Ecker, Anthony H., Cohen, Alex S., (2010). Mental health problems and interest in
Marijuana treatment among marijuana-using college students. Addictive Behaviors. 45-9, 826-833
81. Cohen, Alex S., Collins, Lindsay M., Mann, Monica C., Forbes, Courtney B., Blanchard, Jack J. (2010).
Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid Characteristics in the Parents of Social Anhedonics. Psychiatry
Research. 178-1, 79-83
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82. Cohen, Alex S., Iglesias, Bianca, Minor, Kyle S. (2009). The neurocognitive underpinnings of diminished
expressivity in schizotypy: What the voice reveals. Schizophrenia Research. 109: 38-45
83. Cohen, Alex S, Davis, Thompson E III. (2009). Quality of Life Across the Schizotypy Spectrum: Findings from
a Large Healthy Adult Sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 50: 408-414
84. Cohen, Alex s., Minor, Kyle S., Najolia, Gina., Hong, Siang L. (2009). A Laboratory-based Procedure for
Measuring Emotional Expression from Natural Speech. Behavior Research Methods. 41. 192 - 203
85. Cohen, Alex S., St. Hillaire, Annie, Aakres, Jennifer M, Docherty, Nancy M. (2009). Understanding
Anhedonia in Schizophrenia through Lexical Analysis of Natural Speech. Cognition and Emotion. 569 - 586
86. Cohen, Alex S., Nienow, Tasha M., Dinzeo, Thomas J., Docherty, Nancy M. (2009). Attribution Biases in
Schizophrenia: Relationship to Clinical and Functional Impairments. Psychopathology. 42 (1), 40 - 46
87. Dinzeo, Thomas J., Cohen, Alex S., Nienow, Tasha M., Docherty, Nancy M. (2008). Emotional Arousability in
Schizophrenia: Relationship to Emotional and Physiological Reactivity and Symptom Severity. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 117-6. 432-439.
88. St. Hillaire, Annie, Cohen, Alex S., Docherty, Nancy M. (2008). Emotional Word Use in the Conversational
Speech of Schizophrenia Patients. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 13. 343-356.
89. Cohen, Alex S., Minor, Kyle S., Baillie, Lauren S., Dahir, Amanda (2008). Clarifying the Linguistic Signature:
Measuring Personality from Natural Speech. Journal of Personality Assessment. 90: 559-563
90. Cohen, Alex S., Alpert, Murray, Nienow, Tasha M., Dinzeo, Thomas J., Docherty, Nancy M. (2008).
Computerized Analysis of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 42 (10),
p.827-836,
91. Cohen, Alex S., Saperstein, Alice M., Gold, Jim., Kirkpatrick, Brian, Carpenter, William T. Jr., Buchanan,
Robert W., (2007). Neuropsychology of the Deficit Syndrome of Schizophrenia: New Data and Meta-analysis
of Findings to Date. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 33: 1201-1212
92. Cohen, Alex S., Leung, Winnie W., Saperstein, Alice M., Blanchard, Jack J., (2006). Neuropsychological
Functioning and Social Anhedonia: Results from a Community High Risk Study. Schizophrenia Research.
85, 132-141
93. Nienow, Tasha M., Docherty, Nancy M., Cohen, Alex S., Dinzeo, Thomas J., (2006). Neurocognition, Social
Perception, and Social Competence: What is the Nature of the Relationship? Journal of Abnormal
Psychology. 115-3, 408-417
94. Cohen, Alex S., Junginger, John. (2006). A Working Typology of Delusions. Schizophrenia Research. 83-2/3,
293-295
95. Cohen, Alex S., Forbes, Courtney B., Mann, Monica C., Blanchard, Jack J. (2006). Specific Cognitive Deficits
and Differential Domains of Social Functioning Impairment in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 812/3, 227-238
96. Blanchard, Jack J., Cohen, Alex S. (2006). The structure of negative symptoms within schizophrenia:
Implications for Assessment. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 32-3, 238-245
97. Cohen, Alex S., Dinzeo, Thomas J., Nienow, Tasha. M., Smith, Doug A., Singer, Beth, Docherty, Nancy M.
(2005). Diminished emotionality and social functioning in schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous & Mental
Diseases. 193-12, 796-802
98. Cohen, Alex S., Docherty, Nancy. (2005). Effects of Positive Emotion on Speech Disorder in Patients with
Schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases.
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99. Cohen, Alex S., Docherty, Nancy M. (2005). Syndrome vs. Symptoms Approaches to Resolving
Heterogeneity of Neuropsychological Functioning in Schizophrenia. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical
Neurosciences. 17-3, 384-390.
100. Cohen, Alex S., Docherty, Nancy M. (2004). Deficit syndrome vs. Negative Syndrome in Schizophrenia:
Prediction of Attentional Impairment. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 30-4, 827 – 835.
101. Dinzeo, Thomas J., Cohen, Alex S., Nienow, Tasha M., & Docherty, Nancy M. (2004). Stress and
Arousability in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 71-1, 127 – 135.
102. Cohen, Alex S., Docherty, Nancy M. (2004). Affective Reactivity of Speech and Emotional Experience in
Patients with Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 69-1, 7 – 14.
103. Cohen, Alex S., Nienow, Tasha M, Dinzeo, Thomas J, Docherty, Nancy M. (2003). Self-Reported Stress
and the Deficit Syndrome of Schizophrenia. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. 66-4, 308 –
316.
104. Docherty, Nancy M., Cohen, Alex S., Nienow, Tasha M, Dinzeo, Thomas, Dangelmaier, Ruth. (2003).
Stability of Schizophrenic Formal Thought Disorder and Referential Communication Disturbances. Journal of
Abnormal Psychology. 112-3, 469 – 475.
105. Docherty, Nancy M, Rhinewine, Joseph, Nienow, Tasha M, Cohen, Alex S. (2001). Affective Reactivity of
Language Symptoms, Startle Responding, and Inhibition in Schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
110-1, 194 – 198.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION OR IN PREPARATION:
Italics denote a graduate student under my supervision
1.
Cohen, Alex S. Beck, Melissa R., Mitchell, Kyle., Hicks, Jason. (Under Review.) The subjective-objective
paradox in psychometrically-defined schizotypy: What it is and why it is important.
2.
Ecker, Anthony H., Cohen, Alex S., Buckner, Julia D. (Under review). Multi- informant Investigation of
College Student Drinking: The Role of Drinking Motives and Overestimation of Friends’ Drinking.
3.
Le, Thanh., Najolia, Gina, Minor, Kyle, Cohen, Alex. (Under Review). The effect of limited cognitive
resources on semantic disturbances in serious mental illness.
4.
Walsh, Hannah C., McGovern, Jessica E., Heurtin, Paige L, Cohen, Alex S (Under Review). Hostile social
cognitive biases in patients with serious mental illness
5.
Marggraf, Matthew, Cohen, Alex S, Davis, Beshaun J., DeCrescenzo, Paula, Bair, Natasha, and Minor. Kyle
S. Semantic coherence in psychometric schizotypy: An investigation using latent semantic analysis.
6.
Cohen, Alex, S., Mitchell, Kyle, Schwartz, Elana, Elvavag, Brita, Bernstein, Jared, Foltz, Peter. (In Prep).
The future of psychiatric Assessment: Evaluating biobehavioral measures.
7.
Najolia, Gina M., Cohen, Alex S. (In Preparation). Affective Dysfunction and Emotional Stroop Performance
in Schizophrenia and Schizotypy.
8.
Maul, Jennifer., Auster, Tracey, Cohen, Alex S. (In Preparation). Neurocognition and Subjective Quality of
life in Schizophrenia.
9.
Titcomb, Caroline, Selbom, Martin, Cohen, Alex S., Arbisi, Paul. (Under review). Clarifying the hierarchical
structure of positive symptoms.
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10. Cohen, Alex S., Davis, Alexis, Najolia, Gina M., Morrison, Sean (In Preparation). Using objective measures
to understanding the link between Ethnicity and Symptoms in Schizophrenia:
11. Fonsec-pedrero, Eduardo, Cohen, Alex S., Ortuño-Sierra, Javier, Pérez de Álbeniz, Alicia, Muñiz, José
(Under Review). Is the Structure of Schizotypal Personality Equivalent Across Cultures?
12. Fonseca-Pedrero, E., . . . . Cohen, Alex S., . . .Jablensky, A. (Under Review). The structure and reliability of
the schizotypal personality traits: a cross-national study.
13. Fonseca-Pedrero, E., . . . . Cohen, Alex S., . . .Jablensky, A. (Under Review). Brief assessment of
schizotypal traits: A multinational study.
14. MacAulay RK, Calamia MC, Cohen AS, Daigle K, Foil H, Brouillette R, Bruce-Keller AJ, Keller JN (Under
Review). Understanding Heterogeneity in Older Adults: Latent Growth Curve Modeling of Cognitive
Functioning
15. Meaux L, Mitchell, K, Cohen, Alex S. (Under Review). Blunted vocal affect and expression is not associated
with schizophrenia: A computerized acoustic analysis of speech under ambiguous conditions.
PROFESSIONAL ORAL PRESENTATIONS OF NOTE:
1. Symposium Chair: Cohen, A.S., Kring, A., Hetrick, W. (2016) Elevating psychopathology research: Flash
talks for the game and its players. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology in
Baltimore, MD. 2016
2. Cohen, A.S., (2016) Psychometrics for contemporary psychopathology assessment. Symposium presented
at the Society for Research in Psychopathology in Baltimore, MD. 2016
3. Cohen, A.S. BioBehavioral Assessment for Personality and Psychopathology Assessment. Keynote Address
to the 51st Annual Symposium on MMPI Research, Palm Springs, 2016.
4. Cohen, Alex S., (2016). Vocal Expression and Schizophrenia: Less than meets the ear. Thematic flash talk
to be presented at the 2016 Society for Affective Science in Chicago, Il.
5. Symposium Chair and Discussant: Cohen, A.S., Lenzenweger M., Kwapil, T., Park, S., (2015) Journey to
the bio-behavioral center of schizotypy. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in
Psychopathology in New Orleans, LA. 2015.
6. Cohen, A.S., (2015) Diminished expressivity in schizotypy: More than meets the eye . . . and the ear.
Symposium to be presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology in New Orleans, LA.
7. Nicodemus, K.K, Elvavag, B., Cohen, A.S., Wolters, M. (2015). Reoperationalizing “language” within an
RDoC framework. Symposium to be presented at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics.
8. MacAulay, R.K., Cohen, A.S., Brouillette, R. M., Foil, H. C., Bruce-Keller, A. J., & Keller, J.N. (2015). Towards
a Cognitive Endophenotype Model of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease. Paper and poster accepted
for presentation at National Academy of Neuroscience, 35th Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.
9. Cohen, A.S. BioBehavioral Assessment for Neurology and Psychiatry. . .its almost here. Grand Rounds by
invite to University of Mississippi Medical Center. April 2015.
10. Cohen, A.S. BioBehavioral Assessment for Neurology and Psychiatry. . .its almost here. Grand Rounds by
invite to University of Louisiana Health Sciences Center Psychiatry. May 2015.
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11. Cohen, A.S., Chan, R.K. Neural, Cognitive and Social Underpinnings of Schizotypy: Updates from the
International Consortium on Schizotypy Research. Symposium presented at the 15th International Congress
on Schizophrenia Research in Colorado Springs April 2015
12. Cohen, A.S., The roots of psychometric schizotypy: a disruption in basic reasoning. Symposium presented at
the 15th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research in Colorado Springs April 2015.
13. Cohen, A.S., Computerized Vocal Analysis for Understanding Psychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders.
Webinar for the National Institute of Mental Health. 2014
14. Cohen, A.S., Biological and Neurocognitive Dimensions of Schizotypy. Invited presentation at the 2013
LeManic workshop on Schizotypy in Geneva Switzerland.
15. Cohen, A.S. Using Computer Technologies to Understand Treatment–Resistant Psychiatric Symptoms.
Invited presentation to the University of Tromso Medical School: Tromso Norway.
16. Cohen, A.S. Innovations in Measuring and Understanding Negative Symptoms in Severe Mental Illness.
Invited presentation to Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center: Dartmouth Medical School
17. Cohen, A.S. Using Computer Technologies to Understand Treatment–Resistant Psychiatric Symptoms.
Invited presentation to the Department of Psychology: Southern Methodist University
18. Cohen, AS., Kim, YK, Auster, TA, Callaway, D., MaCauley, R. Primary versus Secondary Causes of
Diminished Expressivity in Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders. Presented at the 2012 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI.
19. Najolia, G., Cohen, A.S., Ecker, A.H., & Buckner, J.D. The influence of schizotypy on the relationship
between social anxiety and cannabis use. In A. Menatti (Chair), Heterogeneity in Social Anxiety
Disorder: Expanding Conceptualizations. Symposium abstract accepted for presentation at the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies annual convention, National Harbor, MD.
20. Cohen, AS, Minor, KS, Morrison, SE. Towards a Cognitive Resource Limitations Model of Diminished
Expressivity in Schizotypy & Schizophrenia. Presentation for the 2010 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.
21. Cohen, AS, Brown, LA, Najolia, GM. An explicit, implicit and behavioral-based investigation of pleasant and
unpleasant social affect in schizotypy: More than just social anhedonia. Presented at the 2009 Society for
Research in Psychopathology, Minneapolis, MN.
22. Cohen, Alex S. Towards a Contextual Understanding of Diminished Expressivity in Schizotypy. Presented at
the 2008 Society for Research and Psychopathology, 22 nd Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
23. Cohen, Alex S. Social Cognitive Biases Across the Schizophrenia-Spectrum. 2008 International
Neuropsychological Society in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
PROFESSIONAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Italics denote a graduate student under my supervision
1. Fedechko, T. L., Wygant, D. B., Frick, P. J., Clark, J. E., Matlasz, T. M., Le, T. P., & Cohen, A. S. (2017,
April). Computationally-derived markers of verbal and nonverbal affective expression in psychopathy: A
preliminary “qualntitative” study. Poster presented at the Annual Society for Affective Sciences Conference,
Boston, MA.
2. Schwartz, E.K., Leistman, L.L., Premkumar, P., & Cohen, A.S. (2017, April). Is it what is said, how it is said,
or both? Linguistic and paralinguistic elements of expressed emotion in relatives of individuals with
schizotypy. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Affective Science, Boston, MA.
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3. Le, T.P, Mitchell, K.R., Fedechko, T., & Cohen, A.S. (2017). Alexithymia and arousal based deficits in serious
mental illness. Poster accepted for presentation for the 4th annual meeting for Affective Sciences, Boston,
MA.
4. Mitchell; Meaux; Le; Docherty; Cohen. A Linguistic Approach To Understanding The Relationship Between
Alogia, Blunted Affect And Disorganized Speech. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Research in
Psychopathology in Baltimore, MD
5. Schwartz; Badcock; Barkus; Cohen. Interpersonal Functioning In Schizotypy: A Multi-method Approach To
Exploring Abnormal Social Interest. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Research in Psychopathology in
Baltimore, MD
6. Le; Calamia; Bernstein; Cheng; Elvevåg; Foltz; Rosenfeld; Mitchell; McGovern; Schwartz; Cohen. Psychosisproneness And Cognitive Intra-individual Variability In Daily Life. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for
Research in Psychopathology in Baltimore, MD
7. McGovern; Horan; Gard; Docherty; Strauss; Gold; Carpenter; Buchanan; McMahon; Cohen. Neurocognitive
Predictors Of Alogia In Schizophrenia Patients: Data From Four Archived Databases. Poster presented at the
2016 Society for Research in Psychopathology in Baltimore, MD.
8. Mitchell, Meaux, Strauss, Blanchard, Buchanan, McMahon, Kelly, Adams, Carpenter, Cohen. Plasma
Oxytocin Concentration And Objective Computer-based Facial And Vocal Expressivity In Schizophrenia.
Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Psychopathology in New Orleans, LA.
9. Mitchell, Strauss, Blanchard, Buchanan, McMahon, Kelly, Adams, Carpenter, Cohen, examining the effects of
intranasal oxytocin on negative symptoms in schizophrenia using computer-based measures of expressivity.
Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Affective Science in Chicago, Il.
10. Schwartz, Le, Mitchell, Greening, Cohen. Temporal experience of positive and negative emotion in
schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Affective Science in Chicago, Il.
11. Le, Minor, Najolia, Cohen the effect of limited cognitive resources on affect and speech in serious mental
illness. Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Affective Science in Chicago, Il.
12. Meaux, Mitchell, Hart, Levy; Coleman; Lewine; Cohen. Blunted Vocal Affect And Expression Not Associated
With Schizophrenia: A Computerized Acoustic Analysis Of Ambiguous Speech. Poster presented at the 2015
Society for Research in Psychopathology in New Orleans, LA.
13. Schwartz, Docherty, Najolia, Cohen. Ethnic Differences In Symptom Expression As Measured By Symptom
Rating Scales Versus Behavioral Analysis. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in
Psychopathology in New Orleans, LA.
14. McGovern; Cohen. Effort-based Decision-making In Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for
Research in Psychopathology in New Orleans, LA.
15. Marggraf; Cohen; Auster, Minor Semantic Incoherence In Psychometric Schizotypy: An Investigation Using
Latent Semantic Analysis. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Psychopathology in New
Orleans, LA.
16. Mangrum, D., Cohen, A.S. (2015). Detecting hostility in natural speech using computerized speech analysis.
Poster presented to the LSU McNair Scholar conference.
17. Kinsaul, Jessica, London, Heurtin, Paige, McGovern, Jessica, John, Natalie, Cohen, Alex S. Effects of Mirror
Exposure and Brief Mindfulness Interventions in Undergraduate Females ". Poster accepted to the 36th
Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in San Antonio, TX
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18. Cohen AS; Strauss GP; Mitchell K; Meaux L; Buchanan RW; McMahon RP; Carpenter WT. Computerized
vocal and facial analysis in schizophrenia during social interactions: Data from the baseline phase of the
CIDAR study. Poster accepted to the 2015 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research conference.
19. MacAulay, R., Parks, T., Cohen, AS. Social Anxiety In Schizotypy: Psychosocial Stress And Attentional
Vigilance. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Psychopathology conference.
20. Michael, K., Quirk, S., Cohen, AS. Eye Gaze And Nonverbal Aspects Of Speech In Social Anxiety. Poster
presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Psychopathology conference.
21. Cohen, AS., Horan, William., Dinzeo, T., Docherty, T. Computerized Acoustic Analysis Of Natural Speech In
A Large Sample Of Patients With Severe Mental Illness. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in
Psychopathology conference.
22. Walsh, H., Heurtin, P., McGovern, J., Cohen, AS. The Psychological Correlates Of Social Cognitive Biases In
Patients With Severe Mental Illness. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Psychopathology
conference.
23. Mitchell, K., Renshaw, T., Cohen, AS. The Structure Of Emotion Experience And Expression In
Psychometrically-defined Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Psychopathology
conference.
24. Heurtin, P., Walsh, H., McGovern, J., Renshaw T. Cohen, AS. An analysis of anhedonia in severe mental
illness using retrospective memory recall. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in
Psychopathology conference.
25. MacAulay, R., Parks, T., McGovern, J., Cohen, AS. Social Anxiety In Schizotypy: Psychosocial Stress And
Attentional Vigilance. Poster presented at the 2014 Society for Research in Psychopathology conference.
26. Bedwell, J., Trachik, B., Cohen, AS., Deptula, A., Mitchell, J. Speech prosody and schizotypy: Are
abnormalities limited to males? Poster accepted for presentation at the 2014 Society for Biological Psychiatry
conference.
27. Cohen, Alex S., Callaway, Dallas, Larsen, JT. Ambivalence across the Schizophrenia Spectrum: a temporal
examination of co-activated valence networks. Poster submitted for presentation at the 2014 Society for
Affective Sciences in Washington DC.
28. Najolia, G.. Cohen, AS. An Examination of Behavioral Speech Characteristics Distinguishing Feigned and
Genuine Schizophrenia. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2014 American Psychology Law Society
conference in New Orleans, LA.
29. Bedwell, J., Trachik, B., Cohen, AS., Deptula, A., Mitchell, J. Speech prosody and schizotypy: Are
abnormalities limited to males? Poster accepted for presentation at the 2013 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
30. MacAulay, R. & Cohen, AS. The Dynamic Relationship Between Attention, Emotion and Psychosocial Stress
in Psychometric Schizotypy. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2013 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
31. Cohen, AS. McGovern, JE, Auster, T, MacAulay, R, The subjective-objective paradox in psychometricallydefined schizotypy: What it is and why it is important. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2013 Society for
Research in Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
32. McGovern, J., Auster, T., MacAulay, R., Cohen, A. (2013). Unexpected Speech Performance under HighVersus Low-Cognitive Load in Psychometric Schizotypy. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2013 Society
for Research in Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
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33. Cohen, AS. The subjective-objective paradox in psychometrically-defined schizotypy: What it is and why it is
important. Presented at the 2013 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Oakland, CA.
34. Cohen, AS. Computerized analysis of natural speech reveals neurocognitive underpinnings for alogia but not
blunted affect in severe mental illness. Presented at the 2013 International Congress on Schizophrenia
Research in Orlando, Florida.
35. Ecker, AH., Cohen, AS., Buckner, JD. College student alcohol use and perceived social norms: a
multiinformat investigation of proximal friend norms. Presented at the 2013 Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies annual convention.
36. Llerena, K, Strauss, G, Cohen, AS. A meta-analysis of self-reported emotional arousal in people with
schizophrenia. Presented at the 2012 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI.
37. Auster, T., Chenevert, V., Lejeune, K, Callaway, D., Cohen, A. Cognitive Concerns: Do individuals with
schizotypy report subjectively poor cognitive performance compared to their actual performance? Presented
at the 2012 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI.
38. Callaway, D, Cohen, AS, Larsen J, Najolia, G. Auster T. Exploring Ambivalent Emotional Experience in
Schizophrenia and Mood Disorder Patients. Presented at the 2012 Society for Research in Psychopathology,
Ann Arbor, MI.
39. MacAulay, R, Brown, L, Minor, K, Cohen, AS. Affect and Coping: Does cognitive function predict coping
strategies in schizophrenia and psychometrically-defined schizotypy? Presented at the 2012 Society for
Research in Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI.
40. Stewart, DW, Vinci, C, Cohen, AS, Copeland, AL. Smoking topography and smoking related outcome
expectancies in smokers with schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2012 Society for Research in Nicotine and
Tobacco.
41. Breslin, Ali, Kim, Yunjung, Cohen, AS, Prosodic characteristics of speakers with schizophrenia disorders:
preliminary data. Poster presented at the 2011 Acoustic Society of America.
42. Najolia, GM, Cohen, AS. Affective Dysfunction and Emotional Stroop Performance in Schizophrenia.
Presented at the 2011 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Boston MA.
43. Morrison, S., Cohen, AS., Najolia, GM. Exploring the Relationships Between Ideas of Reference, Paranoia,
and Social Anxiety in Psychometrically-defined Schizotypy. Presented at the 2011 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Boston MA.
44. Minor, KS., Callaway, D., Mack, M., Cohen, AS. The Role of Atypical Semantic Activation in Schizotypy:
Implications for Odd Speech and Creativity. Presented at the 2011 Society for Research in Psychopathology,
Boston MA.
45. Cohen, AS., Larsen, J., Strauss, G., Callaway, D., Najolia, GM. On “risk” and reward: investigating state
anhedonia in psychometrically-defined schizotypy and schizophrenia. Presented at the 2011 Society for
Research in Psychopathology, Boston MA.
46. Auster, T., Callaway, D., Brown, L., Cohen, AS. Objective and subjective olfactory ratings across the
schizophrenia spectrum. Presented at the 2011 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Boston MA.
47. Callaway, D., Auster, T., Cohen, AS., Matthews R., Dinzeo, T. Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire – Brief
Revised: Psychometric Replication and Extension. Presented at the 2011 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Boston MA.
48. Morrison, S, Lavigne, K, Brown, LA, Cohen, AS,. Social Cognition and Schizotypy. Poster presented at the
2010 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.
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49. Minor, KS, Limon, K, Ross, B, Cohen, AS. Speech disorder and atypical semantic activation in
Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2010 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.
50. Najolia, GM., Cohen, AS,. Buckner, JL. Cannabis Use, Cannabis Problems, and the Influence of Social
Anxiety in Categorically Defined Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2010 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.
51. Brown, LA, Cohen, AS,. Attribution Style in Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2010 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Seattle, WA.
52. Buckner, J.D., Ecker, A.H., Cohen, A.S., & Schmidt, N.B. (2010, June). Distress and impairment associated
with co-occurring marijuana-related problems among individuals with clinically elevated social anxiety. Poster
abstract presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Anxiety
Disorders Special Interest Group, San Francisco, CA.
53. Brown, LA, Najolia, GM, Cohen, AS,. Conceptualizing the inner struggle: A study of the structure of
schizotypal ambivalence and it’s correlates. Poster presented at the 2009 Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Minneapolis, MN.
54. Najolia, GM., Cohen, AS. An Investigation of Emotional Stroop in Schizotypy and its Relationship to Trait
Affectivity. Poster presented at the 2009 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Minneapolis, MN.
55. Gates, C., Minor, KM., Cohen, AS., The Relationship Between Neurocognition and Real World Functioning in
Individuals At-Risk for Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2009 Society for Research in Psychopathology,
Minneapolis, MN.
56. Minor, KM, Cohen, AS, Weber, CR, Limon, KL, Fenerty, K. Creativity in Individuals At-Risk for Schizophrenia:
Are Atypical Responses a Valid Measure of Creativity and What Are They Related To. Poster presented at
the 2009 Society for Research in Psychopathology, Minneapolis, MN.
57. Vigna, J., Tarcza, E., Cohen, AS. Validating a Group Treatment Protocol for PTSD. Poster presented at the
2009 annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.
58. Vigna, J., Tarcza, E., Cohen, AS. Psychosis in PTSD: Case presentations as evidence for a specifier of
PTSD with psychotic feature. Presented at the 2009 annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies
59. Buckner, J.D., Ecker, A.H., & Cohen, A.S. Attitudes toward seeking marijuana treatment among marijuanausing college students. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group, New York, NY.
60. Buckner, J.D., Silgado, J. & Cohen, A.S. Hostility linked to greater marijuana-related problems among the
socially anxious. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies, New York, NY.
61. Stewart, DW, Cohen, AS, Copeland, AL. Smoking across the Schizotypy Spectrum. Poster presented at the
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
62. Cohen, AS. Using Acoustic Analysis of Natural Speech to Understand the Neurocognitive, Clinical and
Functional Correlates of Diminished Expressivity in Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2009 International
Congress on Schizophrenia Research.
63. Minor, KS.; Iglesias, B, Najolia, GM, Cohen, AS Neurocognitive and Coping Correlates of Speech Disorder in
Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2009 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research.
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64. Brown, LA, Minor, KS.; Iglesias, B, Najolia, GM, Cohen, AS. Brutal honesty: perceptions of social abilities in
schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2009 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research.
65. Minor, KS.; Iglesias, B, Najolia, GM, Cohen, AS The Winter Blues: Season of Birth Patterns in
Schizotypy. Poster presented at the 2009 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research.
66. Iglesias, B, Minor, KS, Brown, LA, Najolia, GN, Cohen, AS. Right Hemisphere dysfunction and Diminished
Expressivity in Schizotypy: What the Voice Reveals. Presented at the annual meeting of the 2008 Society for
Research in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, PA.
67. Brown, LA, Iglesias, B, Minor, KS, Cohen, AS. Clarifying Facial Emotion Recognition Deficits in Schizotypy:
Accuracy, Perceptual Biases, and Quality of Life. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Society for
Research in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, PA.
68. Najolia, G.N., Cohen, A.S., Minor, K.S., & Iglesias, B. (2008, September). A laboratory study of affectivity in
schizotypy: Subjective and lexical analysis. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Society for Research
in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, PA.
69. Minor, KS.; Adams, EC.; Brown, LA; King, MS; & Cohen, AS. Affective Reactivity of speech disturbances in
schizotypy. Presented at the 2008 Society for Research and Psychopathology, 22nd Annual Meeting in
Pittsburgh, PA
70. Cohen, Alex S., Minor, Kyle, Brown, Laura . Emotional Experience in Patients with Schizophrenia Re-visited:
Meta-analysis of Laboratory Studies. Presented at the 2007 Society for Research in Psychopathology.
71. Cohen, Alex S., Minor, Kyle, Alpert, Murray, Nienow, Tasha M., Dinzeo, Thomas J., Docherty, Nancy M.
Computerized Analysis of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia. Presented at the 2007 International
Congress in Schizophrenia Research in Colorado Springs, CO.
72. Cohen, A. S., Saperstein, A. M., Gold, J., Kirkpatrick, B, Carpenter, W, Buchanan, R. W. Neuropsychology of
the deficit syndrome: Meta-analysis of findings to date. Presented at the 2006 Society for Research in
Psychopathology in San Diego, CA.
73. Carreno, J., Blanchard, J. J., Cohen, A. S. Update on the Maryland Longitudinal Study of Schizotypy: Threeyear Follow-up Data. Presented at the 2006 Society for Research in Psychopathology in San Diego, CA.
74. Nienow, T. M., Docherty, N. M., Dinzeo, T. J., & Cohen, A. S. Neurocognitive and social-cognitive
contributions to functional outcome in patients with schizophrenia. Presented at the 2006 Biological
Psychiatry conference, 59 (Suppl. 8), 2025.
75. Carreño, J. T., Henneberger, A., Lank, A., Calahan, M., Leung, W., Lieth, J., Cohen, A. S., & Blanchard, J. J.
Dimensions of Schizotypy and the Expression of Emotion: An Examination of Sex Differences, Presented at
the American Psychological Society conference in , New York , NY .
76. Saperstein, A., Cohen, A.S., Buchanan, R., Gold, J. Neuropsychological correlates of the deficit syndrome in
schizophrenia. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2005 Society for Research in Psychopathology (Miami,
Fl, USA – conference cancelled due to severe weather).
77. Forbes, C., Carreno, J., Cohen, A.S., Adams, K., Chamberlin, C., Mann, M., Saperstein, A. Update on the
Maryland Longitudinal Study of Schizotypy: Preliminary Findings from a 3-year Follow-up of Social
Anhedonics. Poster to be presented at the 2005 Society for Research in Psychopathology (Miami, Fl, USA conference cancelled due to severe weather).
78. Nienow, T., Docherty, N., Dinzeo, T., Cohen, A.S. Neurocognitive and Social-Cognitive Contributions to
Functional Outcome in Patients with Schizophrenia. Poster to be presented at the 2005 Society for Research
in Psychopathology (Miami, Fl, USA).
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79. Cohen, A.S, Nienow, T., Dinzeo, T., Docherty, N. Misinterpreted Facial Emotions, Symptoms and Social
Functioning in Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2005 International Congress on Schizophrenia
Research (Savannah, GA, USA).
80. Nienow, T., Docherty, N., Cohen, A.S, Dinzeo, T. Contribution of Neurocognitive Functioning and
Symptomatology to Emotion Recognition Performance in Patients with Schizophrenia. Poster presented at
the 2005 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (Savannah, GA, USA).
81. Cohen, A.S, Dinzeo, T., Nienow, T., Docherty, N. Diminished Emotionality in Schizophrenia. Poster
presented at the 2004 Society for Research in Psychopathology (St. Louis, MO, USA).
82. Dinzeo, T., Nienow, T., Cohen, A.S., Docherty, N. Emotional Arousability and Social Functioning in
Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2004 Society for Research in Psychopathology (St. Louis, MO, USA).
83. Nienow, T., Docherty, N., Cohen, A.S, Dinzeo, T. Neurocognitive Predictors of Social Competence in
Patients with Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2004 Society for Research in Psychopathology (St.
Louis, MO, USA).
84. Cohen, A.S., Junginger, J,. A Working Typology of Delusions. Poster presented at the 2004 American
Psychological Sciences (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
85. Cohen, A.S, Dangelmaier, R., Docherty, N. Effects of Positive Emotion on Speech Disorder in Patients with
Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2003 Society for Research in Psychopathology (Toronto, CANADA).
86. Nienow, T., Cohen, A., Dinzeo, T., Docherty, N. Associations between Neurocognitive Functioning and Affect
Recognition in Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2003 Society for Research in Psychopathology
(Toronto, CANADA).
87. Dinzeo, T., Nienow, T., Cohen, A., Docherty, N. Temperment and Stress Response in Schizophrenia. Poster
presented at the 2003 Society for Research in Psychopathology (Toronto, CANADA).
88. Docherty, N., Cohen, A.S., Nienow, T., Dinzeo, T., Dangelmaier, R., James, S. Statiblity of Schizophrenic
Referential Communication Disturbances Over Time and Across Changes in Clinical State. Poster presented
at the 2003 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (Crystal Springs, Colorado, USA).
89. Cohen, A.S., Dinzeo, T., Docherty, N. Delusions and Hallucinations are Associated with Different Patterns of
Frontal Lobe Functioning in Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2003 International Congress on
Schizophrenia Research (Crystal Springs, Colorado, USA).
90. Nienow, T., Armelie, A., Cohen, A.S., Docherty, N. Source Monitoring and Communication Disturbance in
Schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2003 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (Crystal
Springs, Colorado, USA).
91. Docherty, N., Cohen, A., Dinzeo, T., Nienow, T., (2002, September) Stability of Schizophrenic Formal
Thought Disorder and Referential Communication Disturbances. Poster presented at Society for Research in
Psychopathology (San Francisco, CA, USA).
92. Docherty, N., Cohen, A, Neinow, T, James, S, (2001, November) Affective Reactivity and the Deficit
Syndrome of Schizophrenia. Poster presented at Society for Research in Psychopathology (Madison,
Wisconsin, USA).
93. Cohen, A.S., James, S., Dinzeo, T., Docherty, N. (2001, May) Stress & the Deficit Syndrome of
Schizophrenia. Poster presented at International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (British Columbia,
CANADA).
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94. Gordinier, S., Cohen, A.S., Docherty, N. (2000, November) Aggression in Paranoid and Nonparanoid
Schizophrenia: Associations with Neuropsychological Functioning and Symptomatology. Poster presented at
Society for Research in Psychopathology (Denver, Colorado, USA).
95. Cohen, A.S., Neinow, T., Rhinewine, J., Gordinier, S., Docherty, N. (1999, November) Deficit vs. Negative
Syndrome: Prediction of Attentional Impairment. Poster presented at Society for Research in
Psychopathology (Montreal, CANADA).
GRANT REVIEW EXPERIENCE:
National Institute of Mental Health
Medical Research Council, Joint Electronic Submissions, Glasgow Scotland,
Canada Institute of Health
San Francisco State University
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Schizophrenia Bulletin (Consulting Editor)
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Consulting Editor)
Psychologist Papers (Editorial Board)
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SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE:
2007-2011
Assessment Supervisor
Director LSU Athlete Testing Program
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2006-Present
Research Supervisor
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Director: Severe Psychopathology Research Laboratory
2006-Present
Psychotherapy Supervisor
Supervisor Adult Practicum Team
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2006-Present
Psychotherapy Consultant/Supervisor
Supervisor: Adult Practicum
Dr. Tyler CMHC, Lafayette, LA
2006-Present
Psychological Consultant/Supervisor
Supervisor: Adult practicum
Chartres Pontchartrain CMHC, N Orleans, LA
2004-2006
University of Maryland, College Park
Graduate student supervisor - approximately 120 hours direct supervision, 240 hours indirect
supervision.
2005
Summer Research Initiative, University of Maryland, College Park
Undergraduate student research supervisor – 20 hours
Project title - “Olfactory Discrimination in Social Anhedonia: The Relationship between Deficit
Symptoms and Olfactory Dysfunction” presented at the UMCP summer research initiative
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
21621
2000
2999
3082
40383
4999
41990
7982
7999
Quantitative Methods
Introduction to Psychology
Research Practicum
Abnormal Psychology
Psychological Interventions
Advanced Research Practicum
Writing in Psychology
Advanced Psychopathology
Professional Considerations in Psychology
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2015
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Fullbright Scholar [France] – Charlotte Gates
McNair Scholars
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Lauren Leistman
Yvonne Thompson
Martina Coe
2015
2014
2014
2012
2010
2010
Aspire Scholars
Lauren Meaux
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Paige Heurtin
Zachery Thriffily
Charlotte Gates
Kristi Lavigne
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICE:
2014-2015
Local Host (New Orleans): 2015 Society for Research in Psychopathology
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2013-2014
2011-Present
2011-Present
2010
Program Committee Chair: 2014 Society for Research in Psychopathology
Data Safety Monitoring Board: Pennington
Data Safety Monitoring Board: Pennington
OLOL Psychiatry: Curriculum Committee
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2017-Present
2014-2015
2014-Present
2008-2014
2008-Present
2008-Present
2007-Present
2006-Present
2007
2006-2007
2006-2007
PBRC Institutional Review Board Adjunct Member
Crumpler Chair search committee
LSU Institutional Review Board Associate Chair
LSU Institutional Review Board member
LSU Undergraduate Advisor
LSU Psychological Services Clinic Workshop Series
Co-director, Athlete Testing Services
Head: LSU Professional Workshop Series for Psychology
Donor’s Advisory Meeting for the College of Arts & Sciences
Crumpler Chair search committee
Centennial Celebration committee member
Thesis Committees
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2010S
2010S
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Ben Hill
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Valerie Paasch
Jessica Boisjoli
Magda Kulesza
Brittany Hernandez
Julia Vigna
Emily Olinde
Claire Adams
Diana Stewart
Megan Apperson
Kyle Minor
Arlene Gorden
Meredith Terlicki
Jeff Chenier
2014S
2013S
2010F
2011S
2011S
2011F
2012S
2012F
2013S
2013S
2013F
2013F
2015S
2010F
2010F
2010F
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Jonathon Nester
Laura Meiki
Megan Kliebert
Meghan Geary
Gina Najolia
Laura Brown
Jose Silgado
Sean Morrison
Laura Meiki
Joni Lee Pow
Tracey Auster
Justin Ory
Seandra Cosgrove
Dan Proto
Mary Shoemaker
Dan Proto
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Scott Patterson
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David Landry
Claire Adams
Lauren Baillie I
Meredith Terlicki
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Diana Stewart
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Arlene Gorden
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Ryan Thorston
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Gina Najolia
Laura Brown
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Jessica Kinsaul
Sean Morrison
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MILITARY SERVICE:
1992-1998
U.S. Army Reserves. Rank - Sergeant E5.
Served as a 12C, combat engineer in the 671st engineering company, in charge of a squad of jet boat
operators. Auxiliary duties included serving as drug and alcohol counselor and training coordinator for
the unit.
1996
Professional Leadership Development Course Fort Chafee, AK
Completed Professional Leadership Development Course (PLDC), a pre-requisite for noncommissioned officer rank.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
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