| Jared Edward Reser Email: jared at jaredreser.com Mobile: (818) 425-2340 Home: (818) 995-6734 Description My objective is to pursue a research career that integrates cognitive neuroscience and integrative biology. I completed a Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 2012, at the University of Southern California. I also completed a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in both Neuroscience and Business at USC. I completed a M.A. in Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine in 2006, and a second M.A. in Psychology at USC in 2008. Please see my website at www.organizationforlearning.com, my blog at www.obsevedimpulse.com, published manuscripts at www.evolutionaryneuropathology.net, unpublished manuscripts at www. cognitivemechanics.net, and my personal statement at www.jaredreser.com/personalstatement. Published Materials Reser, J. 2016. Incremental change in the set of coactive cortical assemblies enables mental continuity. Physiology and Behavior. 167: 222-237. Reser, J. 2016. Chronic stress, cortical plasticity and neuroecology. Behavioral Processes. 129:105-115. Reser, J. 2016. Tourette syndrome in the context of evolution and behavioral ecology. Medical Hypotheses. 99: 35-39. Reser, J. 2013. Solitary mammals provide an animal model for autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Comparative Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/a0034519 Reser, J. 2012. Assessing the psychological correlates of belief strength: Contributing factors and role in behavior. 290 pages. UMI Proquest. 3513834. Reser, J. 2011. Conceptualizing the autism spectrum in terms of natural selection & natural history: The solitary forager theory. Evolutionary Psychology. 9(2): 207- 238. Reser, J. 2011. What Determines Belief? The Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience of Belief Formation and Change. Verlag Dr. Müller. 236 pages. Reser, J. 2011. Schizophrenia and the Metabolic Syndrome. In Victory Preedy (ed.) Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition. New York, NY: Springer. Reser, J. 2011. Nutrition, Behavior, and the Developmental Origins of the Metabolic Syndrome. In Victory Preedy (ed.) Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition. New York, NY: Springer. Reser, J. 2009. Psychological correlates of certainty strength: Measuring the relative influence of evidence, opinion of personal contacts, and importance to self-identity. Master’s Thesis, University of Southern California. usctheses-m2627 Reser, J. 2009. Does rheumatoid arthritis represent an adaptive, thrifty condition? Medical Hypotheses. 74(1): 189-194. Reser, J. 2009. Sleep apnea, respiratory cooling, and thermoregulation. Medical Hypotheses. 73(5): 900- 905. Reser, J. 2009. Alzheimer’s disease and natural cognitive aging may represent adaptive metabolism reduction programs. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 5 (13). Reser, J. 2007. Schizophrenia and phenotypic plasticity: Schizophrenia may represent a predicitive, adaptive response to severe environmental adversity that allows both bioenergetic thrift and a defensive behavioral strategy. Medical Hypotheses, Volume 69, Issue 2, 383-394. Reser, J. 2006. Evolutionary Neuropathology and Down syndrome: An analysis of the etiological and phenotypical characteristics of Down syndrome suggests that it may represent an adaptive response to severe maternal deprivation. Medical Hypotheses, Volume 67, Issue 3, 474-481. Reser, J. 2006. Evolutionary Neuropathology and Congenital Mental Retardation: Environmental cues predictive of maternal deprivation influence the fetus to minimize cerebral metabolism in order to express bioenergetic thrift. Medical Hypotheses, Volume 67, Issue 3, 529-544. Reser, J. 2005. The Role of Pharyngeal Collapse in Nocturnal Homeostasis. Journal for Young Investigators, Volume 12, Issue 6. Manuscripts Under Development Reser, J; Lin, E; Jian, L; Brown, C; and Walsh, D. Psychological foundations of personal belief: The influence of supporting evidence, refuting evidence, and self-identity concerns. The Open Behavioral Science Journal. Revise and resubmit. Reser, J. The Effects of Cognitive Load on Covert Stereotype Propensity. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. Under review. Reser, J. Chronic Stress, Cortical Dysfunction, and Neuroecology. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. Under review. Reser, J. Mammalian Species that Forage Solitarily Constitute An Animal Model for Autism. Manuscript under development. Reser, J; Walsh, D. Belief Formation and Change. Manuscript under development. Reser, J; Larsen, A; Walsh, D. Health Beliefs, Behavior and BMI. Manuscript under development. Reser, J. Self-serving Selflessness: Altruism Always Pays. Book under development. Reser, J. Cognitive Parsimony: The Costs and Benefits of Intelligence in Nature. Book under development. Reser, J. Cognitive Mechanics: How the Brain Creates the Mind. Book under development. Invited Peer Review Schizophrenia Research. 2011. Analysis of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 4 gene in schizophrenia patients shows association with working memory and executive function. Schizophrenia Research. 2011. Obesity and metabolic syndrome in Tunisian patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 2011. Familial covariation of neurocognition and negative symptoms in psychotic disorders. Schizophrenia Research. 2011. DRD2 haplotype associated with negative symptoms and sustained attention deficits of schizophrenia in Taiwan. Schizophrenia Research. 2010. Relationships between reduced physical fitness, decreased physical activity participation, smoking and metabolic and mental health parameters in people with schizophrenia. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 2009. The effects of prenatal stress on expression of p38 MAPK in offspring hippocampus. Schizophrenia Research. 2009. Prevalence of diabetes and other metabolic disorders in patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotic drugs: The METEOR study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2008. Evolutionary approach to the problems of bioenergetics. Conference Presentations Reser, J. 2011. Mammalian Species that Forage Solitarily Constitute An Animal Model for Autism. Cell Symposia: Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Mechanisms to Therapies. November 9th-11th. Reser, J. 2011. Working memory, functional coactivity and spreading activation. USC Neuroscience Graduate Symposium. Reser, J. 2009. Alzheimer’s, evolution and ecology. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Update. Friday, May 22, 2009, USC Andrus Gerontology Center, Alzheimer’s Association. Reser, J. 2009. Alzheimer’s disease and natural cognitive aging may represent adaptive metabolism reduction programs. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Update. Friday, May 22, 2009, USC Andrus Gerontology Center, Alzheimer’s Association. Reser, J. 2008. Psychological foundations of personal belief. Psychology Graduate Symposium. Education University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Graduate: Spring, 2012 - Finished a Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences - Earned Master’s degree in psychology, May 2008 Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Graduate: 2005-2006 - Earned Master’s degree in clinical psychology University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Graduate: 2000-2005 - Bachelor’s degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in both Neuroscience and Business - GRE Psychology Test score (770/800) placed me in the top 1% of all test takers - GRE Biology Test score (820/900) placed me in the top 9% of all test takers - President of the “Natural Science Interest Club,” an official organization at USC - Funding coordinator and active director of the Forensic Psychology Club Harvard Westlake High School, Los Angeles, CA Graduate: 1994-2000 - Participated in several sports, extra curricular activities and clubs - SAT score (1460/1600) placed me in the top 1% of all test takers in the math and verbal sections - NMSQT semi-finalist Professional Memberships - Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology - CSET Biology Credential (Allows me to teach high school biology in the state of CA) - CBEST credential (California Basic Educational Skills Test) - California Real Estate Salespersons Licensee - The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Student Affiliate) - The Society for Psychophysiological Research (Student Affiliate) Work Experience Jan. 2011- Current Neuroscience of Advertising Los Angeles, CA Co-owner and Co-founder See our website at: www.neuroscienceofadvertising.com March 2011- Current RV Arcade Los Angeles, CA Co-owner and Co-founder See our website at: www.rvarcade.com August 2006- May 2012 University of Southern California BCS Department Los Angeles, CA Independent Researcher - Currently developing multiple research manuscripts and books for publication Teacher’s Assistant - Teaching an hour long discussion section twice weekly - Helping to maintain the class website, roster and gradebook Research Assistant - Contributing member of Dr. David Walsh’s Decision Research Laboratory - First author of a new experiment on the dynamics of belief formulation Sept. 2005-Aug. 2006 Pepperdine University Psychology Dept. Los Angeles, CA Staff Researcher - Assisted principal investigator in literary research, hypothesis development and manuscript preparation - Summarized research articles relevant to the principal investigator’s area of interest - Contact: Professor Nancy Harding, Ph.D., Department of Education and Psychology, (818) 422-2894, nancy.harding@pepperdine.edu Sept 2003-May 2005 USC Social Psychology Dept. Los Angeles, CA Research Assistant - Developed hypotheses and assisted the principal investigator in preparing manuscripts - Summarized research articles relevant to the principal investigator’s area of interest - Trained research assistants in test administration and SPSS manipulation - Independently devised various measures that increased the efficiency and the accuracy of lab operations, tangible evidence of these measures is available upon request. - Authored numerous research oriented materials, some of which are available upon request - 10 hours weekly - Contact: Brian Lickel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Social Psychology, USC, (213) 740-5504, lickel@usc.edu Sept 2003- Aug. 2005 JSM Management Los Angeles, CA Chief Operational Officer - Planned and organized the booking and production of over 20 jazz concerts within Los Angeles County - Wrote or co-authored virtually all official correspondence from our organization - Responsible for the production of company letters, financial statements and organization spreadsheets; examples of these materials are available upon request - 20 hours weekly - Contact: George Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, georgeccooper@yahoo.com May-Aug, 2004 USC Neuroscience Dept. Los Angeles, CA Principal Experimenter - Completed a NEUR 490 research project dedicated to analyzing the valence model of frontal asymmetry - Became intimately knowledgeable about the procedures used to perform experimentation with EEG equipment - Trained to analyze electroencephalographic data and interpret the resultant findings - 20 hours weekly - Contact: Tom Denson, Graduate Researcher, USC, (213) 740-2287, denson@usc.edu May-Aug 2003 Smith Barney Sherman Oaks, CA Intern; Wealth Management - Planned and spoke at Smith Barney seminars, made cold calls, compiled customer financial reports, composed letters, utilized ACT and Morningstar software - Helped administer ACT! Contact database for brokerage office. - Independently authored a training manuscript that was adopted for new interns. The manual informed them of their responsibilities and detailed the job protocol. - Drafted numerous form letters for office brokers, samples of which are available upon request - 20 hours weekly - Contact: Timothy McNeely, timothy.j.mcneely@smithbarney.com May-Aug, 2003 The Kodak Theatre Hollywood, CA Security Officer - Worked with a team of police and security officers to insure safety at academy awards and other high profile events - Carefully analyzed the social and group dynamics inherent in working with a police task force, I worked with the North Hollywood shootout hero, Donnie Anderson, LAPD Mar-May, 2003 USC Psychology Department Los Angeles, CA Intern - Performed data entry, and administered questionnaires to undergraduate research subjects - Coded and analyzed data collected from experiments, summarized research articles, assisted in the design of new research studies - 10 hours weekly - Contact: Mathew Curtis, Graduate Researcher, USC (213) 821-1481, mathewcurtis@yahoo.co.uk April-Sept, 2002 Valley Vote Sherman Oaks, CA Organizational Manager - Coordinator for the “Get Out the Vote” Campaign, an effort to organize and motivate interested parties in support of San Fernando Valley Cityhood, a secession measure on the November, 2002 Los Angeles city ballot - Responsible for cataloging and manipulating statistics for a group of 15,000 volunteers on an ACT database, some of which I recruited in person or over the phone - Proofread documents, wrote campaign materials, organized events - Co-author of Valley Vote newsletter, regular speaker/contributor at board meetings - I worked with Jeff Brain, president of Valley Vote on a daily basis, my work here also included a paid internship with the national campaign firm Goddard Clauson Porter & Noveli - 40 hours weekly - Contact: Gerry Gunster, ggunster@gcpn.com May-Sept, 2001 Marshalls Encino, CA Customer Service Rep - Operated a cash register for only one week before being promoted to customer service - 40 hours weekly - Contact: Kim Johnson or Zeff Erino (818) 501-7135 Dec 1999- Aug 2000 Law Office of Steven Barry Encino, CA Law Office Aide - Performed administrative tasks, filed, answered calls/assisted clients - 15 hours weekly - Contact Steven Barry, phone number: (818) 789-9444 Course Work: USC Graduate: Statistics in Psychological Research A & B A Learning and Cognition A Psychophysiology B Social and Emotional Development in Children A Special Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience A Current Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience A Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience A Functional Neuroanatomy A Regression and the General Linear Model B Pepperdine Graduate: Clinical Evaluation A Clinical Management of Psychopathology A Statistics A Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy A Individual and Family Therapy A IQ Assessment A Group Therapy B Counseling Psychopathology A Developmental Psychology A Research Methods A Personality Assessment A Social Psychology A Principles and Theories of Learning A Comprehensive Review A USC Undergrad: Behavioral Neuroscience Animal Behavior Adult Development and Aging Social Psychology Cognitive Processes Learning and Cognition Evolution, Ecology and Culture Research Methods Philosophy of Mind Childhood, Birth and Reproduction Advanced Writing Writing and Critical Reasoning Statistics for the Social Sciences Fundamental Principles of Calculus Earth History: A Planet and its Evolution; Geology The Universe; Astronomy Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Piano Abnormal Psychology Introduction to Real Estate Real Estate Principles Operations Management Marketing Fundamentals Applied Business Statistics Business Law Foundations of Business Finance Business Communication Organizational Behavior Foundations of Business Finance Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Macroeconomics Introduction to Mathematics for Business and Economics Introduction to Information Technology Core Concepts of Accounting Information Medieval Visual Culture Religion and Ethical Issues Race, Class and Gender in American Film Native Peoples of Mexico and Central America Spanish 3 Core Concepts of Accounting Information 2 Probability for Business Studies in Arts and Letters Honors Neuroscience Project Units Books That I Know Well: (Listed in the order in which I read them) The Way Things Work: David Macaulay Hyperspace: Michio Kaku Einstein’s Universe: Nigel Calder Connections: James Burke Cosmos: Carl Sagan Relativity: Albert Einstein Flatland: Abbot A Demon Haunted World: Carl Sagan How the Mind Works: Steven Pinker Animal Behavior: John Alcock Sex and the Origins of Death: William Clark Just Curious About Science Jeeves: Barrett & Mingo The Selfish Gene: Richard Dawkins Genes and DNA: Omoto and Lurquin The Lives of a Cell: Lewis Thomas Evolutionary Medicine: Wenda Trevathan The Medusa and the Snail: Lewis Thomas The Ancestors Tale: Richard Dawkins Nature Via Nurture: Matt Ridley The Quantum World: Polkinghorne The Future of an Illusion: Sigmund Freud The Science Book: W&N Guns, Germs and Steel: Jared Diamond The Nature of Science: Trefil A Brief History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson Physiology of Behavior: Carlson The Elegant Universe: Greene Respiratory Physiology: West Animal Thought: Stephen Walker Endocrinology: Brook & Marshall Learning and Behavior: Barker Sociobiology: E.O. Wilson Biology: Campbell and Reece Descartes’ Error: Antonio Damasio The Maladapted Mind: Baron-Cohen Oxygen: Nick Lane Mind Wide Open: Stephen Johnson Upright: Craig Stanford Looking for Spinoza: Antonio Damasio How Humans Evolved: Boyd & Silk Why We Get Sick: Randolph Nesse and George Williams Philosophy of Mind: David J. Chalmers Clinical Neuroscience: Kelly Lambert and Craig Kinsley Growing up in New Guinea: Margaret Mead Theories of Personality: Feist Understanding Mental Retardation: Patricia Ainsworth The Day the Voices Stopped: Ken Steele Recovered Not Cured: Mc Lean Schizophrenia: Bernheim & Lewine Wonderful Life: Stephen J. Gould Evolution: Karl Zimmer Theories of the Universe: Moring Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins: Karl Zimmer The Way Life Works: Mahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes: Frans de Waal Mapping the Mind: Rita Carter Instant Biology: Boyce Integrated Principles of Zoology: Hickman Experimental Psychology: Kantowitz The Development of Psychopathology: Pennington Blink: Malcolm Gladwell Cognitive Psychology: Medin What is Life: Schrodinger Human Genetics: Lewis Aging: Caleb Finch Chance, Development and Aging: Caleb Finch Lifespan Human Development: Sigelman & Porter Abnormal Psychology Nevid Social Psychology: Myers Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: Robert Sapolsky Memory: Richard Thompson and Stephan Madigan Organizational Behavior: Robbins Psychophysiology: Hugdahl Synaptic Self: Joseph LeDoux Power, Sex and Suicide: Nick Lane Genome: Matt Ridley Clinical Neuroanatomy: Goldberg The Hunting Ape: Craig Stanford Significant Others: Craig Stanford Phenotypic Plasticity: Dewitt & Scheiner An Alchemy of the Mind: Diane Ackerman Principles of Genetics: Snustad Life: Fortey Fossil Invertebrates: Taylor & Lewis The Red Ape: Jeffrey Schwartz Cognitive Psychology: Mike Eysenck and Mark Keane How We Know What Isn’t So: Thomas Gilovich Evolutionary Analysis: Freeman Herron The Mind’s Past: Michael Gazzaniga Demonic Males: Apes and Human Violence: Richard Wragham The Emotional Brain: Joseph LeDoux Cognition, Brain and Consciousness: Bernard Baars Deep Ancestry: Spencer Wells Your Inner Fish: Neil Shubin The Executive Brain: Elkhonon Goldberg On Being Certain: Robert Burton My Lobotomy: Howard Dully The Triune Brain: Paul MacLean The Evolutionary Neuroethology of Paul MacLean: Cory & Gardner Before the Dawn: Nicholas Wade Full Catastrophe Living: Kabat-Zinn Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence: Jerison The Human Brain: Nolte Gut Feelings: Gigerenzer Arthritis: Fries Cognitive Psychology: Mike Eysenck and Mark Keane Consciousness Explained: Daniel Dennett The Happiness Hypothesis: Jonathan Haidt Evolutionary Psychology: Matthew Rossano The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Oliver Sacks Big Brain: Gary Lynch and Richard Granger An Anthropologist on Mars: Oliver Sacks A New Earth: Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: Eckhart Tolle The Amazing Brain: Ornstein, Thompson & Macaulay The Neurology of Autism: Coleman Memory, Brain and Belief: Schacter & Scarry Look Me in the Eye: John Robison Autism the Facts: Baron-Cohen & Bolton Mindblindness: Baron-Cohen The Brain that Changes Itself: Norman Doidge Up From Dragons: John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Thomas Kida A Mind of Its Own: Cordelia Fine Principles of Neural Science: Eric Kandel Sensation and Perception: Wolfe and Kluender Functional Neuroanatomy: Afifi and Bergman Musicophilia: Oliver Sacks Sensation and Perception: Wolfe Principles of Brain Evolution: Georg F. Stiedter Brain Architecture: Larry Swanson The Mind’s Eye: Oliver Sacks Self Comes to Mind: Antonio Damasio The Way We Work: David Macaulay The Prefrontal Cortex: Joaquin Fuster Portraits of the Mind: Schoonover Animals Make Us Human: Temple Grandin The Ego Tunnel: Thomas Metzinger The Physics of the Future: Michio Kaku On Intelligence: Jeff Hawkins Phineas Gage: John Fleischman The Other Brain: R. Douglas Fields Braintrust: Patricia Churchland A Universe of Consciousness: Edelman and Tononi The Science of Evil: Simon Baron-Cohen |
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