Deanna Barch

Title: Associate Professor of Psychology
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Degree: PHD, University of Illinois
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Dept: Philosophy, Neuroscience, & Psychology
Dept: Psychology
Office:Psychology Building 345B

Phone: (314) 935-8729
E-mail: dbarch@wustl.edu
Website: http://ccpweb.wustl.edu//barch.html

Courses Taught:
Abnormal Psychology, Functional Neuroimaging, Psychological Assessment

Research Interests:
Professor Barch studies cognitive and language deficits in disorders such as schizophrenia, and the neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to such deficits. Her research includes behavioral, pharmacological, and neuroimaging studies with normal and clinical populations. One line of research examines discourse-level components of language production in terms of working memory function (in normal populations) and dysfunction (in schizophrenia), and the mediating role of prefrontal cortex and modulatory neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine).

Selected Publications:

Perlstein W, Carter CS, Barch DM, and Baird J (1998). A comparison of the card and single trial Stroop task versions in schizophrenia patients. Neuropsychology 12, 414-425.
Cohen JD, Barch DM, Carter CS and Servan-Schreiber D. (1999). Schizophrenic deficits in the processing of context: Converging evidence from three theoretically motivated cognitive tasks. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 108(1), 120-133.
Barch DM, Carter CS, Hachten PC and Cohen JD. (in press). The "benefits" of distractibility: The mechanisms underlying increased Stroop effects in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Barch DM, Carter CS, Perlstein W, Baird J, Cohen JD and Schooler N. (in press) Increased Stroop facilitation effects in schizophrenia are not due to increased automatic spreading activation. Schizophrenia Research.
Braver TS, Barch DM and Cohen JD. (in press). Cognition and control in schizophrenia: A computational model of dopamine and prefrontal function. Biological Psychiatry.