Lab Members

	Dr. Wen Li Lab Director E-mail: wenli@psych.wisc.edu CANLab-West CANLab-Central Waisman Center Department of Psychology Room 515 324 W.J. Brogden Hall UW-Madison UW-Madison 1500 Highland Ave. 1202 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53705 Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 890-1685 Phone: (608) 890-2924 Website Website
	Elizabeth Krusemark Post-doctoral fellow - ekrusemark@wisc.edu In the CAN lab, I conduct both psychophysiological (EEG) and neuroimaging (fMRI) experiments that examine how threat emotions such as fear and disgust are encoded at early stages of visual perception, distinguishing between these two emotions within the domain of general threat processing. Additionally, I am interested in the temporal dynamics of threat processes, from early perception to later processes that influence behavior. Given the sensitivity to threat among anxious individuals, it is important to examine encoding of threat as a function of anxiety. Recently, I have conducted a neuroimaging experiment to understand how anxiety affects sensory perception in the olfactory modality. This investigation examines whether anxiety induction anxiety facilitates sensory perception of subthreshold negative odors at behavioral and neural levels.
	Emily Cahill Clinical Psychology Graduate Student - ecahill@wisc.edu Research interests: I am most interested in using cognitive neuroscience methodologies to investigate how perceptual abilities differ in anxious and nonanxious people. Currently, I'm curious about ecologically-valid modeling of socially-threatening information in the laboratory, and how to best measure and elucidate the cognitive and perceptual differences that contribute to anxiety. Personal interests: I usually wind down from a long day at the CAN lab with handcrafts: embroidery, origami, beadwork, decoupage, ceramic painting, and much more. My geekery doesn't stop at the lab door; I love to read, play board games, create statistics-themed baked goods, dress in costume for local events, and hang out with other nerds!
	Yuqi You Clinical Psychology Graduate Student - yyou2@wisc.edu Research interests: I’m interested in both positive and negative dimensions of affect, as well as the cognitive, neural, and biological correlates associated with each dimension. I believe that research on positive and negative affect could potentially reveal shared/distinct neural mechanisms ranging from a perceptual level to an experiential level. My clinical interest would be to understand the neuroscience underlying the pathology of anxiety and other mood disorders. Personal interests: Explore the nature, science fiction, visual arts, dance, grocery shopping! ...
	Lucas Novak Individual Graduate Major - lrnovak09@gmail.com Research Interests: Would like to learn more about the effects of anxiety and depression on cognition, as well as learn more about the olfactory system and improve on the presentation of odor stimuli. Personal Interests: Psychology (especially behavioral abnormalities, cognitive and perceptual psych, and social psych), Medicine (especially neural medical sciences and pathology).
	Jaryd Hiser Lab Technician - jhiser@wisc.edu Research Interests: I am interested in using fMRI and EEG methodology as a means to determine how multimodal stimuli are represented and encoded in the brain. I am also interested in learning how emotion (fear, disgust, etc.) can change this process at a very early level. Personal Interests: Golf, Music, and most of all the Cubs (Go Cubs Go!)