Kelly Gair
kellygair.bsky.social
Kelly Gair
@kellygair.bsky.social
Clinical Psychology PhD student @
Binghamton University | studying affective neuroscience, reward processing, and risk for depression in youth
‪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
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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.
#2025SPR
October 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
#2025SPR
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM