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Allen Azizian
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
Contact Information
Office: SGM 529
Phone: (213)821-1586
E-mail:
aazizian@usc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae
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Education
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 B.A. Psychology, California State University, Northridge, 6/1999
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Ph.D. Biopsychology, Stony Brook University, New York, 12/2004
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Postdoctoral Training
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Postdoctorate (Laboratory of Molecular Neuroimaging w/London) , UCLA Semel Institute , 2006-2008
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Postdoctorate (Cognitive Electrophysiology w/Polich) , The Scripps Research Institute, 2005-2006
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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My research interest is centered toward the development of neuropsychological markers to predict and monitor treatment for substance dependence. Recent work is focused on the effects of smoking regular or denicotinized cigarettes on selective attention and associated brain function after overnight abstinence (Principle Investigator: E. D. London, Laboratory of Molecular Neuroimaging).
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Research Keywords
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Addiction, substance abuse, Cognition, event-related brain potential (ERP), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
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Publications
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Book Chapter
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Azizian, A., Monterosso, J., O’Neil, J., London, E. D.
(2008).
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine Dependence. In J. Henningfield, E. D. London, and S. Pogun (Eds.), Nicotine Psychopharmacology: From Molecule to Behavior. In press.
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Journal Article
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Azizian, A., Freitas, A. L., Squires, N. K.
(2008).
Varieties of action control: Event-related brain potentials of responding to symbolically congruent and incongruent cues. Physiology and Behavior.
Vol. 93, pp. 905-911.
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Xu, J., Azizian, A., Monterosso, J., Domier, C. P., Brody, A. L., Fong, T. W., London, E. D.
(2008).
Gender effects on mood and cigarette craving during early abstinence and resumption of cigarette smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. In press.
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Freitas, A. L., Katz, A., Azizian, A., Squires, N. K.
(2008).
When Affective Cues Broaden Thought: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials Associated with Identifying Emotionally Expressive Faces. Cognition and Emotion. In press.
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Azizian, A., Monterosso, J., Simon, S. L., Brody, A. L., London, E. D.
(2008).
Severity of nicotine dependence moderates performance on perceptual-motor tests of attention. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. In press.
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Azizian, A., Polich, J.
(2007).
Evidence for Attentional Gradient in the Serial Position Memory Curve from Event-related Potentials. J Cogn Neurosci.
Vol. 19, pp. 2071-2081.
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Freitas, A. L., Azizian, A., Leung, H. C., Squires, N. K.
(2007).
Resisting recently acted-on cues: compatibility of Go/NoGo responses to response history modulates (frontal P3) event-related potentials. Psychophysiology.
Vol. 44, pp. 2-10.
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Azizian, A., Freitas, A. L., Parvaz, M. A., Squires, N. K.
(2006).
Beware misleading cues: perceptual similarity modulates the N2/P3 complex. Psychophysiology.
Vol. 43, pp. 253-60.
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Azizian, A., Freitas, A. L., Watson, T. D., Squires, N. K.
(2006).
Electrophysiological correlates of categorization: P300 amplitude as index of target similarity. Biol Psychol.
Vol. 71, pp. 278-88.
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Azizian, A., Watson, T. D., Parvaz, M. A., Squires, N. K.
(2006).
Time course of processes underlying picture and word evaluation: an event-related potential approach. Brain Topogr.
Vol. 18, pp. 213-22.
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Watson, T. D., Azizian, A., Squires, N. K.
(2006).
Event-related potential correlates of extradimensional and intradimensional set-shifts in a modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Brain Res.
Vol. 1092, pp. 138-51.
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Freitas, A. L., Azizian, A., Travers, S., Berry, S. A.
(2005).
Evaluative connotation of processing fluency: Inherenty positive or moderated by motivation context?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Vol. 41, pp. 636-644.
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Gadow, K. D., Devincent, C. J., Pomeroy, J., Azizian, A.
(2005).
Comparison of DSM-IV symptoms in elementary school-age children with PDD versus clinic and community samples. Autism.
Vol. 9, pp. 392-415.
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Watson, T. D., Azizian, A., Berry, S., Squires, N. K.
(2005).
Event-related potentials as an index of similarity between words and pictures. Psychophysiology.
Vol. 42, pp. 361-8.
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Gadow, K. D., DeVincent, C. J., Pomeroy, J., Azizian, A.
(2004).
Psychiatric symptoms in preschool children with PDD and clinic and comparison samples. J Autism Dev Disord.
Vol. 34, pp. 379-93.
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Gadow, K. D., Drabick, D. A., Loney, J., Sprafkin, J., Salisbury, H., Azizian, A., Schwartz, J.
(2004).
Comparison of ADHD symptom subtypes as source-specific syndromes. J Child Psychol Psychiatry.
Vol. 45, pp. 1135-49.
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Honors and Awards
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Fulbright Award, Fulbright Scholar, Yerevan, Armenia , 2008-2009
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