| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Carlson |
First name: | Scott R |
| Address: | University of British Columbia
Department of Psychology
2136 West Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T 1Z4 |
Fax: | (604) 822-6923 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | Psychology |
| E-mail address: |
scarlson@psych.ubc.ca |
BC research location(s): |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus |
| Web Page: |
http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~carlsonlab/
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MSFHR Research Unit(s): |
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
09/10/2008
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Psychology |
2004 |
University of Minnesota |
| Bachelor's |
Psychology |
1996 |
University of Minnesota |
| Last update: |
21/09/2006
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Psychology |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychology
Neurosciences |
| Research topics: |
Alcoholism (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Drug Abuse (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Delinquency (Development of Individuals, Communities and Social Life)
Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Executive Functions (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) |
| Fields of application: |
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diseases |
| Last update: |
09/10/2008
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Technological applications: |
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| Last update: |
09/10/2008
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
Alocoholism, Drug Abuse, Antisocial Personality, Event-Related Potentials, Psychophysiology, Behavioural Genetics, Biol. Psychopathology |
| Research interests: |
I am interested in identifying cognitive processes related to a putative event-related electrocortical marker of genetic risk common to antisocial and substance abuse behaviour. |
| Last update: |
09/10/2008
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
| Year |
Volume |
Number |
Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Carlson S, Iacono W, McGue M |
| "P300 amplitude in nonalcoholic adolescent twin pairs who become discordant for alcoholism as adults" |
| 2004 |
41 |
12 |
pp. 841-844 |
Psychophysiology |
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| Iacono W, Carlson S, Malone S, McGue M |
| "P3 event-related potential amplitude and the risk for disinhibitory disorders in adolescent boys" |
| 2002 |
59 |
8 |
pp. 750-757 |
Archives of General Psychiatry |
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| Carlson S, Katsanis J, Iacono W, Mertz A |
| "Substance dependence and externalizing psychopathology in adolescent boys with small, average, or large P300 event-related potential amplitude" |
| 1999 |
36 |
5 |
pp. 583-590 |
Psychophysiology |
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| Last update: |
21/09/2006
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
09/10/2008
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