Kelly Gair
@kellygair.bsky.social
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Clinical Psychology PhD student @ Binghamton University | studying affective neuroscience, reward processing, and risk for depression in youth
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‪Dr. Craske demonstrated that exposure therapy works best when it creates new learning rather than simply reducing fear. Expectancy change predicts better outcomes, highlighting the power of the inhibitory retrieval model to refine and strengthen exposure-based treatments #2025SPR‬
Exceptional keynote from the legendary Dr. Michelle Craske🌟She highlighted her ongoing work on mechanistic insights into threat and reward systems, which continues to be instrumental for advancing precise & effective interventions for depression and anxiety #2025SPR
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A really interesting closing talk on behalf of Linhao Zhang showed that sleep duration and physiological regulation (RSA) jointly predict teen mental health💤 Among teens with higher RSA, shorter sleep duration was linked to greater internalizing problems.
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Sofia Cardenas presented fascinating work on sleep & brain connectivity in first time fathers 🧠 Poorer sleep quality & changes in testosterone after birth were linked to differences in white matter organization in regions important for cognition and emotion processing
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Kicking off an interesting symposium on sleep and physiology: Emily Cardenas shared fascinating work on the peripartum period, showing that in women with a more reduced reward response (RewP) sleep problems were more strongly linked to depressive symptoms 💤 #2025SPR
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Fascinating to see how blunted reward learning appears across those with depression, in remission, and even at family risk. Dr. Pizzagalli’s work highlights how reward-related markers may help match patients to the most effective treatment, like bupropion vs. sertraline. #2025SPR
Such an incredible and inspiring keynote by Dr. Diego Pizzagalli at #2025SPR 🧠 He shared decades of translational, multi-method work on anhedonia and reward learning, illustrating how neuroscience can meaningfully inform clinical understanding of treatment for depression @therealspr.bsky.social