Savanna Mueller, B.A.
Email: savannam@umich.edu
Phone: (815) 761-1865
Fax: (734) 998-7992
Ms. Mueller is mentored by, Patricia Deldin, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry. Her research focuses on identifying the underlying mechanisms of cognitive deficits associated with substance use and abuse in severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, mood disorders) and its relationship to the course and impact on treatment of the illness. She is investigating the effect of context and emotion on short-term memory in substance abuse and schizotypy. This project will also be investigating the impact of schizotypy on substance use and abuse.
A second line of current research will focus on motor impairments and their relation to cognitive deficits. There is evidence that in schizophrenia lateralization of brain functions such as handedness and preparation of motor movement is not normal. Furthermore, there is evidence of other motor anomalies in voluntary actions in schizophrenia. Additionally, motor impairment and cerebral asymmetry has been observed in chronic alcoholic patients. This project aims to investigate how motor abnormalities and impaired lateralization of brain functions impacts cognition. This project will utilize behavioral, clinical and event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to identify the involved mechanisms in patients. This project will investigate these features in schizophrenia patients with and without past alcohol dependence.
Phone: (815) 761-1865
Fax: (734) 998-7992
Ms. Mueller is mentored by, Patricia Deldin, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry. Her research focuses on identifying the underlying mechanisms of cognitive deficits associated with substance use and abuse in severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia, mood disorders) and its relationship to the course and impact on treatment of the illness. She is investigating the effect of context and emotion on short-term memory in substance abuse and schizotypy. This project will also be investigating the impact of schizotypy on substance use and abuse.
A second line of current research will focus on motor impairments and their relation to cognitive deficits. There is evidence that in schizophrenia lateralization of brain functions such as handedness and preparation of motor movement is not normal. Furthermore, there is evidence of other motor anomalies in voluntary actions in schizophrenia. Additionally, motor impairment and cerebral asymmetry has been observed in chronic alcoholic patients. This project aims to investigate how motor abnormalities and impaired lateralization of brain functions impacts cognition. This project will utilize behavioral, clinical and event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to identify the involved mechanisms in patients. This project will investigate these features in schizophrenia patients with and without past alcohol dependence.
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