Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research
Contact Information
Education
M.A. in Psychology, University of Minnesota
B.A. in Neuroscience Studies (Minor in Chemistry), Macalester College
Research Interests
The predictive coding framework as an explanation of psychotic symptoms; the role of cognitive control in psychosis; using imaging to better understand the cognitive and affective mechanisms of psychosis
Manuscripts Under Review
Cruz, A.M., Winsler, K., Bustamante, L.A., DeYoung, C.G., Barch, D., Boudewyn, M.A., Carter, C.S., Erickson, M.A., Frank, M.J., Gold, J.M., Yonelinas, A.P., Luck, S.J., & MacDonald, A.W., III (2026). Computational Markers of Perceptual and Memory Performance Predict Self‑Reported Mental Health in an Online Community Sample [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota.
Cruz, A.M., Korenic, S.A., Mervis, J.E., Capizzi, R.J., Caporino, N.E., & Ellman, L.M. (2026). Examining Obsessive‑Compulsive Symptoms and Subthreshold Psychotic Symptoms in Undergraduate Students [Manuscript under review]. Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Temple University.
Selected Conference Presentations
Cruz, A.M., Winsler K., Zimmerman, A., Barch, D.M., Boudewyn, M.A., Carter, C.S., Gold, J.M., Erickson, M.A., Luck, S.J., & MacDonald, III, A.W. (2025, September). Entangled Computational Models of Perception and Cognition in Psychosis. Poster presented at the 2025 annual convention for the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Los Angeles,
CA.
Cruz, A.M., Winsler K., Zimmerman, A., Barch, D.M., Boudewyn, M.A., Carter, C.S., Gold, J.M., Erickson, M.A., Luck, S.J., & MacDonald, III, A.W. (2025, July). Beyond the Generalized Deficit: Overcoming the Limitations of Computational Models in Psychosis Research. Poster presented at the 2025 annual convention for the Computational Psychiatry Conference,
Tübingen, Germany.
Cruz, A.M., Winsler K., Zimmerman, A., Luck, S.J., Barch, D.M., Carter, C.S., Gold, J.M., Erickson, M.A., & MacDonald, A.W., III (2024, July). Modeling Precision, Capacity, and Lapse Rate and Their Relation to Psychosis Symptom Dimensions in an Online Community Sample. Poster presented at the 2024 annual Computational Psychiatry Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
MacDonald, A.W., III & Cruz, A.M. (2022, December). “Computational Models Go Online: Opportunities and Pitfalls of Task‑Based Epidemiology.” Presentation part of the “Computational Psychiatry Insights into Cognition and Motivation in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Major Depression: Progress from the New CNTRACS Consortium” symposium at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Phoenix, AZ.
