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ABIGAIL F. SWAIN (617) 449-8689 abigail@abigailswain.com Boston, MA 02135 | |||||||||||||||
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EDUCATION: | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 Present |
Master of Science in Human Factors in Information Design Masters of Business Administration (expected May, 2011) Bentley University Focus: Human Factors in Information Design | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 2007 |
Bachelor of Arts Washington University in St. Louis Major: Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Minor: French Cumulative GPA: 3.87/4
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EXPERIENCE: | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 Present | Research Assistant, Neurocognition Lab Tufts University, Psychology Department Led healthy adults and students, as well as schizophrenia patients, through behavioral and electrophysiological experimental tasks. Analyzed data for significant effects using SPSS statistical analysis software. Prepared results of electrophysiological experiments for presentation at conferences (Power Point slide shows, posters) and in scholarly journals (written manuscripts, figures.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 2007 | Research Assistant, Cognitive Development Lab Washington University in St. Louis, Psychology Department Led research participants through computer-based and face-to-face experimental tasks. Analyzed data using E-Prime, psychology experiment software. | ||||||||||||||
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INTERNSHIPS: | |||||||||||||||
| Summer 2006 | Assistant Quality Assurance Engineer. Intuit Inc., Waltham, MA. | ||||||||||||||
| Summer 2005 | Program Coordinator. Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts, Boston, MA. | ||||||||||||||
| Summer 2004 | Paralegal Intern. Cooke, Clancy & Gruenthal, LLP, Boston, MA. | ||||||||||||||
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: | |||||||||||||||
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Kuperberg GR, Kreher DA, Swain A, Goff DC, Holt DJ. Selective emotional processing deficits to social vignettes in schizophrenia: an ERP study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2009 (in press.) view manuscript | |||||||||||||||
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Kuperberg GR, Kreher DA, Goff DC, Swain A, Holt DJ. Selective neural deficits in comprehending emotional information within social vignettes in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 63rd annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, 2008. view poster | |||||||||||||||
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Swain A, De Grauwe S, Ditman T, Holcomb PJ, Kuperberg GR. Electrophysiological insights into the processing of nominal metaphors. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, 2008. view poster | |||||||||||||||
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De Grauwe S, Swain A, Ditman T, Holcomb PJ, Kuperberg GR. Electrophysiological insights into the processing of nominal metaphors. Under Review. | |||||||||||||||
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SKILLS: | |||||||||||||||
| Computer: | I am familiar with object-oriented programming in Perl and Java. In addition, I have worked extensively with the following programs: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Access, MS Publisher, Paint Shop Pro, SPSS, EndNote. | ||||||||||||||
| Languages: | English is my first language. I am proficient in reading, writing, and speaking French and am familiar with German. | ||||||||||||||
| Research skills: | I have extensive experience in researching both primary and secondary source materials in the social sciences and humanities through my college course work. I have worked directly with healthy adults, schizophrenia patients, and undergraduate students to gather experimental data in research labs. | ||||||||||||||
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