Stephanie Sherman is a PhD Candidate in the Cognitive Neuroscience Area working in Dr. David Schnyer's lab at the University of Texas at Austin. She uses behavioral, fMRI, and EEG methods to understand how sleep physiology and circadian rhythms contribute to optimal cognitive functioning in older adults. She earned her BS in Psychology (2011) from the University of Arizona while working in Dr. Lee Ryan’s Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratories.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Sherman, S.M., Mumford, J.A., Schnyer, D.M. (2015). Hippocampal activity mediates the relationship between circadian activity rhythms and memory in older adults. Neuropsychologia. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.07.020

 

Sherman, S.M., Cheng Y.P., Fingerman, K., Schnyer, D.M. (2015). Social support, stress, and the aging brain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv071

 

Schnyer, D.M., Beevers, C.G., deBettencourt, M.T., Sherman, S.M., Cohen, J.D., Norman, K.A. & Turk-Browne, N.B. (In Press). Neurocognitive therapeutics: From concept to application in the treatment of negative attention bias. The Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders.

 

Witkowski, S., Trujillo, L. T., Sherman, S.M., Carter, P., Matthews, M.D., & Schnyer, D.M. (2014). An examination of the association between chronic sleep restriction and electrocortical arousal in college students. Clinical Neurophysiology: Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

 

Vanderlind, M.W., Beevers, C.G., Sherman, S.M., Trujillo, L.T., McGeary, J.E., Matthews, M.D., Maddox, W.T. & Schnyer, D.M. (2013). Sleep and Sadness: Exploring the Relation among the CLOCK Gene, Sleep, Cognitive Control, and Change in Depression Symptoms. Sleep Medicine 15(1), 144-149.

 

BOOK CHAPTER

 

Sherman, S.M. & Schnyer, D.M. (2014). Neurocognitive Disorders. Encyclopedia of Mental Health.