Rebecca Kazinka

Research Scientist
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Education & Licensure

Licensed Psychologist, Minnesota Board of Psychology

Ph.D. in Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research, University of Minnesota

B.A. in Psychology with concentration in neural sciences, Haverford College

Research Interests

Interrogating the neural mechanisms of social cognition in psychosis using decision-making paradigms, computational modeling, and neuromodulation

Selected Publications

Kazinka, R., Choi, D., Opitz., A., & Lim., K. O. (2024). Individuals with psychosis receive less electric field strength during transcranial direct current stimulation compared to healthy controls. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-024-00529-2.

Kazinka, R., Roediger, D., Xuan, L., Yu, L., Mueller, B. A., Camchong, J., Opitz, A., MacDonald, A. W., Lim, K. O. (2024). tDCS-enhanced cognitive training improves attention and alters connectivity in control and somatomotor networks: a triple blind study. NeuroImage. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120792 

Kazinka, R., Kwashie, A. N. D., Pratt, D., Vilares, I., & MacDonald, A. W. (2024). Value representations of spite sensitivity in psychosis on the Minnesota Trust Game. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.11.010. 

Kazinka, R., Vilares, I., & MacDonald, A. W. (2022). Computational modeling of Non-optimal Suspiciousness in the Minnesota Trust Game. Computational Psychiatry 6(1), 60-78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53334/cpsy.82

Contact Information

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