{"id":286,"date":"2013-02-05T13:46:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T18:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychology.cos.ucf.edu\/pmil\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:32:14","slug":"ucf-psychophysiology-of-mental-illness-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/mpact\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Mood, Personality, and CogniTion Lab (MPACT)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laboratory Director
\nJeffrey S. Bedwell, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/a>
\nProfessor, Department of Psychology<\/p>\n

Program Director and Director of Clinical Training,
\nClinical Psychology Ph.D. Program<\/p>\n

For more information on Dr. Bedwell, see: https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1205-5792<\/a><\/p>\n

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Office:\u00a0(Orlando) Psychology Building \u2013 Room 332
\nEmail: jeffrey.bedwell@ucf.edu<\/a>
\nLaboratory Location: Psychology Building \u2013 Rooms 333 and 334<\/p>\n

The\u00a0UCF Mood, Personality, and CogniTion (MPACT) Lab<\/em> uses a transdiagnostic National Institute of Mental Health Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach to examine the underlying causes of and new ways to classify reduced motivation (i.e., avolition\/apathy), reduced pleasure (i.e., anhedonia), and reduced emotional expression (i.e., constricted\/blunted affect). Dr. Bedwell has a particular interest in how these symptoms manifest in disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Other current and upcoming research examines relationships of these constructs with suicidal thoughts\/attempts and sleep disturbance. Most of Dr. Bedwell’s research uses a cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychopathology approach (e.g., event-related potentials, eye tracking). The long-term goal of this research is to improve treatment and prevention efforts targeted toward these specific symptoms, regardless of the disorder.<\/p>\n

Our laboratory is equipped with a Neuroscan SynAmps RT 64-channel EEG system, a SR Research EyeLink 1000 eye tracking system, automated blood pressure\/pulse cuff, ability to record electromyography and skin conductance, E-Prime 2.0 Professional software for stimulus presentation, and BrainVision Analyzer software for event-related potential (ERP) analysis.<\/p>\n

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Graduate students of the UCF Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program conduct research in our lab, as well as undergraduate students assisting with our projects and\/or conducting Honors in the Major projects. If you are a UCF undergraduate student who would like to assist in the lab, please complete the department\u2019s\u00a0RA Match<\/a>\u00a0form and indicate our lab name.<\/p>\n

Current Research Projects of\u00a0MPACT Lab\u00a0Graduate Students<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Projects of\u00a0MPACT Lab Undergraduate Students<\/a><\/p>\n

Recent Representative Publications from the MPACT Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Recent Representative Presentations from the MPACT Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Graduate Student Alumni from the MPACT Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Student Alumni from the\u00a0MPACT Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

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Current Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program Students in the\u00a0MPACT\u00a0Lab<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Other Current Students in the
\nMPACT Lab
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  • Lauren Jennings, M.P.S. (first year in program)<\/li>\n
  • Courtney O’Brien, M.A. (first year in program)<\/li>\n
  • Kaiqi Zhang, M.S.
    \n(second year in program)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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