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Ph.D

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. (May, 1999), Experimental Psychology (Emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience). Dissertation: Repressors vs. low- and high- anxious coping styles: EEG, heart rate, and blood pressure differences during cognitive and cold pain stressors. Helen J. Crawford, Ph.D.
Repressors, defined as individuals possessing an increased cortical sensitivity to anxiety-provoking stimuli combined with the tendency to avoid such stimuli, may be differentiated from low- and high-anxious individuals. This study investigated behavioral performance, electrophysiological reactivity (EEG), and cardiovascular reactivity (heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure) in three major coping style groups (repressors, low-anxious, and high-anxious) during low and high stressful conditions. Conditions were rest, cognitive stress (computerized Stroop Interference Task, with and without negative emotional stimuli), and physiological stress (cool water vs. ice cold water left hand immersions). Participants were 49 healthy, right handed university undergraduate women, chosen with Weinberger et al.'s (1979) criteria according to their differentially extreme scores on the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale and the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale. Although mixed, findings supported the proposal that these three groups utilize differential attentional strategies and interpretive biases during both neutral and negative stimuli. In the word interference Stroop condition, reaction times (RTs) were longer for negative than neutral stimuli. Unexpected RT differences occurred in low and high error groups across the three coping styles. High error scoring repressors had longer RTs than low error/low-anxious; high-anxious/low error and high-anxious/high error groups did not differ. Repressors perceived the cold water as being less distressful and painful than the low- and high-anxious groups. No heart rate differences occurred. Diastolic and systolic blood pressure increased following cool and cold water immersion. Unexpectedly, the high-anxious group exhibited significantly lower diastolic blood pressure than the other groups, both at rest and following the stressors. EEG activation pattern differences were observed. During anticipation for cool immersion, in comparison to the high-anxious group, repressor and low-anxious groups showed less right parietal involvement suggestive of less arousal (Heller, 1993). During cool water immersion, frontal and parietal differences were observed across groups. During the Stroop Interference Task, repressors showed greater right frontal involvement than other groups. The data are most supportive of Eysenck and Derakshan's (1997) four-factor theory that proposes differential and attentional biases for these three groups. Suggestions for future research and practical applications in health fields are discussed

M.A.

Hollins College, Hollins, VA. (May, 1993), Experimental Psychology. Master's Thesis: Wandering behavior as a function of season and time of day. George J. Ledger, Ph.D.

B.S.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. (May, 1992), Psychology. Senior Thesis: The effect of light on unilateral stroke patients in a dichotic listening task. David W. Harrison, Ph.D.

Publications

Vendemia, J. M. C., Schillaci, M. J., & Buzan, R.F. (2006). Credibility assessment: Psychophysiology and policy in the detection of deception, Journal of Forensic Psychology, 24, 1-33. Current and developing techniques for detecting deception are evaluated. Following a brief history of lie detection, the authors thoroughly examine traditional polygraphy. An exploration of the technical and methodological aspects of polygraphy then precedes a discussion of the use of the polygraph in screening, criminal investigations, sex offender monitoring, and in court cases. Problems and issues affecting polygraph outcomes, such as examiner bias, signal to noise ration, and various countermeasures are then explored. Finally, developing lie detection technologies, such as voice stress analysis, thermal imaging, pupillometry, brain wave assessment, and functional magnetic resonance imaging, are evaluated. The authors conclude that, despite recent advances in deception detection technology, continuing research is necessary to assess the accuracy of these instruments and the specific arenas in which each technique is most useful.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Caine, K. E., & Evans, J. (2005). Quantitative EEG Findings in Convicted Murderers, Journal of Neurotherapy: Special Issue EEG and the Law (Also published in, J. R. Evans (Ed.) Forensic Applications of QEEG and Neurotherapy, pp. 5-29), 9(3), 5-29. In this study we examined the QEEGs of convicted murderers (n = 73) living on death row, referred by attorneys, and compared them to a control group (n = 23) referred for neuropsychological evaluation by physicians, attorneys, or a State Vocational Rehabilitation Department. The individuals living on death row had committed their murders during robberies, drug deals, rapes, and crimes of passion. They had suspected or known histories of traumatic brain injury, and some had comorbidities of schizophrenia, depression, and other psychiatric diagnoses. The controls had a history of head trauma resulting primarily from motor vehicle accidents, and a few had the comorbidity of depression. The murderers were randomly divided into two separate groups for comparisons with the control group. Coherence (within broad-band alpha) scores were calculated between all scalp electrode sites, and fast-fourier spectral analyses were performed for each channel for two QEEG samples of at least 60 seconds (after artifact removal) recorded during eyes-closed. Spatial principal components derived from the mean peak-to-peak magnitude were calculated for several bands of EEG and submitted to 2 X 2 (death penalty X handedness) ANOVAs. Murderers had reduced mean peak to peak magnitude across all bands similar to that seen in broad spectrum EEG studies of aging. At anterior regions murderers had reduced high theta and high alpha suggesting impaired attention. There was significantly higher coherence in controls in the alpha range between and among central and posterior sites. These findings are used to support the theory that time on death row facilitates “cognitive aging”.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Buzan, R. F., Green, E. P., & Schillaci, M. J. (2005). Neural mechanisms of deception and response congruity in a visual two-stimulus paradigm with motor response, Journal of Neurotherapy: Special Issue EEG and the Law (Also published in, J. R. Evans (Ed.) Forensic Applications of QEEG and Neurotherapy, pp. 5-29), 9(3), 45-70. Stimulus salience, attentional capture, and working memory load have all been theoretically and experimentally linked to deception (Allen & Iacono, 1997; Boaz, Perry, Raney, Fischler, & Shuman, 1991; Dionisio, Granholm, Hillix, & Perrine, 2001; Stelmack, Houlihan, & Doucet, 1994). This study manipulated working memory load by truthful and deceptive response demands combined with congruent and incongruent response demands. Response demands were randomly presented across trials requiring attention shifting wihtin each trial, and preparedness to deceive was systematically decreased across three experiments. Four waveforms were examined: an N2b occurring at 150-250 ms with an anterior maximum, a P3a occurring at 250-450 ms with an anterior maximum, an N4 occurring at 500-700 mswith a parietal maximum. Results suggest that ht eprocess of stimulus salience, attention shifting and resource allocation, long-term memory, and context updating are involved when individuals deceive.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Buzan, R.F., & Green, E. P. (2005). Practice, Work Load, and Reaction Times in Deception, American Journal of Psychology, 118(3), 413-430. Cognitive theorists argue that deception may involve attentional capture, working memory load, or perceived incongruity with memory, whereas psychophysiologists argue for stimulus salience, arousal, and emotion. This article presents a comprehensive model of deception and assesses the effect of practice on deceptive responding. A three-session longitudinal study examined the effect of practice on reaction time (RT) in relation to deception and response congruity. Participants evaluated self-referent sentences and responded truthfully or deceptively. Findings indicate that deceptive responding generates longer RTs than does truthful responding and that this relationship remains constant with practice. We use these findings to support a cognitive model of deception.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Buzan, R. F., & Simon-Dack, S. L. (2005). Reaction Time of Motor Responses in Two-Stimulus Paradigms Involving Deception and Congruity with Varying Levels of Difficulty, Behavioural Neurology, 16(1), 25-36. Deception research has focused on identifying peripheral nervous system markers while ignoring cognitive mechanisms underlying those markers. Cognitive theorists argue that the process of deception may involve such constructs as attentional capture, working memory load, or perceived incongruity with memory, while psychophysiologists argue for stimulus salience, arousal, and emotion. Three studies were conducted to assess reaction time (RT) in relation to deception, response congruity, and preparedness to deceive. Similar to a semantic verification task, participants evaluated sentences that were either true or false, and then made truthful or deceptive evaluations of the sentence's base truth-value. Findings indicate that deceptive responses have a longer RT than truthful responses, and that this relationship remains constant across response type and preparedness to deceive. The authors use these findings in preliminary support of a comprehensive cognitive model of deception.

Vendemia, J. M. C. & Buzan, R. F. (2005). Neural Mechanisms of Deception and Response Congruity in a Visual Two-Stimulus Paradigm with Motor Response, Polygraph, 34, 24-36. The influence of deception and stimulus congruity on brain event-related potentials (ERP) was studied in 43 colleg-aged participants. Previous ERP studies of deception manipulated recollection of past events to study waveforms associated with deceptive responses. To circumvent the memory issue, participants in the current study viewed questions to which they were randomly prompted to response with varying levels of deception and congruity. ERPs were analyzed with temporal principal components analysis and electrical current dipole source analysis. Four waveforms were affected by the experimental manipulations: an early positive component (P3a) in the cingulate gyrus, a subsequent centro-parietal positivity (P3b) with multiple cortical sources, a late occurring negativeity (N4) in the inferior frontal gyrus, and a late positive complex in regions of the temporal gyrus and anterior cingulate. The findings are used toformulate a preliminary theory of deception in which early attentional processes are followed by evaluative and decision-making processes, and then by a final reanalysis.

Kilmann, P. R., Vendemia, J. M. C., & Carranza, L. V. (2005). Recollections of parent characteristics and attachment patterns for college women from intact versus non-intact families, Journal of Adolescence, 29, 89-102. This study contrasted offsprings' attachment patterns and recollections of parent characteristics in two college samples: 147 females from intact biological parents and 157 females of parental divorce. Secure females from intact or non-intact families rated parents positively, while insecure females rated parents as absent, distant, and demanding. In contrast to females from intact families, females of parental divorce reported a less secure attachment, lower self-esteem, a greater fearful avoidance pattern, and rated their biological fathers and mothers more negatively.

Vendemia, J. M. C. (2003). Detection of Deception, Polygraph, 32, 97-106. Several modern technologies are being applied to the study of deception. This article will discuss the theoretical application of event-related potential measures, functional magnetic resonance imaging, voice stress analysis, thermal imaging, and pupillometry. The future of the field will be determined by how well developing technologies co-exist with current polygraph techniques, as well as the overall strength of the supporting theoretical framework. It is important that our theoretical understanding of the process of deception become as sophisticated as the techniques that we are using to assess it.

Vendemia, J. M. C. (2003). Neural Mechanisms of Deception and Response Congruity to General Knowledge Information and Autobiographical Information in Visual Two-Stimulus Paradigms with Motor Response , Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, (No. DoDPI99-PI), 1-57.

Vendemia, J. M. C. (2002). Hobson’s Choice: The relationship of consequences and the Comparison Question, Polygraph, 31, 20-25.

Harrison, D. W., Beck, A. L., Vendemia, J. M. C., & Walters, R. P. (2003). Ambient sensory conditions: Modification of receptive speech deficits in left-side stroke patients using bright light, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 96(2), 623-624. Previous research has demonstrated the potential for the use of ambient sensory conditions to improve cognitive functioning. Both light and sound have been shown to improve task performance in various populations including children, younger adults, and elderly participants; however, these cognitive gains may possibly be offset by detrimental cardiovascular reactivity in elderly persons. We now have some evidence for ambient sensory conditions affecting cognitive function following left- or right-side cerebrovascular accidents. We varied illumination concurrent with the assessment of speech-processing demands on a dichotic listening task. Bright light resulted in improved speech detection at the right ear in both left- and right-side stroke patients (mean age=60.9 yrs) in comparison to performance during a condition of dim light.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T., Kaplan, L., Vendemia, J. M. C., Xie, M., Jameson, S., & Pribram, K. H. (1998). Hypnotic analgesia: I. Somatosensory event-related potential changes to noxious stimuli and II. Transfer learning to reduce chronic low back pain, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 46(1), 92-132. Fifteen adults with chronic low back pain (M = 4 years), age 18 to 43 years (M = 29 years), participated. All but one were moderately to highly hypnotizable (M = 7.87; modified 11-point Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C [Weitzenhoffer & Hilgard, 1962]), and significantly reduced pain perception following hypnotic analgesia instructions during cold-pressor pain training. In Part 1, somatosensory event-related potential correlates of noxious electrical stimulation were evaluated during attend and hypnotic analgesia (HA) conditions at anterior frontal (Fp1, Fp2), midfrontal (F3, F4), central (C3, C4), and parietal (P3, P4) regions. During HA, hypothesized inhibitory processing was evidenced by enhanced N140 in the anterior frontal region and by a prestimulus positive-ongoing contingent cortical potential at Fp1 only. During HA, decreased spatiotemporal perception was evidenced by reduced amplitudes of P200 (bilateral midfrontal and central, and left parietal) and P300 (right midfrontal and central). HA led to highly significant mean reductions in perceived sensory pain and distress. HA is an active process that requires inhibitory effort, dissociated from conscious awareness, where the anterior frontal cortex participates in a topographically specific inhibitory feedback circuit that cooperates in the allocation of thalamocortical activities. In Part 2, the authors document the development of self-efficacy through the successful transfer by participants of newly learned skills of experimental pain reduction to reduction of their own chronic pain. Over three experimental sessions, participants reported chronic pain reduction, increased psychological well-being, and increased sleep quality. The development of "neurosignatures of pain" can influence subsequent pain experiences (Coderre, Katz, Vaccarino, & Melzack, 1993; Melzack, 1993) and may be expanded in size and easily reactivated (Flor & Birbaumer, 1994; Melzack, 1991, 1993). Therefore, hypnosis and other psychological interventions need to be introduced early as adjuncts in medical treatments for onset pain before the development of chronic pain.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T. F., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (1998). The nature of hypnotic analgesia: Neurophysiological foundation and evidence, Contemporary Hypnosis, 15(1), 22-33. Reviews neurophysiological research (EEG, event-related potential, regional cerebral blood flow, neurochemical) which supports the proposal that hypnotic analgesia is an active inhibitory process involving several brain systems mediating attentional and nociceptive processes. Even though the processes of hypnotic analgesia may be dissociated from conscious awareness and appear to be out of volitional control, it is proposed that hypnotic analgesia depends on the activation of a supervisory attention control system, involving the anterior frontal cortex, which then participates with other cortical and subcortical systems in the allocation of thalamocortical activities. Hypnotic analgesia affects the active allocation of attention and disattention associated with the anterior frontal region and spatiotemporal aspects of pain perception associated with the posterior cortical systems.

Coplin. J. M. (nee Vendemia, J. M. C.) & Ragsdale, K. G. (1997). Efficacy of nicotine transdermal program vs. a nicotine fading program: a treatment outcome study, Federal Practitioner, 14, 46-48, 56.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T. F., Vendemia, J. M. C., Kaplan, L. & Ratcliff, B. (1995). EEG activation patterns during tracking and decision-making tasks: Differences between low and high sustained adults, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, , 886-890.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T. F., Vendemia, J. M. C., & Horton, J. E. (2000). La naturaleza de la analgesia hipnótica: bases y evidencias neurofisiológicas, Anales de Psicologia, , .

Vendemia, J. M. C., Schillaci, M. J., Buzan, R. F., Green, E. P., & Meek, S. W. (2009). Alternative Technologies for the Detection of Deception, in D. Wilcox (ed.), Polygraph Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing, , 267-296.

Schillaci, M. J., Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (2000). Modeling Deception as a Two-State System, Biological Cybernetics, , .

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Rodrigues, P. D. (2010). Repressors vs. low- and high-anxious coping styles: EEG dynamics during cognitive stressors, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 78(3), 284-294. In this study of 49 undergraduate university women, those exhibiting a repressive coping style - characterized by defensiveness against negative emotions - were compared to women with low-anxious and high-anxious coping styles during neutral and negative versions of a computerized emotional Stroop task (EST). Using Weinberger, Schwartz, and Davidson's (1979) approach, the present study implemented the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability and the Spielberger Trait Anxiety scales for selection. Participants viewed neutral or negative words during the EST but responded to the color of the word. Analysis of continuous EEG recordings for the negative vs. neutral words revealed that the repressor group differed significantly from the other two groups in many aspects but that low- vs. high-anxious groups differed in fewer aspects. Based upon Eysenck and Derakshan's (1997) model, repressor women appear to differ from low- and high-anxious women by utilizing an inhibitory process to avoid perceiving low-intensity threatening stimuli.

Kilmann, P.R., Vendemia, J.M., Parnell, M. M., & Urbaniak, G.C.. (2009). Parent characteristics linked with daughters' attachment styles., Adolescence, 44(175), 557-568. This study contrasted offsprings' attachment patterns and recollections of parent characteristics in two college samples: 147 females from intact biological parents and 157 females of parental divorce. Secure females from intact or non-intact families rated parents positively, while insecure females rated parents as absent, distant, and demanding. In contrast to females from intact families, females of parental divorce reported a less secure attachment, lower self-esteem, a greater fearful avoidance pattern, and rated their biological fathers and mothers more negatively.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Buzan, R. F., & Schillaci, M., & Green, E. P (2000). HD-ERP and Behavioral Predictors of Involvement in a Mock Crime Scenario, Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, (No. pending), .

Vendemia, J. M. C. & Buzan, R. F. (2000). Error variance and the Polygraph: A Hierachical Linear Modeling Approach to Question Order Effects and Question Types in the Single Issue Polygraph Exam, , , .

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F (2004). Neural mechanisms of deception and response congruity in a visual two-stimulus paradigm involving autobiographical information, Psychophysiology, 40, S88.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F (2002). Deception and response congruity in visual two-stimulus paradigms involving motor response, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 45(1-2), 28-29.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Ragsdale, K. G. & Iranmanesh, A (1995). Activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and B-endorphin secretory dynamics in men habituated to cigarette smoking, Psychophysiology, 32(Suppl. 1), S81.

Coplin, J. M. (nee Vendemia, J. M. C.), Knebel, T. F. & Crawford, H. J (1994). Cold pressor pain: EEG topographical pattern differences before and during dips as measured by cognitive variables, Psychophysiology, 31 (Suppl. 1), S36.

Downs III, J. H., Crawford, H. J., Plantec, M. B., Horton, J. E., Vendemia, J. M. C., Harrington, G. S., Yung, S. & Shamro, C (1998). Attention to painful somatosensory TENS stimuli, NeuroImage, S432, 7.

Crawford, H. J., Horton, J. E., Hirsch, T. B., Harrington, G. S., Plantec, M. B., Vendemia, J. M. C., Shamro, C., McClain-Furmanski, D., & Downs III, J. H (1998). Attention and disattention: hypnotic analgesia to painful somatosensory TENS stimuli differentially affects brain dynamics: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 30(1-2) Sp. Iss. SI, 197.

Crawford, H. J., Horton, J. E., Harrington, G. S., Vendemia, J. M. C., Plantec, M. B., Yung, S., Shamro, C. & Downs III, J. H (1998). Hypnotic analgesia, disattending pain, impacts neuronal network activation: an fMRI study of noxious somatosensory TENS stimuli, NeuroImage, S436, 7.

Lamas, J., Crawford, H. J. & Vendemia, J. M. C (1997). MMN and auditory event-related potentials during posthypnotically suggested deafness: effect of hypnotizability level, Psychophysiology, , .

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T., Pribram, K. H., Kaplan, L., Vendemia, J. M. C., Xie, M., & L’Hommedieu (1997). Somatosensory event-related potentials and allocation of attention to pain: effects of hypnotic analgesia as moderated by hypnotizability level, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 25, 72-73. Scalp-recorded somatosensory event-related potential (ERP) components are important indicators of pain. Successfully suggested hypnotic analgesia (HA) significantly affects scalp ERP late components (e.g., Arendt-Nielson et al., 1990; De-Pascalis, Crawford & Marucci, 1992; Mezasros et al, 1980; Zacharie & Bjerring, 1994; but see Meier et al., 1993) and intracranial ERPs in the anterior cingulate and anterior temporal cortex (Kropotov, Crawford & Polyakov, in press). This paper reviews several research projects involving chronic low back pain adults and stringently selected low and highly hypnotizable college students. Latency and/or amplitude ERPs to 30 electrical stimulations to the middle left finger are evaluated during attend and HA conditions. Overall, P200 latencies were shorter for high (N = 15) than low (N = 11) hypnotizables. Only highs showed the following significant changes during HA: reduced P80 and enhanced N150 in the right prefrontal cortex only; reduced P200 in the central and parietal regions, reduced P300 in the central region and enhanced N250 in frontal, central and parietal regions. Among the chronic low back pain subjects (N = 15), HA resulted in reduced P200 and P300 at frontal and central regions, enhanced N150 at the prefrontal region only and enhanced N250 at frontal and central regions. Two brain processes are distinguished: one dealing with how attention is allocated to pain and one dealing with perception of pain intensity. The frontal attention system, involved in the allocation of pain and inhibition, can work by way of its connections with the thalamus to regulate pain perception.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T., Kaplan, L., Vendemia, J. M. C., Jamison, S. & Pribram, K. H (1996). Learning to control experimental pain in the laboratory and its effects on chronic low back pain, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, , .

Crawford, H., J., Knebel, T. & Coplin, J.M. (nee Vendemia, J. M. C.) (1994). Hypnotic analgesia is no longer a paradox: Neurophysiological and cognitive processes explored, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 42, 478-479.

Crawford, H., J., Knebel, T. F., Coplin, J. M., Scanlon, J. M., Fulkerson, B. & Houzouris, N. G (1994). EEG topographic map differences in high and low sustained-attention adults, Psychophysiology, 31 (Suppl. 1), .

Schillaci, M., Vendemia, J., & Buzan R. (2005). Modeling deception as a two-state quantum system, Jounal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Suppl., 31.

Vendemia, J., Green, E, Buzan, R., Schillaci, M., & Brooke, J. (2005). Practice effects on ERP-components related to deceptive responses, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Suppl., 223-224.

Buzan R. F., Sasine G. M., Spade A., Vendemia J. M. C. (2002). Source localization of the effects of deception and stimulus congruity on event-related potentials, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Suppl., C42.

Meek, S. W., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (2000). Deception and the misinformation effect: Does misinformation influence lying?, American Journal of Psychology, , .

Greely, H., Bloche, G., Donoho, D., Faigman, D., Fienberg., S., Vendemia, J. M. C., Wolpe, P., & Zeffiro, T. (0000). The need to regulate neuroscientific lie detection, Science, , .

Meek, S. W., Phillips, M., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (2000). The Impact of Deceptive Behavior on the Appearance of the N400 in a Misinformation Paradigm, Journal of Applied Psychology, , . The influence of memory encoding on deceptive responses was measured across two experiments that investigated reaction times (RTs) and event-related potentials (ERPs) with 120 college-aged participants. Previous studies of deception required manipulations of information that was considered familiar knowledge for participants. The current study created participant responses that were dependent on information presented through a misinformation paradigm. In this paradigm post-event information interferes with the encoding and storage of original events. These effects are then examined during the retrieval phase. Participants were balanced across truthful and deceptive groups and asked to respond to questions related to the information presented. Data from the first study indicated when responding to misinformation participants had significantly longer reaction times (M = 870.98, SE = 42.22) than when responding to truthful information (M = 734.52, SE = 26.75, F (1, 68) = 10.52, p = .002). HD-ERPs were recorded in the response phase of the second experiment using a high-density geodesic sensory net (Electrical Geodesics, Inc), and then analyzed with principal components. The appearance of a late occurring negativity (N4) waveform, commonly related to response congruity, indicates the desired memory encoding effects. The findings are used to support the relationship between memory processing and the act of deception.

Phillips, M. C, & Vendemia, J. M. C. (2008). Deceptive behavior in a college population, European Journal of Polygraph, 2, .. The goal of the study is to assess deceptive behavior in a population of college students. Specifically, we have developed different categories of deception and plan to explore the frequency with which normal college students employ these different types of deception and their perceptions of how many people use these different types of deception. We feel that deception is a multidimensional construct and that exploring types of deception is important in order to understand its underlying neurocognitive substrates, and therefore, in order to more accurately measure the neurocognition of deception.

Tawanda M. Greer, T.M., Vendemia, J.M.C., & Stancil, M. (2011). Neural correlates of racial mistrust in African-Americans: An fMRI Study, Journal of Health Science, , . Many African Americans across the U.S. are confronted with the realities of racial inequality and racial prejudice in their daily lives. Racism is generally rooted in complex systems of power, privilege, and prejudice that ultimately serve to exclude racial and ethnic minorities from power, status, esteem, and access to societal resources (Bulhan, 1985; {Essed, 1991 #79}; {Harrell, 2000 #82}). Since racism occurs on every level of society, it is an insidious, chronic stressor for many African Americans {Clark, 1999 #77}. The results of a number of research investigations attest to the harmful mental and physical health impacts of racism for members of this population (e.g., Borrell, Kiefe, Williams, Diez-Roux, & Gordon-Larson, 2006; Ehrmin, 2002; Greer, Laseter, & Asiamah, 2008; Guthrie, Young, Williams, Boyd, & Kintner, 2002; King, 2005; Klonoff, Landrine, & Ullman, 1999; Kwate, Valdimarsdottir, Guevarra, & Bovbjerg, 2003). In addition to experiences of overt and subtle forms of racism, African Americans also contend with the pervasive threat of being exposed to racial discrimination and racial prejudice on a daily basis (Pierce, 1975). Heightened threat awareness related to the anticipation of negative race-related encounters is also physically and emotionally taxing for African Americans (Outlaw, 1993).

Craig, A., Komarova, Y., Wood, S., & Vendemia, J. (2011). Suspicious Minds: An fMRI Investigation of Deception Detection Processes in the Marketplace, Journal of Marketing Research, , .. Deception detection is an important consumer skill in the marketplace. Here, we use fMRI data to explore consumers’ neural response to product claims with differing levels of perceived deceptiveness. Specifically, we look for brain activation in areas associated with Theory-of-Mind (ToM) reasoning. Our fMRI data provide unique and intriguing evidence identifying two different stages of brain activity: precuneus activation at earlier stages, and superior temporal sulcus and temporo-parietal junction activation at later stages. Additionally, at the earliest stage of processing, increases in affect-oriented activation (amygdala) are associated with advertising claims perceived as more deceptive. Interestingly, across the two stages, we observe disproportionately greater brain activity associated with claims that are moderately deceptive. However, the fMRI data alone is insufficient to understand what this may mean for consumers and marketers. Thus, we conducted a behavioral study to examine whether increased activation across these stages represents a positive “careful discrimination” response to deception or the negative potential for consumers to be misled.

Carranza, L.V., Kilmann, P.R., & Vendemia, J. M. (2009). Links between parent characteristics and attachment variables for college students of parental divorce, Adolescence, 44(174), 253-271. This study investigated links between offsprings' attachment patterns and parent characteristics in 157 females and 62 males of parental divorce. Secure females and males reported affection, respect, and closeness toward both biological parents. Offsprings' insecure attachment pattern was associated with negative parent characteristics. Participants who perceived their same-sex parent negatively were more likely to report an insecure attachment. Our findings suggest delayed negative consequences of parental divorce for college women and men.

Phillips, M. C., Meek, S. W., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (2011). Understanding the underlying structure of deceptive behaviors, Personality and Indivdiuals Differences, , .. The goals of this project were to evaluate the structure of deceptive behaviors in college students and investigate relationships between personality and these behaviors. After developing nine categories of deceptions (Study 1), we created and administered a self-report instrument to undergraduate college students (Study 2) that assessed use of the categories as well as several self-report personality measures. We hypothesized a structure to our data that decomposed the original deception categories into three classes: Self-gain, Impression-Manipulation, and Disclosure. The instrument was revised and re-administered to a new group of students in Study 3. Our measurement model was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). Variability on the resulting two classes of deceptions was predicted by unique combinations of personality traits. We suggest that categories of lying represent a hierarchy of broad to more specific types.

Craig, A. W., Johnson, H., Wood, S., Komarova, Y., Vendemia, J. (0000). The sensation of luxury: Reward-related brain response to luxury brands depends on goal-congruent cues, Journal of Consumer Research, , ..

Craig, A.W., Wood, S., Wedell, D., & Vendemia, J.M.C. (0000). Modulation of reward value by social context, Unknown, , ..

Wood, S., Craig, A.W., Smith, D.V., Huettel, S., & Vendemia, J.M.C. (0000). Beauty versus celebrity: Orbitofrontal cortex activation modulation by familiarity, Journal of Neuroscience, , ..

Richards, J. E., Boswell, C., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (0000). EEG Correlates of Referred Cases, TBA, ., ..

Decker, S., Boswell, C., (0000). EEG Correlates of Referred Clinical Cases , TBA, ., .

Vendemia, J. M. C., Phillips, M., Meek, S.W., & Boswell, C. (0000). The impact of response ratio on fMRI measures of deception, Human Brain Mapping, , .

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Grants

Jun 2000 - Jun 2002

Co-Investigator. Research Assistant Professor Research / Research Training in Cognitive Psychophysiology and Detection of Deception. ($321,964). Department of Defense Polygraph Institute.This purpose of this grant was to support a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina to do research and research training in cognitive psychophysiology and the detection of deception. Particular emphasis involved, the use of polygraphs and the measurement of peripheral physiological processes in the detection of deception supplemented by measurement of the electroencephalogram (EEG) and scalp-recorded event-related-potentials (ERP). This work proposed the EEG or ERP as a tool for forensic psychophysiology and in identifying the brain areas that may be involved in deception.

Jun 2002 - Dec 2004

Principal Investigator. Continuation Research Assistant Professor Research / Research Training in Cognitive Psychophysiology and Detection of Deception. ($350,000). Department of Defense Polygraph Institute.Based on research in the prior grant sources which have been located, and a potential theory of deceptive responding which has been developed based on activity in the right anterior cingulate (Brodmann’s area 32), left superior frontal gyrus (Broadmann’s area 6), right medial frontal gyrus (Brodmann’s area 10), and bilateral regions of the medial temporal gyrus (Brodmann’s area 21; Vendemia & Buzan, in press). Models of deception will be further investigated. It now may be possible to formulate new deception detection techniques that can use specific brain activity as an independent indicator of deception.

Sep 2003 - Sep 2005

Principal Investigator. Modeling the Neurocognitive Processes of Deception. ($487,000). National Science Foundation.Cognitive theorists argue that the process of deception may involve such constructs as attentional capture, working memory load, or perceived incongruity with memory, while psychophysiologists argue for stimulus salience, motivation, arousal, and emotion. The proposed sequence of studies will investigate a model of deception, utilizing high-density event related potentials and fMRI activation, that combines evidence from both arenas, and will combine measurement techniques from both fields of investigation.

Dec 2005 - Dec 2008

Principal Investigator. Brain Imaging Research: The Detection of Deception Utilizing HD-ERP, fMRI, and Pupillometry. ($3,660,000). U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, USAMRAA.This grant provides funding for a program of research that has the potential to greatly enhance existing national security efforts, especially in the realm of counterterrorism. Human deception is a complex process that traditional detection measures cannot validly assess. However, research conducted to-date on the neurocognitive processes underlying human deception suggests that the central nervous system, unlike the peripheral nervous system, may be a valid source of information about deception. That is why research on the neurocognitive processes involved in deception is so important.

Jan 2006 - Oct 2006

Principal Investigator. Extension Brain Imaging Research: The Detection of Deception Utilizing HD-ERP, fMRI, and Pupillometry. ($300,000). U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, USAMRAA.The purpose of the added funds is to provide a secondary line or research (in addition the existing cognitive research) to address personality correlates of deceptive responding. This research will build and extend the body of knowledge obtained from a series of studies conducted in this lab which delineate Event-Related Potential and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging based markers of deceptive behavior to semantic and autobiographical questions. The overarching goal of this funding is to develop a technique for predicting individual truthful and deceptive statements about autobiographical information based on high-density event related potential technology and to develop a battery of personality tests that could potentially isolate error variance in current technologies utilized to detect deception and apply them in current studies.

Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

Principal Investigator. Continuation Brain Imaging Research: The Detection of Deception Utilizing HD-ERP, fMRI, and Pupillometry. ($1,250,000). U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, USAMRAA.The goal of this project is to build a program of research directed towards deception modeling at the neuroscientific level with the ultimate objective of mapping the neurocognitive processes of lying, and to extend this research from the laboratory into the field environment. The program of study funded by this Congressional Earmark will extend an ongoing deception research program with a sequence of theoretically interlocking studies that measure ERPs and fMRIs in parallel designs. ERPs have good time resolution while fMRI measures have strong spatial resolution. Parallel acquisition allows us to map the time course of interacting cortical networks, and pin-point structures within these networks, critical to the act of deception. The proposed sequence focuses on the roles of the attention networks. Major hypotheses: Pre-stimulus preparatory ERPs in the anterior regions should occur preceding deceptive responses. fMRIs of the same paradigm should reveal activity in the anterior cingulate cortex. Task demands will modulate the activity of the posterior- and anterior- attention networks. When task demands elicit a deceptive response type on significantly fewer trials than a truthful response type, we anticipate a large positive waveform over the right posterior parietal region; however, when demands require similar rates of response types we predict suppression of this waveform. fMRI activations should reveal posterior parietal activity during infrequent deceptions and dorsolateral prefrontal activations during frequent deceptions. We predict that disengagement of the attention system in deceptive trials will be correlated with a strong negative component that occurs approximately 100 ms post-response and with fMRI activity in the anterior cingulate. We anticipate an N400 during successful retrieval from long-term memory, which will correlate with fMRI activations in the left superior temporal gyrus. The N400 amplitude should be smaller during retrieval failure, and be associated with diffuse activation over temporal and parietal regions.

August 2010 - December 2010

Principal Investigator. Technology in the Classroom. ($2,500). Teaching Excellence Grants on Improving Larger Classes with Technology.Teaching Excellence Grant Proposal Cover Sheet Center for Teaching Excellence Part I: Cover Sheet Fall 2010 Course Number: Psyc 101 Traditional Submitted by: Jennifer M. C. Vendemia Date: April 27, 2010 Department/College/Campus: Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Columbia Faculty Rank/Title: Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: 803.361.5308 Email:jmcv@sc.edu Department budget contact name and number: Sherry Morrison, 803.777.4235 Department and A-Fund Numbers for transferring funds to: 13580 A000 Applicant Commitment: I certify that I am not on notice of termination of my position at USC nor have I accepted employment at another institution. I also commit to report the results of my project in writing and to present them in an appropriate venue organized by the Center for Teaching Excellence. ______________________________________ __________________________ Applicant Signature Date Endorsements: ______________________________________ __________________________ Unit Administrator (Chair or Director or Dean) Date Part II: Proposal Prepare a one to two page project description which includes the following sections. Context: I will be teaching an introductory psychology class with 129 students. For the past ten years I have been teaching sections of classes ranging from 6 30 students. Challenges: Large classes have several challenges including attendance, student perceptions of anonymity, issues with class climate, and facilitation of a dynamic learning environment. Lower division classes can be particularly difficult, especially in the fall when the enrollment consists of a majority of students who may be away from home for the first time. New college students often have trouble knowing what material may be relevant, they may be intimidated asking questions, have trouble with time management, and trouble applying success-oriented studying skills. Because of the combination of anonymity in the classroom and online, students are allowed to challenge authority both during the class and within electronic communications. I have spoken with many instructors who believe that a strong tool for success in college is the ability to communicate clearly and civilly in all written communication including electronic communications. Civil discourse is an important part of all public and professional discourse, and all introductory courses that engage in written and spoken communication should seek to provide guidance in the appropriate tenor of spoken and written communication. There are a few issues specific to teaching lower division psychology courses which relate to the students perceptions of the material based on common knowledge, personal experience, and television. Early exposure to psychology should use accessible illustrations to expand, and dispel when necessary, pre-existing knowledge using models of discipline-based thinking. No matter which technology I choose to implement, there will be students who have difficulty accessing it. In similar classes, at this university using propriety clicker systems, approximately 9% of students never purchased the technology. An additional 8% forgot the technology during individual class sessions or lost the technology. This means that on any given day a class of 129 students would need to have between 18-20 spare clicker devices available. The opportunity to utilize other text devices is also available. The center for Media and Health suggests that 84% of students who attend an Introductory Psychology Class will have access to text enabled cell phones. However, is likely that 20-25 students will not have access to this technology. In addition, some students may have laptops with wireless devices. Project Outcomes: The goal with technology for this class is to streamline information from me and the primary text to the students while maximizing information flow from the students back to me. In order to accomplish this outcome I plan to use a combination of technologies including the iclickers. I will use a GTA in order to assist with these two issues. Student Anonymity and Civil Discourse: Wickis can be one way to bridge the gap of anonymity with students. The first assignment that students will have in my classroom is to develop a brief wicki page about themselves, including their photograph, and place it on Blackboard. The assignment will ask them about themselves, what experiences they have had with psychology and what they hope to get out of the course. I have created a similar page about myself in order to help outline the assignment. Additionally, Wickis will be available for civil discourse and appropriate electronic communication. Facebook. I have made a link from the blackboard website to my Facebook pages. The goal of this access is to give students the freedom to explore my intellectual life outside of the classroom. I

May 2011 - August 2011

Co-Investigator. Summer Research Experience in Cogntive and Brain Sciences. ($10,000). National Science Foundation.The Summer Research Experience in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (SRECBS) for undergraduates at the University of South Carolina is designed to build on the resounding success that our previously funded Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology (SRIEP) experienced across its 17 years of funding. One key features of the SRIEP that the SRECBS will build on is its strong and enthusiastic faculty involvement and support. Like the SRIEP, our proposed SRECBS will provide a diverse group of students the opportunity to work one-on-one with highly qualified faculty members on stimulating research projects, several of which receive federal funding. Students will participate in a graduate style seminar in which faculty present research from many different areas of cognitive and brain sciences for students to discuss. An innovative new feature of the SRECBS will be to engage students in a practical innovative and integrative weekly laboratory in the cognitive and brain sciences. This hands-on problem solving laboratory will provide expose students to methods used in the cognitive and brain sciences through activities that allow them to experience the techniques first hand. This lab will be modular in nature, providing exercises that engage the students in basic methods and concepts of the cognitive and neurosciences, such as working with brain tissue, developing experiments, experiencing the operation of fMRI and ERP equipment and working with the resulting data. Although students receive a rich and in depth one on one lab experience in their mentor’s lab, this integrative lab will provide them a broader view of the field in a way that is not abstract but concretely experienced. Thus, we believe with this added integrative laboratory experience, the SRECBS will provide a framework for students to become highly motivated to pursue a career in Cognitive and Brain Sciences and an opportunity to plan their graduate education in the field. The SRECBS will enjoy the same enthusiastic support of the University administration, the Department of Psychology, and the Experimental Psychology Program that our previously funded SRIEP garnered. The participating Experimental Psychology Program faculty members constitute a vital part of the Department of Psychology, which is considered a premiere research entity at our university based on several criteria, including research funds. In order to encourage economically disadvantaged students to apply, the SRECBS requires no application fees and will engage in outreach activities to educational institutions considered to provide access to the target populations of qualified minorities . Each year, the Principal Investigators will organize, coordinate, and participate in the SRECBS, with the Psychology Department offering its outstanding and well staffed Undergraduate Student Services Office to help process applications and conduct follow-up surveys of participants. These latter surveys permit tracking of the impact of participating in the SRECBS on subsequent academically related activities. The facilities and support for research and instruction in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina are exceptional. All necessary research and instructional equipment, along with space for research and teaching activities are fully provided. The SRECBS will have a quality and caring faculty, a dedicated and friendly staff, and appropriate administrative support to provide the optimal foundation for a student research experience in anticipation of pursuing a graduate school education in cognitive and brain sciences. The SRECBS student selection process will reach out to engage qualified minority and nonminority students from across the country research experiences that will spark their interest in pursuing a career in the cognitive and brain sciences. The previously funded SRIEP was founded in 1992 at the University of South Carolina as the sole known NSF program in the Southeastern United States for preparing well qualified minority and non-minority students for graduate education in major research areas of experimental psychology. The impetus for the SRIEP program centered on diminishing numbers of students applying to graduate programs in experimental psychology, reflecting undergraduate student interests in applied programs, such as clinical or counseling psychology, which receive far more applicants. While this problem persists, the impetus for the SRECBS is to funnel more of these well qualified majority and nonminority students into two key focus areas within Experimental Psychology, cognitive and brain sciences. A primary goal of the SRECBS is to provide opportunities for students who are from different backgrounds and who are interested in basic cognitive and brain sciences the opportunity to receive a focused and encouraging experience in research with respected scholars and in a nurturing research environment. The focus of the SRECBS on cognitive and brain sciences is designed to provide an integrative experience in understanding how thought processes map onto brain processes. As new students enter the disciplines of cognitive psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience, they often find themselves locked into specific methods and viewpoints that preclude them from seeing the bigger picture of how mental and neural activities are coordinated. For example, a student in a neuroscience lab may primarily study the chemical and electrical activities of specific neurons in a specific region of the brain. Alternatively, a student in a psycholinguistics lab may primarily study how different theories on language representation and processing have implications for linguistic behavior. Both of these examples describe research activities that are regularly engaged in and make valuable contributions to the cognitive and brain sciences. However, we believe young potential scientists would benefit from an integrative experience to supplement these research experiences and provide a broader perspective on how cognitive and neural perspectives may facilitate research across disciplines. Thus, while the SRECBS provides undergraduates the invaluable research experiences within an active research laboratory, it will also provide a more integrative, hands-on perspective that we hope will foster interdisciplinary thinking and new approaches to understanding mind and brain. With the inclusion of our new brain and cognitive science laboratory activities, we propose that the SRECBS covers nine weeks in the summer, one week longer than the SRIEP covered. This added time will enable student participants more time to spend on the integrative activities while still gaining valuable individual research training in the specific laboratories of participating faculty mentors. The broader impacts of the SRECBS are clearly in developing the educational infrastructure by providing a program that will inspire the next generation of cognitive and brain scientists. We believe by providing both individually tailored laboratory experiences along with an shared integrative laboratory experience, the program may provide a transformational experience for the generation of scientists in this field. The SRECBS builds on the experiences of faculty involved in our previously funded SRIEP. The long time Principal Director and Principal Investigator of the SRIEP was Dr. James Coleman, with Dr. Douglas Wedell as a Co-PI and Co-Director since the inception of the SRIEP. During much of that period, Dr. Wedell served as Experimental Psychology Graduate Program Director and helped coordinate SRIEP activities with that of Experimental Program Faculty. Recently Dr. Coleman retired, and so Dr. Wedell took over the roles of PI and PD for the SRIEP. Although retired, Dr. Coleman maintains an active scholarly presence in the Psychology Department and will serve as a consultant on the SRECBS. His long time experience with the SRIEP and as a repeated past Panel Chair and Member of NSF Predoctoral Fellowship Panels will prove invaluable to the success of our new program. Dr. Jennifer Vendemia will also serve as a Co-PI and help direct the SRECBS. Dr. Vendemia has long been active in the SRIEP and has mentored many of its participants, with one of her mentees (Michelle Phillips) now a graduate student in her research laboratory. Dr. Vendemia is currently serving as the Experimental Psychology Graduate Program Director and thus can act as an administrative liaison between the SRECBS and the Experimental Psychology Program. Dr. Vendemia has also engaged in numerous teaching activities that seek to provide students hands-on experiences in integrating concepts and methods related to cognitive and brain sciences. This experience will be invaluable in coordinating the cognitive and brain sciences laboratory component of this proposal.

Employment History

Jun 2000 - Sep 2008	Research Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina . 2000-2004, JeanAnn Linney; 2004 - 2005, John E. Richards; 2005 -2008, Charles H. Mactutus, Ph.D. This position requires experience in maintaining an ongoing funded program of research, instructional experience, and experience interacting with national agencies for the purpose of developing research paradigms with real world applicability. Research Responsibilities: Maintain an ongoing program of research dedicated to the systematic neuroscienfic modeling of deception. From 2000 until 2004 the primary goals of this program were to conduct basic research in cognitive psychophysiology for the purpose of exploring brain-periphery relations during the detection of deception with electrophysiological measures. Research included investigating the High Density - Event Related Potential (HD-ERP) correlates of deceptive responses and mapping their time domains. The long-term goals of this project involved: 1) Investigate and localize deception-specific cortical sources with analyses of HD-ERP scalp topography, 2) investigate specific effects of deception on HD-ERP topography, and 3) use HD-ERP recording montages to localize the sources of topographical differences. Sponsors (2000-2004, Department of Defense Polygraph Institute; 2003-2005, National Science Foundation. In 2004, based on the success of the initial program, the program of research underwent a substantial theoretical and practical expansion--and was provided support to create and maintain a Center for Alternative Technologies for Deception Detection (CATDD). The new research goals are to: 1) Include extensive fMRI dependent variables within the neuroscientific level of deception modeling, 2) incorporate dependent variables measures of inindividual differences within the paradigms, 3) provide a centralized focus for the dissemination of relevant information to the professional community, 4) develop accurate testing strategies for use with alternative technologies, and 5) extend ongoing research into the field environment. The creation of the CATDD, the purchase of the Siemen's 3t magnet, and the acquisition of appropriate data analysis systems were made possible through a $3.66m Congressional Earmark (2005-2008, United States Army Medical and Material Command). An additional Earmark was granted in 2006 that extended the program a sequence of theoretically interlocking studies that measure HD-ERPs and fMRIs in parallel designs. ERPs have good time resolution while fMRI measures have strong spatial resolution (2007-2009, United States Army Medical and Material Command). Parallel acquisition allows us to map the time course of interacting cortical networks, and pin-point structures within these networks, critical to the act of deception. The proposed sequence focuses on the roles of the attention networks. Major hypotheses: Pre-stimulus preparatory ERPs in the anterior regions should occur preceding deceptive responses. fMRIs of the same paradigm should reveal activity in the anterior cingulate cortex. Task demands will modulate the activity of the posterior- and anterior- attention networks. When task demands elicit a deceptive response type on significantly fewer trials than a truthful response type, a large positive waveform over the right posterior parietal region is expected; however, when demands require similar rates of response types, suppression of this waveform is predicted. fMRI activations should reveal posterior parietal activity during infrequent deceptions and dorsolateral prefrontal activations during frequent deceptions. It is also predicted that disengagement of the attention system in deceptive trials will be correlated with a strong negative component that occurs approximately 100 ms post-response and with fMRI activity in the anterior cingulate. The N400 is predicted to appear dominantly in the HD-ERP during successful retrieval from long-term memory, which will correlate with fMRI activations in the left superior temporal gyrus. The N400 amplitude should be smaller during retrieval failure, and be associated with diffuse activation over temporal and parietal regions. In order to achieve the research goals of the CATDD as stipulated by the supporting agencies this position requires: 1) Research experience with HD-ERP, Pupillometry, fMRI, and behavioral measures, 2) extensive contacts within the intelligence and interrogator/examiner communities, and 3) a background in the neuroscienfic modeling of deceptive behaviors. Additionally, this position entails contributing to the training program at the Department of Psychology particularly instruction of students at the graduate and undergraduate levels within the areas of neuroscience, cognition, statistical modeling, and HD-EEG/ERP as well as fMRI.
Aug 1999 - May 2000	Instructor. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA . Chester Karwoski, Ph.D. Taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of Advanced General Psychology, Introductory Psychology, Honors Introductory Psychology, and History of Psychology. Mentored undergraduate students.
Aug 1998 - Aug 1999	Postdoctoral Teaching and Research. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA . Chester Karwoski, Ph.D. Course instructor for graduate and undergraduate classes in the areas of Sensation/Perception, Cognition, Advanced General Psychology, Introductory Psychology, and Honors Instroductory Psychology. Designed and conducted research pertaining to response inhibition across spatial frequency patterns.
Jan 1998 - May 1998	Coordinator of Graduate Applications. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Jack Finney, Ph.D. Coordinated application materials to the Graduate Experimental, Clinical, and Industrial/Organizational programs, including maintaining a computer database of all demographic and scholastic information for applicants to the graduate psychology program, generating weekly status reports of applicants for each specialty area within psychology, communicating with all levels of faculty and staff regarding status of applicants, and answering all queries regarding applicant standing.
May 1997 - Dec 1997	Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Psychology, Neurocognition Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Helen J. Crawford, Ph.D. Senior Research Assistant on grant-sponsored research consisting of a joint study (P.I.: Helen Crawford) between Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the University of Virginia investigating functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) correlates of pain and non-pain conditions during different levels of attention, as modified by individual differences in attentional processes. As the project coordinator, duties included overall coordinating of daily activities, planning and execution of all research projects, conducting cold presser training, and supervision of undergraduate assistants receiving field study course credit for their participation. Other duties included working with the UVA team during recording and analyses of fMRI data, and maintaining ongoing education involving analysis of fMRI data.
May 1997 - Aug 1998	Lab Coordinator. Department of Psychology, Psychophysiological, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Jack Finney, Ph.D. Redesigned departmental lab space containing multiple EEG, eyetracking, psychophysiological and behavioral measurement systems. Developed of lab guidelines, repaired and maintened on 10 psychophysiological recording stations, identified damaged equipment including, but not limited to. EEG caps, leads, cords, bioamplifiers, computer cards and development of a new menu system for data handling. Requirements included familiarity with the following software and software driven systems: Windows 95, Windows 3.x, Neuroscan 3.0 & 4.0 EEG/ERP workstation, Lexicor Neurosearch-24 EEG/ERP workstation, Vision Lab, LC Technologies Eyegaze software, A-Codas and Dos 3.0, 5.0.
Aug 1995 - May 1997	Instructor. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Jack Finney, Ph.D. and Helen J. Crawford, Ph.D. Designed course syllabus; selected of textbooks and other course materials; designed, lectured, administered and gradied exams for classes of 60 - 90 students. Courses taught: Research Methods, Psychology of Learning and Psychology of Personality.
Jan 1994 - May 1995	Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Helen J. Crawford, Ph.D. Conducted research for a NASA Langley Research Center grant involving the EEG descriptors of attentional performance in low and high sustained attention subjects performing computer simulated pilot decision making tasks under varying workload. Responsibilities included developing running the experimental paradigm, recording EEG data, screening EEG data for artifacts and preparing manuscripts. Position required complete familiarity with the Neurosearch-24 bioamplifiers and the Lexicor Recording System.
Jan 1994 - May 1994	Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Helen J. Crawford, Ph.D. NIH grant involving the EEG and SEP correlates of pain control in adults with chronic low back pain and matched control subjects. Operated Grass amplifiers and recording system and a Lexicor Neurosearch-24 EEG machine. Joint study with the Brain Center, Radford University, (Director: Karl Pribram, M.D.).
Jun 1995 - Sep 1996	Research Assistant. Endocrine Section, Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA . Kim Ragsdale, Ph.D. Co-investigator in a study investigating the endocrine concomitants of cigarette smoking and smoking cessation in chronic smokers and matched controls.
Jan 1992 - May 1997	Student Trainee. Department of Psychology, Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA . James J. Lanter, Ph.D. and Jerome Gilmore, Ph.D. Designed research projects and consulted with all levels of staff in regard to ongoing projects, assisted with statistical analysis on ongoing research projects and audited medical research projects for the Human Subjects Committee. Clinical responsibilities included program design and selection of therapeutic techniques to be used in the Smoking Cessation Program. Specific duties related to the Smoking Program included screening and scheduling of patients, formulating individual treatment plans, consulting with staff physicians on individual cases to arrange for prescriptions of Nicotine Replacement Patch, and design and maintenance of the Smoking Cessation Instruction Manual for use in the clinic. Additional clinical responsibilities included the yearly psychological evaluation of spinal cord patients.
Aug 1993 - Dec 1993	Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA . Mike Casey, M.S. Lead discussion sections of approximately 50 students in which topics relevant to the main introductory psychology course were explored.
Jan 1993 - May 1993	Guest Lecturer. Department of Psychology, Hollins College, Hollins, VA . George Ledger, Ph.D. Lectured on advanced topics in physiological psychology.
Oct 1990 - Dec 1991	Volunteer Research Student. Department of Psychology, Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA . James Lanter, Ph.D. and David Harrison, Ph.D. Screened elderly patients using the Mini-Mental Status for a study involving altered rates of positron emission across pseudo-depressive, alcohol related and Alzheimer’s type dementias. Coordinated an experiment involving the effects of bright light exposure on accuracy and response time during a dichotic listening study in unilateral stroke patients.
Aug 2007 - Aug 2015	Associate Professor. Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina . Charlie Mactutus Graduate and Undergraduate Instruction. Continue to conduct research program in neuroscientific modeling of deceptive behavior.

Courses Taught

Fall 2005	IS. Advanced Independent Study The Acquisition of HD-ERP Data.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This independent study focussed on introducing one student to statistical analysis of HD-ERP data. This student walked through a standard analysis procedure. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 2005	Guest Instructor. Cognitive Neuroscience HD-ERP & fMRI Localization of Brain Processes.Graduate. University of South Carolina. This course is an advanced course offering instruction in cognitive neuroscience. Cognitive neuroscience is the study of cognition and its relation to brain activity. This course will be offered as a seminar format covering selected topics in brain activity, neuroimaging methods, and cognitive activity related to brain activity. The topics this semester will include the integration of neuroimaging techniques, attention and eye movements, detection of deception, and topics selected by the students. There will be research presentations relevant to the lab given in the Department of Psychology “Hard Data Café” (Friday, 12:15 to 1:15). Enrollment: 7.
Fall 2005	Guest Instructor. Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Laboratory.Graduate. University of South Carolina. This course serves as the Laboratory for psyc 507 Enrollment: 7.
Fall 2002	Instructor. Cognitive Psychology Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This is an advanced survey course in human cognition. The focus of this course is to present a perspective on the evolution of cognitive psychology, survey major topics within cognitive psychology, and understand its role within the greater context of psychology as a whole. Enrollment: 58.
Spring 2003	Instructor. Cogntive Psychology Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This is an advanced survey course in human cognition. The focus of this course is to present a perspective on the evolution of cognitive psychology, survey major topics within cognitive psychology, and understand its role within the greater context of psychology as a whole. Enrollment: 31.
Fall 2003	Instructor. Research Methods Laboratory in Psychology.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. his course is a laboratory emphasizing research in psychology. The purpose of the course is to provide a laboratory experience that integrates topics covered in Psychology 226, "Research Methods", and Psychology 227, "Statistics". Thus the course will have you participate and design research studies in psychology and do data analysis of the results. There is a class lecture on Monday that everyone should attend, and a lab section in the week for you to attend. The requirements include participation in the laboratory exercises, class assignments on laboratory activities, study questions on references for experiments, and writing sections of journal articles in the APA format. Students will be expected to attend both the lecture and the laboratory section. Successful completion of Psychology 226 and Psychology 227 is a prerequisite for the course. This course will draw upon presumed existing knowledge of experimental and research methods learned in Psychology 226, and statistical techniques learned in Psychology 227. There will be some outside reading (references for the laboratory exercises), and some outside writing up the results of the laboratory. Enrollment: 140.
Spring 2004	Instructor. Quantitative Methods with Behavioral Data II Multiple Regression.Graduate. University of South Carolina. In this course we will be studying a family of data analysis techniques that fall under the heading Regression analysis. Multiple regression/correlation is a very general approach to analyzing data, and so this course will be fairly general in its approach. Enrollment: 22.
Fall 2004	Instructor. Topics in Experimental Psychology Electroencephalographic Recording and Theories in Neuroscience.Graduate. University of South Carolina. This intense course provides a survey of Electroencephalographic recording and theory and its application to cognitive neuroscience. The generators of EEG, its characteristic morphology, and typical presentation in the human brain will be addressed along with a mathematical deconstruction the standard EEG and a discussion of data analytic strategies. Enrollment: 10.
Spring 2005	Instructor. Topics in Experimental Psychology High-Density Event-Related Recording and Theory in Neuroscience.Graduate. University of South Carolina. The course is intended for students who have taken Topics in Experimental Psychological: Electroencephalographic Recording and Theories in Neuroscience. This course will continue the exploration of electrical activity in the human brain, but with a focus on event-related activity. Standard event-related potentials, along with the paradigms designed to invoke them, will be discussed. Students will be expected to complete several data analysis projects designed to isolate individual evoked potentials spacially and temporally. Enrollment: 4.
Summer 2005	SRI. Summer Research Institute HD-ERP and Behavioral Measures of Misinformation and Deception.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 1996	Instructor. Psychology of Learning Undergraduate. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Survey of fundamental concepts, phenomena, and principles of learning, such as reinforcement, Pavlovian conditioning and retention/forgetting. Issues addressed are traditional views of learning, biological and cognitive constraints, the role of animal models, and the utility of learning theory. Enrollment: 75.
Spring 1997	Instructor. Psychology of Personality Undergraduate. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Study of human personality and psychological adjustment: theory and research. Behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and environmental determinants of personality. Psychological adjustment and personality development. Enrollment: 80.
Summer 1998	Instructor. Sensation and Perception Undergraduate. University of Georgia. How organisms sense and perceive the environment. Topics discussed: anatomy and physiology of the sensory systems, types of stimuli affecting sensory systems, and current knowledge and theories of our perceptual abilities. Laboratory/research experience is included. Enrollment: 9.
Fall 1998	Instructor. Advanced General Psychology Undergraduate. University of Georgia. Review, summary, and integration of psychology as a whole. Attention will be given both to content and to psychology as a profession. Enrollment: 30.
Fall 1998	Instructor. Cognitive Psychology Graduate. University of Georgia. History of cognitive psychology and the basic cognitive processes involved in attention, memory, knowledge representation, information processing, and problem solving. Enrollment: 6.
Spring 1999	Instructor. Sensation and Perception Undergraduate. University of Georgia. How organisms sense and perceive the environment. Topics discussed: anatomy and physiology of the sensory systems, types of stimuli affecting sensory systems, and current knowledge and theories of our perceptual abilities. Laboratory/research experience is included. Enrollment: 35.
Spring 1999	Instructor. Cognitive Psychology Undergraduate. University of Georgia. Contemporary theories of human information processing. Major topics include attention, mental representations, categorization, short-term and long-term memory, psycholinguistics, reasoning, problem-solving, judgment, and decision making. Laboratory/research experience is included. Enrollment: 34.
Summer 1999	Instructor. Sensation and Perception Undergraduate. University of Georgia. How organisms sense and perceive the environment. Topics discussed: anatomy and physiology of the sensory systems, types of stimuli affecting sensory systems, and current knowledge and theories of our perceptual abilities. Laboratory/research experience is included. Enrollment: 25.
Fall 1999	Instructor. Elementary Psychology Undergraduate. University of Georgia. The phenomena, laws, theories, and history of psychology. Topics include animal and human learning, motivation, perception, individual differences, social behavior, and biopsychology. Emphasis is on fundamental principles rather than on application. Students are given the opportunity to participate in ongoing research. Enrollment: 300.
Spring 1996	Instructor. Research Methods Principles of Psychological Research.Undergraduate. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit. Research design and methodology. Analysis of a variety of approaches to developing, understanding, and interpreting psychological data. Enrollment: 75.
Fall 2006	Instructor. HD-ERP and fMRI Methodology and Analysis An Exploration of the Practical Underpinnings of Research.Graduate. University of South Carolina. The focus of this course is an in depth exploration and comparison of methodological/analytical process of HD-ERP and fMRI experimentation. This course is process oriented, and will consist of one formal meeting per week lasting approximately 1 hour and three to six hours a week of laboratory work. The course will be divided into three major measurement units: 1) MRI anatomical measurement, 2) HD-ERP task related measurement, and 3) fMRI task related measurement. Four separate analysis units will be commingled with the measurement units: 1) Segmentation of Neuroanatomy, 2) HD-ERP analysis, 3) Dipole source analysis with realistic head models, and 4) fMRI analysis. Course Locations will vary: MRI and fMRI units will be completed at the McCausland Center in Palmetto Richland Hospital, while HD-ERP measures will be completed at the HD-EEG/ERP Laboratory in 341 Barnwell Hall. Enrollment: 8.
Fall 2006	IS. Advanced Independent Study The Acquisition of HD-ERP Data.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. The goal of this independent study is to introduce one novice undergraduate to the practical research demands of working in an HD-ERP laboratory. The course of work will engage this student in an ongoing research protocol investigating an interaction between deceptive behaviors and memory retrieval failures. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 2006	IS. Advanced Independent Study The Creation of New Self-Report Indicies of Deception.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This course focusses on the development and normative measurement of the LBQ (Lying Behaviors Questionnaire), a self-report scale of deceptive behaviors that dimensionalizes deception into 13 sub-scales. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 2002	IS. Advanced Independent Study Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This student ran participants, cleaned and organized data. Her work with me resulted in the following presentation. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 2003	IS. Advanced Independent Study Undergraduate. Unversity of South Carolina. This student worked during the previous semester running participants. The learning curve with this material is longer than normal. He will continue working with me during the next semester during which time he will prepare a presentation. Enrollment: 1.
Spring 2000	Instructor. General Psychology Honors Undergraduate. University of Georgia. Enrollment: 20.
Spring 2000	IS. Advanced Independent Study Mock Crime Experiment.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. He assisted in conducting a complicated experimental paradigm involving a mock crime over multiple locations. This paradigm required every R.A. to be a specific locations at specific times, to interact with participants in a highly orchestrated manner, and to maintain video recordings of the participants at multiple locations. Adam excelled at this work, and eventually replaced two other RAs, one of whom was a graduate student, because he was more reliable and better prepared than his contemporaries. Enrollment: 1.
Summer 2002	SRI. SRI HD-ERP Correlates of Deception in a Mock Crime.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Psychology Students. During their time they analyzed and presented data on the HD-ERP Correlates of the Autobiographical Information Deception Task. Enrollment: 1.
Summer 2002	SRI. SRI HD-ERP Correlates of Deception in a Mock Crime.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Psychology Students. During their time they analyzed and presented data on the HD-ERP Correlates of the Autobiographical Information Deception Task. Enrollment: 1.
Spring 2003	IS-No Credit. Advanced Independent Study Analysis of QEEG Data in Murderers Serving Time on Death Row.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. Although she did not have a formalized role with me, research that we conducted with Jim Evans on the EEG correlates of murderers at a conference this summer. Enrollment: 1.
Summer 2004	SRI. SRI The Acquisition and Analysis of HD-ERP Data.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This student analyzed data from an event-related potential paradigm in which individuals told the truth or lied to sequences of sentences during three separate experimental sessions. This work was presented at the SRI end of the year talks, and was presented as a poster at the annual convention of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Enrollment: 1.
Spring 2004	IS. Advanced Independent Study Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This student requested an incomplete and completed coursework related to this independent study in Spring 2005. This student worked on a project entitled “Spontaneous Religious Responses to Open-Ended Questions Regarding Deceptive Behavior,” in which she conducted a content analysis of open-ended responses to 56 questions. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 1999	Instructor. General Psychology Honors Undergraduate. University of Georgia. A survey of psychology, with emphasis on theoretical and methodological issues. Enrollment: 20.
Fall 1999	Instructor. General Psychology Honors Undergraduate. University of Georgia. A survey of psychology, with emphasis on theoretical and methodological issues. Enrollment: 20.
Fall 1999	Instructor. Elementary Psychology Undergraduate. University of Georgia. The phenomena, laws, theories, and history of psychology. Topics include animal and human learning, motivation, perception, individual differences, social behavior, and biopsychology. Emphasis is on fundamental principles rather than on application. Students are given the opportunity to participate in ongoing research. Enrollment: 300.
Spring 2000	Instructor. History of Psychology Graduate. University of Georgia. A recurring question or issue in the history of psychology, beginning with the Golden Age of Greece and continuing into the current era of cognitive psychology, is that of the mind's relation to the body or brain. Arguably, for example, it defines the "tension" between neurobehavioral and cognitive emphases in psychology today. We will attack this issue with two questions in mind. How does theory evolve and revolve in psychology? How does our understanding of current theoretical debates shape our interpretation of the historical evolution of psychology? Enrollment: 11.
Spring 2000	Instructor. Elementary Psychology Undergraduate. University of Georgia. The phenomena, laws, theories, and history of psychology. Topics include animal and human learning, motivation, perception, individual differences, social behavior, and biopsychology. Emphasis is on fundamental principles rather than on application. Students are given the opportunity to participate in ongoing research. Enrollment: 300.
Summer 2000	SRI. SRI Use of ERP Analysis to Detect Deception in Mock Crime Paradigms.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. This student worked with one other undergraduate during the SRI program to analyze HD-ERP data related to a mock crime scenario. This work was presented at the SRI end of the year talks. Enrollment: 1.
Summer 2000	SRI. SRI Use of ERP Analysis to Detect Deception in Mock Crime Paradigms.Undergraduate. University of South Carolina. Enrollment: 1.
Summer 2003	SRI. SRI Reaction Time & Errors in a Two-Stimulus Paradigm Involving Deception.Undergraduate. Unversity of South Carolina. Enrollment: 1.
Fall 2007	Instructor. Neuroanatomy for Cognitive Neurosciences Graduate. University of South Carolina. The goal of this course is to provide the student a detailed survey of the anatomy of the human cortex based on gross anatomy and cytoarchitecture, and an understanding of the relationship between structures as visualized by magnetic resonance imaging within the major referential brain systems. Enrollment: 5.
Summer 2008	SRI. SRI Discriminating Deception from other cognitive processesUndergraduate. University of South Carolina. Enrollment: 1.
Spring 2009	Instructor. Neuroanatomy for Cognitive Neuroscientists The goal of this course is to provide the student a detailed survey ofGraduate. University of South Carolina. The goal of this course is to provide the student a detailed survey of the anatomy of the human cortex based on gross anatomy and cytoarchitecture, and an understanding of the relationship between structures as visualized by magnetic resonance imaging within the major referential brain systems. Enrollment: 15.

Committee Membership

Active

Chair. Dissertation. (Oral Defense Pending). Robert F. Buzan, Oral Defense.

Chair. Dissertation. (Dissertation Pending). McCall, Mike, Dissertation Manuscript in Progress.

Chair. Dissertation Proposal. (Preparation). Meek, Scott, Dissertation Proposal.

Chair. Qualifying Exam. (Preparation). Boswell, Corey, Qualifying Proposal in Preparation.

Chair. Written Comprehensive Exam. (Proposal Pending). Phillips, Michelle, Proposal in Preparation.

Reader. Qualifying Exam Proposal. (Topic Approved). Olejarczyk, Jennifer, Proposal in Preparation.

Reader. Dissertation. (Dissertation Pending). Craig, Adam, Dissertation.

. Qualifying Exam Proposal. (Topic Approved). Nye, James, Qualifying Proposal Topic Accepted.

Reader. Qualifying Examination Proposal Pending. (Preparation). Lukowski, Sophie, Topic Pending.

Inactive

Reader. Qualifying Examination and Proposal. (Completed). Brittany Mallin, Infant Localization of Complex and Dynamic Audiovisual Stimuli in the Periphery, Thesis Passed.

Reader. Dissertation. (Completed). Stephanie L. Simon-Dack, The Functional Roles of the Visual Cortex: A High-Density Event Related Potential Study on BLind and Sighted Individuals, Dissertation Passed.

Reader. Qualifying Project for PhD Candidacy. (Completed). Veena Nair, Emotional Intelligence and Coping, Accepted as PhD Candidate.

Chair. Qualifying Examination and Proposal. (Completed). Meek, Scott, Deception and the Misinformation Effect: Does misinformation influence lying?, Qualifying Project Accepted.

Reader. Thesis Defense. (Completed). Patricia Ann Wright, Housing Environment and Mental Health Outcomes: A Levels of Analysis Perspective, Thesis Passed.

Reader. Dissertation. (Completed). Joanna Lau, Acculturative Stress, Coping, and Psychological Well-being of Chinese Sojourners, Dissertation Passed.

Reader. Thesis Defense. (Completed). Thomas Northrup, Evaluating the Validity of the AUDIT for Use with a College Student Sample, Thesis Passed.

Reader. Dissertation. (Completed). Welsey Cole, Behavioral Inhibition in College Students: Correlates ATES WITH EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS (ERP) , Dissertation in process.

Exam. Ph.D. Orals. (Completed). Eric Green, No Topic, Orals Passed.

Reader. Thesis Defense. (Completed). Shaughna Bishop, The Role of Social Support in Buffering the Relationship Between Discrimination and Mental Health in African-American Women, Thesis Passed.

Reader. Dissertation Prospectus. (Completed). Nair, Veena, Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Anaphor Resolution, Proposal Accepted.

Chair. Qualifying Exam. (Completed). Baucum, Laura, The Effect of Truthful/Deceptive Response Ratios on Reaction Time in a Two-Stimulus Study, Exam Passed.

Chair. Qualifying Exam. (Completed). Phillips, Michelle, The Assessment of Deceptive Behavior in College Students, Exam Passed.

Exam. Written Comprehensive Exam. (Preparation). Sanchez, Carmen, Topic Forgotten, Exam Passed.

Reader. Dissertation. (Completed). Nair, Veena, Temporal And Spatial, Dissertation Passed.

Chair. Written Comprehensive Exam. (Completed). Meek, Scott, The Role of Memory in Misinformation and Deception, Exam Passed.

Exam. Oral Comprehensive Exam. (Completed). Strait, Gill, No Topic, Orals Passed.

Reader. Qualifying Exam. (Completed). Perkins, Amy, Exploring the role of epigenetics in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Exam Passed.

Service

Academic

Panel, (2005-07-18 ). Cognitive Performance 2005. Anteon Corporation, United States Army. Cognitive Performance in Man in the Loop Operations, ..

Human Subjects Specialist, (2006-03-08 ). Science and Engineering Fair. University of South Carolina. IRB, ..

Judge, (2006-09-01 ). 2005 Science and Engineering Fair. University of South Carolina. Science and Engineering Fair, ..

Speaker, (2006-03-10 ). Reading Minds: Lie Detection, Neuroscience, Law, and Society. Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, part of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, & Techno. The Science of Lie Detection, ..

Editor, Science and Technologies, (2001-11-01 ). Journal . American Polygraph Association. Polygraph, ..

Expert Brief, (2005-07-25 ). Briefing. U.S. Department of Defense Polygraph Institute. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , Status of Deception Detection with Alternative Technologies.

Testimony to Congress, (2005-05-17 ). Congressional Testimony. American Psychological Association. Oral Testimony of Jennifer Vendemia, Ph.D. on behalf of the American Psychological Association, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, The Honorable Ted Steven, The American Psychological Association to the Senate Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations regarding defense appropriations to the behavioral sciences for 2005.

Reviewer, (2004-01-01 ). Journal. International Society for Neuronal Regulation. Journal of Neurotherapy, ..

Ad Hoc Reviewer, (2001-11-11 ). Journal. American Psychological Association. Journal of Experimental Psychology, ..

Ad Hoc Reviewer, (2002-10-04 ). Grant. National Science Foundation. National Science Foundation, ..

Speaker and Panel, (2004-11-05 ). DecDet Fall Workshop. Georgetown University. Advanced Theoretical Models of Deception, Models of Deceptive Behavior..

Extended Expert Brief, (2005-03-15 ). Extended Brief. U.S. Department of Defense, Counterintelligence Field Activity. Intructional Briefing on Alternative Technologies , Instructional Presentation to the Director of Behavioral Sciences Department of Defense CounterIntelligence Field Activity and the Senior Legislative Federal Affairs Officer of the Science Public Policy Office of the Impact of Religious Upbringing and Cultural Influences on Deceptive behavior, and cognitive constructs such as memory and attention on brain waves related to deceptive behavior .

Extended Expert Brief, (2003-01-15 ). Extended Brief. U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Agency. Credibility Assessment, Instructional Presentation and Compiled Bibliography/Literature Review to the Technical Director of Polygraph, U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Agency regarding alternative technologies in the field of credibility assessment including voice stress analysis, pupillometry and eye-tracking, thermal imaging, exhaled gases, functional magnetic resonance imaging, event-related potentials, laser vibrommetry, and infrared. .

Written Brief, (2005-01-01 ). Brief. Office of Science and Technology Policy of the President. Outline of Deception Detection Research Agenda, Summary of the scientific potential for alternative technologies in the detection of deception for the periods between 2005-2007, 2007-2010, 2010-2015 for the Assistant Director for the Social, Behavioral and Educational Sciences at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. .

Extended Expert Brief, (2005-01-01 ). Brief. U.S. Department of Defense, Counterintelligence Field Activity. Intructional Briefing on Alternative Technologies , Instructional Presentation to the Chief, Credibility Assessment at Behavioral Sciences department regarding the major developments in credibility assessment technologies including thermal imaging, event-related potentials, and functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Speaker, (2004-10-05 ). Small Business and Innovative Technologies. USC, Office of Research and Health Sciences. Joining Academic and Community Needs, Detection of Deception: Real World Applications From the Laboratory to the Streets.

Speaker, (2005-09-28 ). Second Annual Research Forum. USC, Provost's Advosory Committee and the Office of Research and Health Science. Success in Grant Writing, Motivation, Perseveration, Details, Contacts, and Ego: The B-Side of Writing Grants.

Speaker, (2004-10-08 ). USC College of Liberal Arts National Advisory Council . USC College of Liberal Arts. Science Presentation, Neuroscientific Detection of Deception.

Ad Hoc Reviewer, (2005-02-06 ). Grant Review. Department of Defense. Agency Review, Concealed Information Paradigm with fMRI Dependent Measure.

Speaker and Discussant, (2003-06-16 ). Steering Committee. MITRE Corporation, U.S. Department of Defense. Analyst of the Future, Neuroscientific Modeling of Deception with HD-ERP and fMRI.

Brief, (2005-06-18 ). APA Congressional Meeting. American Psychological Associaiton. Intructional Briefing on Alternative Technologies , Visitation with the Senior Legislative & Federal Affairs Officer,Science Public Policy Office of the American Psychological Association and staffers from Lindsay Graham's office regarding fMRI technology and detection of deception at USC.

Extended Expert Brief, (2006-07-25 ). Brief. U.S. Department of Defense Polygraphic Instutue. Intructional Briefing on Alternative Technologies , Instructional presentation to representatives from the Ministry of Defense, Singapore, specifically targeting deception research utilizing fMRI technology.

Extended Expert Brief, (2006-07-11 ). Brief. U.S. Department of Defense Polygraphic Institute. Intructional Briefing on Alternative Technologies , Instructional Presentation to representatives from Israeli Secret Service specifically targeting polygraph examination test design.

Member, (2006-09-11 ). Research Opportunity Program standing subcommittee. University of South Carolina, Office of Research and Health Sciences. Research Opportunity Program , ..

Speaker, (2000-03-29 ). Sagan Society. University of Georgia. The Psychology of Cults, The Psychology of Cults.

Participant, (2007-10-14 ). Science Advocacy Training. American Psychology Association, Science Directorate. APA Science Leadership Conference, . .

Member, (2007-08-31 ). Department Committee. Department of Psychology. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Committee .

Member, (2007-08-31 ). Department Committee. Department of Psychology. Clinical Neuroscience Search Committee, Committee.

Paricipant, (2007-11-26 ). Annual Meeting. American Anthropology Association. American Anthropology Association, ..

Participant, (2007-12-10 ). Working Group. The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Symposium and Working Meeting: Rights and Responsibilities: Scientific Associations and International Human Rights Norms, None.

Judge, (2007-09-01 ). 2008 Science and Engineering Fair. University of South Carolina. Science and Engineering Fair, 2008 Science and Engineering Fair.

IRB Representative, (2006-09-01 ). 2006 Science and Engineering Fair. University of South Carolina. Science and Engineering Fair, Committee.

IRB Representative, (2007-09-01 ). 2008 Science and Engineering Fair. University of South Carolina. Science and Engineering Fair, Committee.

Director, (2007-08-31 ). Administration Position. Center for Advanced Technologies for the Detection of Deception. Director of CATDD, Committee.

Steering Committee, (2007-01-01 ). Administrative Position. McCausland Center. McCausland Center, Meeting.

Reviewer, (2007-08-31 ). University Grant Review. University of South Carolina. University Review Panel, Meeting.

Brief and Suggestion, (2010-08-08 ). Courses and Curriculum Special Projects. USC, Provost's Request. Collected Data on all Available Classroom Technology on Campus, None.

Course and Curricula Forms Administration Software, (2008-01-01 ). Courses and Curriculu. USC, Office of the Provost. Software Development, Course and Curricula Forms Administration Software.

Professional

Ad Hoc Reviewer, (2002-10-04). Grant Review.Dartmouth College. Institute for Security Technology Studies, ..

Discussant, (2005-02-15). Panel.London Science Museum Dana Centre. Naked Science: The Truth Behind Lie Detection, Panel Discussion with Tor Butler-Cole and Dr. Paul Matthews at the London Science Museum Dana Centre regarding the ethicality of advanced technology applications in the detection of deception. This debate was open to the public, and is maintained in the Dana Centre’s public Web Archives for reference .

Speaker, (2005-10-17). Dinner Series on Science.Mensa. After Dinner Speech, History and the Art of Deception.

Planning Committee, Speaker, (2007-05-14). Steering Committee.U.S. Department of Defense Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment. Planning Session for May Summit, Committee.

Speaker, Group Leader for Screening of Scenarios, (2007-05-22). Steering Committee.U.S. Department of Defense Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment. Summit for Credibility Assessment, Research in the Area of Screening Scenarios.

Sub-Committee Screening Environments, (2007-09-15). Steering Committee.U.S. Department of Defense Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment. Draft Session for Credibility Assessment Research Agenda, Sub-Committee Draft on Screening Environments.

Sub-Committee on Screening Group Leader, (2007-11-12). Steering Committee.U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Academcy for Credibility Assessment. Draft Review for Credibility Assessment Research Agenda, Committee.

Workgroup Coordinator and Leader, (2009-01-30). Steering Committee.U.S. Department of Defense Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment. Central Nervous Systems Measures for Credibility Assessment, Handling the Issues of the NAS Report.

Speaker, (2009-02-15). Briefing.The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Strategies for the Advancement of Credibility Assessment Utilizing Scientific Methods, ¾.

Brief, (2010-12-18). Briefing.U.S. Department of Defense, National Laboratory for Credibility Assessment. Neurotransmitter and Epigenetic Markers of Deception, None.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

International Society for Neuronal Regulation

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Presentations

Cole, W. R., Schatz, J. S., Smith, B. H., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (June 2005). Behavioral Inhibition in College Students: Correlates with Event-Related Potentials (ERP) . presentation, Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the International Research Society in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. New York, NY.

Vendemia, J.M.C., Brooke, J., Green, E.P., Schillaci, M.J., & Buzan, R.F. (April 2005). Practice Effects on ERP-Components Related to Deceptive Responses . presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.

Schillaci, M.J., Vendemia, J. M.C. , Buzan, R.F., & Green, E.P. (April 2005). A Two-Level Quantum Analysis of ERP Data for Mock-Interrogation Trials. presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.

Ryan, A., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (June 2004). Alternative Technologies in the Detection of Deception . presentation, Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HW.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (April 2004). HD-ERP Correlates of Workload During Deception in two Mock Crime Paradigms . presentation, Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, CA.

Fitz, M.E., Kilmann, P.R., Vendemia, J. M.C., Wanlass, R.L., & Brown, G. E. (September 2004). Attitudes and Behaviors Associated with Masturbation: A 25-Year Contrast . presentation, Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association. Atlanta, GA.

Kilmann, P.R., Vendemia, J. M. C., Meyers, L. L., Kilmann, A., & Fitz, M. E. (April 2004). Personality Characteristics of Women Seeking Weight Reduction. presentation, Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association. Atlanta, GA.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (September 2003). Neural Mechanisms of Deception and Response Congruity in a Visual Two-Stimulus Paradigm Involving Autobiographical Information. presentation, Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Chicago, Il.

Vendemia, J.M.C., Caine, K. E., & Evans, J. (August 2003). Quantitative EEG Findings in Convicted Murderers. presentation, Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference for the Society of Neurotherapy . Houston, TX.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (August 2003). The Effects of Response Predictability on HD-ERP and RT Measures Across studies of Deception. presentation, Paper presented 11th Annual Conference for the Society of Neurotherapy. Houston, TX.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (April 2003). The Effects of Response Predictability on HD-ERP Measures Across Studies of Deception . presentation, Poster session presented at the 10th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. NewYork, NY.

Kilmann, P. R., Pontinen, L. L., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (April 2003). Personality Characteristics of Obese Women Seeking Bariatric Surgery. presentation, Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association. New Orleans, LA.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (July 2002). Deception and Response Congruity in Visual Two-Stimulus Paradigms Involving Motor Response. presentation, Paper presented at the 11th World Congress of Psychophysiology. Montreal, Canada.

Buzan, R. F., Sasine, G. M., Spade, A., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (April 2002). Source Localization of the Effects of Deception and Stimulus Congruity on Event-Related Potentials. presentation, Poster session presented at the 9th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, CA.

Vendemia, J.M.C., & Buzan, R. F. (May 2001). ERP Correlates of the Attentional Processes Involved in Deception. presentation, Paper presented at the South Carolina Bicentennial Symposium on Attention. Columbia, SC.

Vendemia, J.M.C., Buzan, R. F., Pollina, D., & Ryan, A. (April 2001). ERP Correlates of Deception Using a Two-Stimulus Paradigm. presentation, Poster session presented at the 8th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY.

Rodriguez, D. P., Vendemia, J.M.C., & Crawford, H. J. (April 2001). EEG Differences Across Coping Styles. presentation, Poster presented at the 8th Annual Convention of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY.
This study investigated behavioral performance and electrophysiological activity (EEG) in three coping style groups (repressors, low-anxious, and high-anxious) during neutral and negative versions of the Stroop Interference Task. Participants were 49 healthy, right-handed university undergraduate women from the psychology participant pool (19 = low-anxious, 15 = high-anxious, 15 = repressor), chosen by Weinberger's (1979) criteria according to differentially extreme scores on the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability and Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale. EEG (19 channels) was recorded during two relaxation conditions and two randomly presented conditions of the Stroop Interference Task. Reaction times (RTs) were longer for negative than neutral stimuli [F(1,44) = 21.36, p < .0001]. Univariate tests of EEG dynamics revealed significant differences between groups at frontal (F3,F4,F7,F8) and temporal (T3,T4) regions. Repressors showed greater right frontal involvement than other groups. Repressors generated more high alpha activity than high-anxious participants in the right medial frontal (F4) region [t(32) = 2.27, p = < .05], and more Beta13 in the right lateral frontal (F8) region than did other groups [t(32) = 2.57, p < .05 and t(28) = 1.97, p < .06]. In the left anterior temporal (T3) region, repressors generated the most high alpha activity during the negative task [t(48) = 2.06, p < .05]. These findings suggest that repressors utilize a unique active inhibitory process to avoid the perception of threatening stimuli.

Vendemia, J. M. C. & Buzan, R. F. (February 2001). ERP Correlates of Deception. presentation, Talk presented at North Carolina Cognition Group. Greensboro, NC.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Horton, J., & Crawford, H. J. (May 1998). Physiological Reactivity of Repressors and Non-Repressors on an Emotional Stroop Interference Task . presentation, Poster presented at the 10th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Washington, DC.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Karnasuta, M. A., & Crawford, H. J. (May 1998). Reaction Time and Errors During an Emotionally Valenced Computer Stroop Task . presentation, Poster presented at the 10th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society. Washington, DC.

Downs III, J. H., Crawford, H. J., Plantec, M. B., Horton, J. E., Vendemia, J. M. C. Vendemia, Harrington, G. C., Yung, S., & Shamro, C. (June 1998). Attention to Painful Somatosensory TENS Stimuli. presentation, Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society . Toronto, Canada.

Crawford, H.J., Horton, J. E., Harrington, G. C., Vendemia, J. M. C., Plantec, M. B., Jung, S., Shamro, C., & Downs III, J. H. (June 1998). Hypnotic Analgesia (Disattending Pain) Impacts Neuronal Network Activation: An fMRI Study of Noxious Somatosensory TENS Stimuli . presentation, Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Toronto, Canada.

Lamas, J., Crawford, H. J., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (October 1997). MMN and Auditory Event-Related Potentials During Posthypnotically Suggested Deafness: Effect of Hypnotizability Level . presentation, Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research . CapeCod, MA.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T. F., Vendemia, J. M. C., Kaplan, L., & Ratcliff, B. (April 1995). EEG Activation Patterns During Tracking and Decision-Making Tasks: Differences Between Low and High Sustained Attention Adults. presentation, Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Columbus, OH.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Ragsdale, K. G., & Iranmanesh, A. (July 1995). Activity of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and B-endorphin Secretory Dynamics in Men Habituated to Cigarette Smoking . presentation, Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research . Toronto, Canada.

Coplin, J. M. (i.e., Vendemia, J.M.C), Knebel, T. F., & Crawford, H. J. (October 1994). Cold Pressor Pain: EEG Topographical Differences Before and During Dips as Moderated by Cognitive Variables. presentation, Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Atlanta, GA.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T., Coplin, J., Fulkerson, B., Scanlon, J., Sawyer, J., & Houzouris, N. (October 1994). EEG Topographic Map Differences in High and Low Sustained-Attention Adults: Tracking Tasks. presentation, Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Atlanta, GA.

Crawford, H. J., Knebel, T., & Coplin, J. (October 1994). Hypnotic Analgesia is no Longer a Paradox: Neurophysiological and Cognitive Process Explored. presentation, In A. Tellegen (Chair), Celebrating E. R. “Jack” Hilgard’s 90th birthday: On individual differences in hypnotic ability and one individual’s difference to the study of hypnosis, Symposium conducted at the 45th Annual Scientific Program of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. SanFrancisco, CA.

Coplin, J. M., Lanter, J. J., & Ledger, G. J. (April 1993). The Quantification of Wandering Behavior in Alzheimer's Patients . presentation, Paper presented at the spring convention of the Virginia Psychological Association. Emerald Isle, VA.

Coplin, J. M. , Harrison, D. W., & Lanter, J. J. (April 1992). The Effect of Light on Unilateral Stroke Patients in a Dichotic Listening Task: A Preliminary Report. presentation, Paper presented at the Spring Convention of the Virginia Psychological Association. Emerald Isle, VA.

Bunce, V. L., Coplin, J. M., & Harrison, D. W. (June 1991). Child- or Adult- Directed Speech and Esteem: Effects on Performance and Arousal in Elderly Adults . presentation, Poster presented at the Third Annual American Psychological Society Convention. Washington, DC.

Vendemia, J. M.C, & Buzan, R. F. (July 2004). Mapping the Brain During Deception: Extended Studies of Deception Using HD-ERP and fMRI . Invited Address, Paper presented at the annual Meeting of the American Polygraph Association. Orlando, FL.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Buzan, R. F. (July 2001). Brain Measurements During Deception. Invited Address, Paper presented at the annual Meeting of the American Polygraph Association. Indianapolis, ID.

Crawford, H. J., Horton, J., Hirsch, T. B., Harrington, G. S., Plantec, M. B., Vendemia, J. M. C., Shamro, C., McClain-Furmanski, D., & Downs III, J. H. (October 1998). Attention and Disattention (Hypnotic Analgesia) to Painful Somatosensory TENS Stimuli Differentially Affects Brain Dynamics: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study . Invited Address, Paper for Symposium on “New Perspectives on Brain Imaging of Human Pain and Pain Control: Symposium in Remembrance of Bonica” (Chair: Andrew Chen), 9th World Congress of Psychophysiology. Sicily, Italy.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Schillaci, M. J., Buzan, R. F., Green, E. P., & Meek, S. W. (June 2006). Examining the Underlying Assumptions of Neuroscientific Tests of Deception. Invited Address, Talk presented at the Judicial Seminar on Emerging Issues in Neuroscnce hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington, D. C..

Vendemia, J. M. C., Schillaci, M. J., Buzan, R. F., Green, E. P., & Meek, S. W. (April 2006). ERP and fMRI Research in the Detection of Deception. Invited Address, Talk presented at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Seminar on the Deceptionof Deception. Aberdeen, MD.

Vendemia, J.M.C., Meek, S. W., Schillaci, M. J. (July 2006). Neuroscientific Techniques of Studying Human Deception. Invited Address, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Polygraph Association. Las Vegas, NV.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Schillaci, M. J., Buzan, R. F., & Meek, S. W.. (March 2006). The Future of Alternative Technologies for the Detection of Deception: Implications, Improbabilities, and Impossibilities. Invited Address, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Maryland Polygraph Association. Annapolis Junction, MD.

Vendemia, J. M. C., Schillaci, M. J., Buzan, R. F., Green, E. P., & Meek, S. W. (May 2006). Lie Detection Using EEG and ERP. presentation, Talk presented during Reading Minds: Lie Detection, Neuroscience, Law, and Society Conference hosted by The Standford School of Law. Stanford, CA.

Vendemia, J. M. C., & Schillaci, M. J. (February 2004). Neuroscientific Modeling of Deception with HD-ERPs and fMRI: Experimental and Computational Problems. Colloquium, Colloquium Presented to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC.
For the past four years the detection deception laboratory in the Experimental Psychology Program at USC has been exploring the neural substrates of deceptive responding for the purpose of identifying spatial and temporal aspects of brain waves that could be used to classify deceptive behavior. We have been investigating deception using High-Density Event Related Potentials (HD-ERP) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in studies of the effects of attention and memory on deceptive behavior. Utilizing a combination of data analysis strategies, four waveforms have been consistently identified in our studies. An early positive component (P3a) in the cingulate gyrus, a subsequent centro-parietal positivity (P3b) with multiple cortical sources, a late occurring negativity (N4) in the inferior frontal gyrus, and a late positive complex in regions of the temporal gyrus and anterior cingulate. We have formulated a theory of deception in which early attentional processes are followed by evaluative and decision-making processes, and then by a final reanalysis. This theory will help to build a testable model of deception. An overview of our analysis procedures as well as the computational software that we presently use will be given. Data artifacts and variability in neurophysiology across subjects make data visualization an essential aspect of this ongoing research. We demonstrate some of these typical problems and show how we have worked to eliminate or minimize their effects. We conclude with an overview of some of the currently available proprietary and research software and point to areas where collaboration seems most appropriate Jennifer Vendemia is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1998. She is the Science and Technology editor for Polygraph, the Journal of the American Polygraph Association. Michael Schillaci is a currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Arkansas in 1999. He has worked for over twelve years developing computational simulations and has written an introductory textbook on Computational Physics for undergraduates. Recently he has developed a novel approach for the analysis of brain states of subjects during deception, utilizing an intuitive, probabilistic approach for data normalization.

Meek, S. W., Phillips, M, Sanchez, C., Craig, A., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (March 2007). Misinformation & Deception. presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.
The influence of memory encoding on deceptive responses was measured across two experiments that investigated reaction times (RTs) and event-related potentials (ERPs) with 120 college-aged participants. Previous studies of deception required manipulations of information that was considered familiar knowledge for participants. The current study created participant responses that were dependent on information presented through a misinformation paradigm. In this paradigm post-event information interferes with the encoding and storage of original events. These effects are then examined during the retrieval phase. Participants were balanced across truthful and deceptive groups and asked to respond to questions related to the information presented. Data from the first study indicated when responding to misinformation participants had significantly longer reaction times (M = 870.98, SE = 42.22) than when responding to truthful information (M = 734.52, SE = 26.75, F (1, 68) = 10.52, p = .002). HD-ERPs were recorded in the response phase of the second experiment using a high-density geodesic sensory net (Electrical Geodesics, Inc), and then analyzed with principal components. The appearance of a late occurring negativity (N4) waveform, commonly related to response congruity, indicates the desired memory encoding effects. The findings are used to support the relationship between memory processing and the act of deception.

Buzan, R. F., Phillips, M., Meeks, S. W., Kirk, A., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (May 2007). ERN as an Index of Catastrophic Respoonse to Failure. presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.
Brain event-related potentials (ERPs) were used to investigate whether the error-related negativity (ERN) can serve as an index of the ‘catastrophic response to perceived failure’ (Elliott et al., 1996) present in depressed individuals. Prior research has demonstrated that the error-related negativity ERP component occurs in response to perceived errors and negative feedback and may be suppressed in depressed individuals who commit consecutive errors. It may also serve as an index of the strong emotional response to negative feedback exhibited by depressed individuals. The present study served to extend these findings using a two-stimulus autobiographical deception paradigm modified to include feedback. Task difficulty was varied by manipulating the time available to respond. HD-ERPs were recorded with a High-density geodesic sensory net (Electrical Geodesics, Inc), and then analyzed using principal components.

Phillips, M., Meek, S.W., Craig, A., Sanchez, C., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (May 2007). Event-Related Potential Correlates of Switching Between Truthful and Deceptive Responses. presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.
The influence of deception and stimulus congruity on brain event-related potentials (ERP) was examined in a two-stimulus sentence verification task. In the current study, 20 college-aged participants viewed questions to which they were randomly prompted to respond with two levels of deception and congruity. The resulting ERPs were analyzed with two strategies: 1) a spatial principal components analysis, and 2) an independent components analysis. Although the ability of these two analysis techniques to recover dipoles from simulated data has been established (Richards, 2003), the current study examines the benefits and costs of these strategies in a less controlled data set. Dipole models for both solutions were calculated for components related to the early positive wave (P3a), a late positive wave (P3b), and a late anterior negativity (N4). Research using the two-stimulus paradigm, has identified distinct potentials related to each of these waveforms using standard peak analysis approaches (Vendemia et al., 2005). The dipole models were calculated using both a 4-shell and realistic head model. The comparison of these techniques and their relationship to a theory of deception that involves early and late processing is discussed.

Sanchez, C., Meek, S.W., Phillips, M., Craig, A., & Vendemia, J.M.C.V (May 2007). Anterior Cingulate and Prefrontal Activity as Correlates of Attention Switching and Consideration of Multiple Relations during Truthful and Deceptive Responses: A BOLD Imaging Study. presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.
In a study with college-aged students (N=20) using directed deceptions during a sentence verification task with two stimuli, BOLD activations in the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex were measured. Although general comparisons were made between truthful and deceptive responses as well as switch vs. no-switch trials two further comparisons were made to address specific hypotheses. It has been debated whether or not the anterior cingulate activity observed during fMRI studies of deception is related to attention-switching alone or to both attention-switching and conflict resolution. In the current study, deceptive switch trials were compared to no-switch trials to answer this question. Some fMRI researchers argue that the anterior prefrontal cortex, specifically Brodmann’s Area 10, is involved in the act of deception. ECD models of HD-ERP data have supported this supposition (Vendemia, 2003). Ramnani and Owen (2004) argue that this area is activated when an individual must make simultaneous considerations of multiple relations. When an individual deceives, these multiple relations may occur between situational context, goal-driven behavior, divergence of the deceptive information from truthful information, and a variety of internal states. Given the generalist nature of these “simultaneous considerations”, it is no surprise that several researchers have identified activation in this region during the act of deception. Prefrontal activity during deceptive responding was contrasted with prefrontal activity during truthful responses in switch and no-switch conditions. The findings are discussed as they relate to early attentional mechanisms and decision making during deceptive responses.

Meek, S. W., Phillips, M., Baucom, L., & Vendemia, J.M.C. (May 2008). Posterior Parietal Activity and Workload Capacity as Correlates of Frequency of Deceptive Responding: A BOLD Imaging Study. presentation, Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, CA.
In a study with college-aged students (N=30) using directed deceptions during a sentence verification task with two stimuli, BOLD activations in the posterior parietal region were measured. Participants were assigned to one of three deception percentage conditions (10 participants in each condition). Participants responded deceptively 20, 50, or 80% of the time. Previous Event-Related Potential (ERP) research in our lab has shown that increased activity in the posterior attention network (PAN) is related to a decreased preparedness to deceive (Vendemia, Buzan, Green, & Schillaci, 2006). Based on this, we anticipated an increase in PAN activity when the percentage of deception trials was low (i.e. less preparedness to deceive). Specifically, we anticipated BOLD activation in the posterior parietal region to be negatively correlated with presentation rate. We also administered neuropsychological tests of workload capacity (as measured by the CANTAB tests of workload) to every participant. Previous research in our lab suggests a possible correlation between individual differences in workload capacity and patterns of activity in the posterior parietal area during deceptive responding (Vendemia, 2003). The present study sought to further elucidate the existence of this correlation. The findings are discussed as they relate to attentional mechanisms and decision making during deceptive responses.

Vendemia, J.M.C.V. (May 2007). Screening Scenarios. Invited Address, Credibility Assessment Research Summit. Washington, DC.
This talk covered the methodological characteristics of U.S. Security Screening Scenario as applied in a variety of Department of Defense contexts. A review of applicable research in the areas of Voice Stress Analysis, pupillometry, thermal imaging, brain wave measures, fMRI, and combinatorial methodologies was provided as well as a critical assessment of the reliability, validity, and utility of each technology. Finally, a statement of future research needs was given.

Vendemia, J. M. C. (August 2007). Theoretical Underpinnings of Polygraph Data. Invited Address, . New Orleans, LA.

Craig, A., Komarova, Y., Vendemia, J., & Wood, S. L. (May 2008). Neural Correlates of Deception Detection: A Bold Imaging Study.. presentation, Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, CA.
While deceptive advertising has been shown to engender distrust, negative affect, and engage defensive stereotyping of subsequent advertisements from both the same source and second-party sources (Darke and Ritchie 2007; Schul et al. 2004), little is known about the cognitive system by which deceptive persuasive claims are processed. In the present research, these mechanisms were examined in an advertisement viewing task. College students (N=25) viewed 15 advertisements for new products that varied in their level of believability (as determined by pretesting). Each advertisement was assigned to one of three categories (based on pretesting with N=180 college students from the same population as the subsequent imaging study): “high believability,” “moderate believability,” and “low believability” in regards to the advertising claims. Low believability claims might include “guaranteed to increase your energy and mental performance throughout the day” as compared to high believability, “wool socks will keep your feet warm.” Interspersed between the advertisements were 5 blank screens to prevent carryover effects from one ad to another. Participants were asked to merely focus on the screen during these presentations. The advertisements consisted of a product description and descriptive paragraphs similar to a catalog format. During the session the participants’ BOLD activations were recorded for the 4-level block design. Evidence for the processing of deceptive persuasive attempts (particularly in relation to insula and BA 9 activity) will be provided and discussed in relation to traditional consumer behavior literature on the effects of deceptive claims (Darke and Ritchie 2007; Barone et al. 1999, 2004).

Wood, S. L., Vendemia, J., Yuliya, K., & Craig, A. (May 2008). Thinking Anew: Neural Correlates of Processing Innovative Options.. presentation, Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). San Francisco, CA.
The goal of this research is to better understand the diffusion of innovations (Rogers 1996) by determining individual processes of evaluation, especially in affective responses to new options (Wood and Moreau 2006). Differences in BOLD activations during processing of innovative and familiar options were examined in a product evaluation task. College-aged students (N=25) attended an experimental session in which they were scanned using a Siemens 3T magnet while performing a task with directed evaluations of six different product descriptions. Three products were considered (as determined by pretesting in the same population as the experimental task) to be innovative and three were considered to be not innovative. The product description consisted of a picture and descriptive paragraph similar to a catalog format. Blank screens were interspersed randomly between the descriptions to prevent carryover effects from one description to another. Participants were given an evaluative goal prior to being exposed to these descriptions. This research goes beyond a more basic investigation of novel stimuli to examine complex and self-relevant novel evaluations. Evidence for the differential activation in the hippocampus denoting declarative versus episodic memory and differential activation in affective systems (amygdala and inferior frontal cortex) will be discussed. This imaging data will be discussed in conjunction with behavioral data from two other studies that assessed explicit attitudinal responses to the same familiar and innovative products.

Greer, T.M., Vendemia, J.M.C., Laseter, A., & Stancil, M. (February 2008). Physical Mental Health Impacts of Racism for African Americans: The Context of Gender. presentation, Talk given at the 25th Annual Teachers College Winter Rountable on Cultural Psychology and Education: 25 Years of Racial-Cultural Issues in Psychology and Education: Honoring the Past and Anticipating the Future.. New York, NY.

Schillaci, M., Vendemia, J. M. C., Buzan, R. F., & Meek, S. W. (November 2006). A Two-State Quantum Level and Power Analysis of Event-Related Scalp Potential Data Relevant to the Detection of Deception and to the Discrimination of Correlates of High-Order Cognitive Functioning. presentation, Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physics Society. Williamsburg, VA.
We propose a novel analysis approach for scalp potential data within a Quantum Mechanical formalism for voltage measures obtained during truthful and deceptive responses to questions regarding autobiographical information; our results not only provide independent verification for recent studies showing that surface skin temperature may improve the accuracy of traditional polygraph, but also provides an argument for the appropriateness and efficacy of the quantum-level analysis offered. Regional attenuation and cognitive activity levels for areas of neurophysiological significance are assessed and show that deceptive response-states emit between 8% and 10% less power. A time course analysis of the cognitive activity over posterior and anterior regions of the brain supports this finding suggesting that neocortical interactions reflecting differing workload demands during executive and semantic processes take longer for the case of deception.

Vendemia, J. M. C. (January 2011). Human Brain Activity and Deception: Suggestions for Framing Clinical Interviews. Invited Address, Alcohol Screening and Deceptin. Columbia, SC.

Craig, A., Komarova, Y., Wood, S., Vendemia, J. (August 2008). Suspicious Minds: An fMRI Investigation of Deception Detection Processes in the Marketplace. presenation, Special Session, Association for Consumer Research. San Francisco, CA.

Craig, A., Jelsone, L., Komarova, Y., Meek, S., Nair, V., Phillips, M., Sanchez, C., Vijayakumar, D., & Vendemia, J. (May 2007). Anterior Cingulate Activation During Task Switching: Dipole Source Modeling of the N2b/P3a Complex with fMRI Activations. presentation, Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). New York, NY.

Wood, S., Craig, A. W., Smith, D. V. Huettel, S., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (September 2010). Celebrity on the Brain: Orbitofrontal Cortex Modulation by Novel versus Familiar Beautiful Faces. Presentation, Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience. Philadelphia, PA.
The faces of attractive celebrities garner great attention in society. Celebrity faces are often both beautiful and connote social status. In this study, we used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate brain regions involved in response to attractive celebrity faces versus faces of attractive “regular people.” Participants were exposed to faces of novel stimuli, faces of celebrities, and conditioned non-celebrities who differ in attractiveness. We find an intriguing interaction between attractiveness and status; attractive non-celebrities produced greater activation of the fusiform face area (FFA), a region involved in facial identification and sensitive to facial attractiveness. Additionally, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) exhibited a nonlinear response profile for novel faces, indicating greater increases in reward value. These results suggest that while beautiful celebrity faces are attractive (and therefore influential), less familiar attractive faces generate more reward related processing. Implications for the use of celebrity and non-celebrity faces in marketing will be discussed.

Vendemia, J.M.C. (November 2010). The Use and Misuse of Imagery to Explain Neuroscientific Research. Invited Address, Consortium at USC for Science, Technology, Health, and Medicine in Society. Columbia, SC.

Popular Press

Jan 2005	Creator of Brain-Wave Lie Detector. Print, Sunday Herald.
Jan 2005	Detecting Deception. Radio, Radio City.
Jan 2005	Criminal Memories. Internet, Naked Science.
Feb 2005	How do we lie?. Television, Awareness with Craig Melvin.
Jan 2005	To Spot a Lie. Television, Daily Planet.
Jan 2005	Liar, Liar. Print, Boston Globe.
Jan 2005	The Future of Lying. Print, BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/u.
Aug 2004	Deception. Print, Carolinian Magazine.
Jan 2004	The Science of Deception. Television, News Hour.
Aug 2002	Liar, Liar: Will Brain-Scan Technology ever Beat the Polygraph. Print, Popular Science.
Jul 2002	Truth or Consequences: Psychology Researcher Looks for Brain-wave Clues to Human Deception. Print, USC Times.
Jul 2001	Go Ahead, Try to Lie. Print, Discovery Magazine.
May 2001	Taped interview. Print, Todd Mundt Show.
Jun 2005	University Scientist Delivers APA’s Congressional Testimony on Funding for DoD Behavioral Research. Internet, Online: http://www.apa.org/science/psa/jun05news2.
Feb 2006	The Source of Lying. Print and Internet, New York Times.
Feb 2006	USC Featured in 2 National News Stories. Internet, USC News.
Oct 2004	You Can't Hide Your Lying...Face. Internet, Wired News.
Jul 2006	How to Spot a Liar: THE U.S. IS POURING MILLIONS INTO NEW LIE-DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES, PEERING INTO MINDS IN WAYS THAT COULD MAKE ANYBODY NERVOUS. Print and Internet, Time Magazine.
Filming 2006	Science of lying. Television, Public Broadcasting System.
Writing 2006	Research in South Carolina. Print, Courier and Post, Charleston.
Post 2007	Infrasound. Television, BBC.
Post 2006	Chat about Deception. Radio, Carolina Minute.

Post-Graduate Education

Multivariate Statistics. Statistical Analysis with Multivariate Datasets. A survey of standard analytic techniques was presented, along with exploration of the SAS interface. The main text was, "Using Multivariate Statisitcs," Barba G. Tabchnick & Linda S. Fidell.

Hierarchical Linear Modeling. This course examined the nature of hierarchical linear data and techniques for estimated individual effects. Latent Variable Modeling was focussed on throughout the second portion of the class. The main text was, "Hierarchical Linerar Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods," Stephen W. Raudenbush & Anthony S. Bryk.

Structural Equation Modeling. This course covered basic SEM topics from path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and means analysis. Focus was on the data preparation, common mistakes, and fit indices for each procedure. The main text was, "Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling," Rex B. Kline.

C++ Programming. Introduction to C++ and object oriented programming.

Visual.Net Programming. Introduction to the .net programming interface and language.

Neuroanatomy. Survey course of human spinal and cerebral neuroanatomy with laboratory dissection component.

HD-ERP Data Analysis. In this course co-taught by John Richards, Ph.D. & Jeff Schatz, Ph.D., several techniques for the analysis of high-density event-related potentials were covered.

Graduate Seminar on Development of Attention. In this course taught by John Richards, Ph.D., the application of high-density event-related potentials to the investigation of developing attentional system in the human infant were explored. Of particular interest, were the sections of the course, that focussed on dipole source modeling as a technique for localizing brain activation related to a stimulus.

HD-ERP and fMRI Data Measurement Methods. This course, taught by John Richards, Ph.D., expanded on previous work with dipole source localization. The basis of fMRI measures was covered along with analysis strategies for fMRI data and analytic techniques for combining outcomes of the measures.

Software Development

ErPeak Analysis Suite. This software suite provides a variety of tools for the rapid analysis of HD-ERP data. Customized modules are available for the rapid completion of standard analyses and visualization of data. Additionally, algorithms based on analytic techniques developed within the CATDD are available for analyzing the data using quantum mechanical formalizations. Michael J. Schillaci, Ph.D. (Primary developer), Michael J. Schillaci, Ph.D., Jennifer M. C. Vendemia, Ph.D. ( Data Domain Consultant), Version 2.3.

CATDD Database. Large scale database (currently at 800+ cases), that stores, presents, and organizes data for later analysis. This system is designed to allow datamining for interested third parties. Scott A. Vendemia, M. A. (Primary developer), Scott A. Vendemia, Jennifer M. C. Vendemia, Ph.D. ( ), Beta.

Academic Activities Organizer. A database that maintains records of important academic functions for a single user or group of users. This database automatically generates vita's, reports, bio-sketches, and dynamic webpages for users. Currently, modules to allow, importing from Endnote are being created. Jennifer M. C. Vendemia, Ph.D. (Primary developer), ( ), Beta.

CATDD QAD. A software front end that administers and stores data related to questionnaires of interest in the CATDD. This software is being designed to allow administration and testing across multiple test sites. Jennifer M. C. Vendemia, Ph.D. (Primary developer), ( ), Beta.