Psychology Faculty Profiles
Robin Nusslock, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Psychology
Office: Swift 301
Phone: 847-467-4148
E-mail: nusslock@northwestern.edu
Research Interests
My research focus is the development and examination of integrative biopsychosocial models of bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. With regards to bipolar disorder, my research examines hyper-responsivity to reward relevant stimuli and approach system dysregulation among bipolar spectrum individuals using psychosocial indices, quantitative EEG, and fMRI. With regards to unipolar depression, my research goal is to extend cognitive theories of depression by integrating these theories with recent neurophysiological models of depression.
Selected Publications
Bipolar Disorder
Nusslock, R., Almeida, J.R.C., Forbes, E.E., Versace, A., LaBarbara, E.J., Klein, C., & Phillips, M.L. (under review). Waiting to win: Elevated striatal and orbitofrontal cortical activity during reward anticipation in euthymic bipolar adults.
Alloy, L.B., Urosevic, S., Abramson, L.Y., Jager-Hyman, S., Nusslock, R., Whitehouse, W.G., & Hogan, M.E. (2011). Progression along the bipolar spectrum: A longitudinal study of predictors of conversion from bipolar spectrum conditions to bipolar I and II disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
Harmon-Jones, E., Abramson, L.Y., Nusslock, R., Sigleman, J.D., Urosevic, S., Turonie, L., Alloy, L.B., & Fearn, M. (2008). Effect of bipolar disorder on left frontal cortical responses to goals differing in valence and task difficulty. Biological Psychiatry, 63, 693-698.
Nusslock, R., Abramson, L.Y., Harmon-Jones, E., Alloy, L.B. & Hogan, M.E. (2007). The effect of a goal striving life event and the onset of bipolar episodes: Perspective from the behavioral approach system dysregulation theory. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 105-115.
Unipolar Depression
Salomons, T.V., Nusslock, R., Detloff, Al., Johnstone, T., Abramson, L.Y., & Davidson, R.J. (under review). Perceived behavioral and cognitive control reduce negative emotion through a common neural mechanism.
Nusslock, R., Shackman, A.J., Coan, J.A., Harmon-Jones, E., Alloy, L.B., & Abramson, L.Y. (2011). Cognitive Vulnerability and Frontal Brain Asymmetry: Common Predictors of First Prospective Depressive Episode. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 497-503.
