Cathy Reed, Ph.D.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Biography
I am a cognitive neuroscientist in the Psychological Science Dept at CMC and Neuroscience group at Keck Science. Using EEG and behavioral methods, my research examines influences of the body on attention, perception, and emotional processing.
Reed Cognitive Neuroscience Lab: https://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/clreed/
For information about PURSUE's open-access undergraduate level course in cognitive electrophysiology, see https://www.PURSUEerp.com
Teaching Interests
Intro to Psychology; Neuropsychology; Cognitive Electrophysiology: The Electric Mind; Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience
Research Interests
Embodied Attention/Cognition/Emotion, Perception & action, Multisensory perception, Aging
Education
B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Awards and Affiliations
2020-25 IUSE NSF 1914855 “Collaborative Proposal: Level II Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM-related fields Using Electrophysiology (PURSUE)”
2019-22 NSF SBE “Collaborative Research: Dissociating Perceptual and Motor Correlates of EEG Mu-Alpha and Beta Oscillations in Emotional Action Simulation”
2016-2019 IUSE NSF “Collaborative Proposal: Preparing Undergraduates for Research in STEM-related fields Using Electrophysiology (PURSUE)”
2012-2015 NSF BCS 11-51209, “Embodied Attention: Attentional Guidance by Body Position”
2010-2012 NSF BCS-1039791, Major Research Instrumentation Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development “MRI: Acquisition of a High-Density Electrophysiology Laboratory for Intercollegiate Research and Training in Cognitive Neuroscience”
McElwee Family Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
Fellow, Western Psychological Association
Fellow, Psychonomic Society
Research and Publications
Hartley, A.,*Chitre, A, & Reed, C.L. (2023). Electrophysiological concomitants of pupillary synchrony. Psychophysiology, 60 (12), e1445. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14405
Hartley, A. A., & Reed, C. L. (2022). Equivalent pupillary mimicry in younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 37(5), 604–613. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000688
Reed, C.L., *Garza, JP, *Bush, W., *Parikh, N., *Nagar, N., & Vecera, S. (2022). Does hand position affect orienting when no action is required? An electrophysiological study. Frontiers in Neuroscience-Perception Science. 16:982005. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.982005
*Strang, C., Harris, A., Moody, E., & Reed, C.L. (2022). Peak frequency of the sensorimotor mu rhythm varies with autism-spectrum traits. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16:950539. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.950539.
Reed, C.L., *Liu, S., *Lydic, K., *Lodge, M., Chitre, A., Petropoulos, A., Denaro, C., Joshi, J., Bukach, C., & Couperus, J. (2022). Selective contributions of executive function ability to the P3. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 176, 55-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.03.004
Couperus, J.C., *Lydic, K.O., *Hollis, J.E., *Roy, J.L., *Lowe, A., Bukach, C., & Reed, C.L. (2021). Individual differences in working memory and the N2PC. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: Cognitive Neuroscience.
Reed, C.L., & Hartley, A.A. (2021). Embodied Attention: Integrating the Body and Senses to Act in the World. In L.E. Thomas and M. Robinson (Eds.), Embodied Psychology: Thinking, Feeling, and Acting. New York: Springer.
Bukach, C.M., Bukach, N., Reed, C.L., & Couperus, J.W. (2021). Open science as a path to education of new psychophysiologists. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 165, 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.04.001
Reed, C.L., *Hagen, E.J., Bukach, C.M., & Couperus, J.W. (2021). Effectiveness of undergraduate-generated animations: Increasing comprehension and engagement for neuroscience majors and non-majors. Teaching of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283211023061
Reed, C. L., & *Park, G. D. (2021). Functional actions of hands and tools influence attention in peripersonal space. In F. de Vignemont, A. Serino, H. Y. Wong, & A. Farné (Eds.), The world at our fingertips: A multidisciplinary exploration of peripersonal space (pp. 101–116). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851738.003.0006
Reed, C.L., & Hartley, A.A. (2021). Embodied Attention: Integrating the Body and Senses to Act in the World. In L.E. Thomas and M. Robinson (Eds.), Embodied Psychology: Thinking, Feeling, and Acting. New York: Springer.
Mueller, E.A., Wood, S.A., Hanoch, Y., Huang, Y., & Reed, C.L. (2020). Older and wiser: Age differences in susceptibility to investment fraud: the protective role of emotional intelligence. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 32(2), 152-172. https://doi: 10.1080/08946566.2020.1736704
Park, G. D., & Reed, C. L. (2020). Functional tool actions in near and far space affect the distribution of visual attention along the tool. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46(4), 388–404. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000722
Harris, A., Young, A., Hughson, L., Green, D., Doan, S.N., Hughson, E., & Reed, C.L. (2020). Perceived relative social status and cognitive load influence acceptance of unfair offers in the Ultimatum Game. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227717
Reed, CL., Moody, E.L., Mgrublian, K, Assaad, A., Schey, A., & McIntosh, D.N. (2020). Body matters in emotion: Restricted body movement and posture affect expression and recognition of status-related emotions. Frontiers Psychology (Emotional Science). 11:1961. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01961
Vyas, D., Garza, J.P, & Reed, C.L. (2019). Hand function, not proximity, biases visuotactile integration later in object processing: An ERP study. Consciousness and Cognition, 69, 26-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.01.007
Jackson, W., *Song, J., Steward, K., Couperus, J.W., Reed, C.L., & Bukach, C.M. (2019). Interactive neuroscience: Creating interactive web-based simulations to demonstrate difficult concepts through student-faculty collaboration. In B. Brown & J. Holmes (Eds.). Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching, 2017-18. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology web site: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/
*Hagen, E., Couperus, J.W., Bukach, C.M., & Reed, C.L. (2019). Visualizing neuroscience: applying best practices when creating animations of difficult concepts In S. Baker (Ed.) Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching, 2017-18. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology web site: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/
Morrisey, M., Reed, C.L., McIntosh, D.N. & Rutherford, M. (2018). Social context enhances social orienting for neurotypical participants but not for participants with ASD.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(9):3233-3243. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3592-z
Siqi-Liu, A., Harris, A.M., Atkinson, A.P., & Reed, C.L. (2018). Dissociable processing of emotional and neutral body movements revealed by µ-alpha and beta Rhythms: Evidence from EEG. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(12), 1269-1279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy094
Green, D., Harris, A., Young, A., & Reed, C.L. (2018). Embodied valuation: Action is associated with item values. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(8), 1734-1747. DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1360370
Garza, J.P., Reed, C.L. & Roberts, R.R. (2018). Attention orienting near the hand following performed and imagined actions. Experimental Brain Research, 236(110), 2603-2610. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-018-5307-2
Moody, E.J., Reed, C.L., Van Bommel, T., App, B., & McIntosh, D.N. (2018). Emotional mimicry beyond the face: Rapid face and body responses to facial expressions. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(7), 844-852. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617726832
Reed, C.L., Bukach, C., Garber, M., & McIntosh, D.N. (2018). Relative independence of face and body posture processing. Perception, 47(6), 626-646. DOI: 10.1177/0301006618771270
Reed, C.L., & Ziat, M. (2018). Haptic Perception: From the Skin to the Brain. In Reference Module in Neuroscience and& Biobehavioral Psychology (pp 1-12). New York: Elsevier.
Clay, S.N., Clithero, J.A., Harris, A., & Reed, C.L. (2017) Loss aversion reflects information processing, not bias: A drift diffusion model study. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(1708). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01708
Reed C.L., Clay, S.N, Leland DS, Kramer A & Hartley AA. (2017) Attentional Effects of Hand Proximity Occur Later in Older Adults: Evidence from Event-related Potentials. Psychology and Aging, 32(8), 710-721. doi: 10.1037/pag0000207
Harris, A., Vyas, D., & Reed, C.L. (2016). Holistic processing of body postures and parts. Psychological Bulletin and Review, 23, 1513–1519. DOI 10.3758/s13423-016-1027-4
Klatzky, R.L., & Reed,C.L. (2015). Haptic exploration. Scholarpedia Encyclopedia of Touch. New York: SpringerVerlag.
Reed CL, Leland DS, Brekke B, & Hartley AA (2015) Attention's grasp: early and late hand proximity effects on visual evoked potentials. In Tseng, P. & Davoli, C., (Eds.). Taking a Hands-On Approach: Current Perspectives on the Effect of Hand Position on Vision. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88919-664-7
Park, G., & Reed, C.L. (2015). Haptic over visual information in the distribution of visual attention after tool-use in near and far space. Experimental Brain Research, 233, 2977-2988.
Park, G., & Reed, C.L. (2014). Non-uniform changes in the distribution of visual attention from visual complexity and action: A driving simulation study. Perception, 43, 129-144.
Garza, J., Strom, M., Wright, C.E, Roberts, R., & Reed, C.L. (2013). Top-down influences mediate hand bias in spatial attention, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75, 819-823.
Park, G., Strom, M., & Reed, C.L. (2013). To the end! Distribution of attention along a tool in peri- and extrapersonal space. Experimental Brain Research, 227, 423-432.
Reed, C.L., & McIntosh, D.N. (2013). The response is more than reflection: Mirror neurons function within social contexts. Cortex, 49(10), 2960-2961. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.04.004
Reed CL, Leland DS, Brekke B, & Hartley AA (2013) Attention's grasp: early and late hand proximity effects on visual evoked potentials. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 420. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00420.
Reed, C.L. (2012). Seeing you through me: Creating self-other correspondences for body perception. In K.L. Johnson and M. Shiffrar (eds.), People Watching: Social, Perceptual, and Neurophysiological Studies of Body Perception. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reed, C.L., *Nyberg, A., & *Grubb, J. (2012). The embodiment of perceptual expertise and configural processing. Perception, 41, 436-446.
Reed, C.L., & McIntosh, D.N. (2008). The social dance: On-line body perception in the context of others. In R.L. Klatzky, B. MacWhinney & M. Behrmann (eds.), Embodiment, Ego-Space, and Action (pp. 77-110). Hillsdale, NJ: Psychology Press.