Alexander Weigard, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
4250 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
[email protected]

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Alexander Weigard, PhD
Assistant Professor
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    • About

    I am a computational cognitive neuroscientist and clinical psychologist with interests in using formal computational models and neuroimaging to better understand neurocognitive risk factors for psychopathology and in leveraging these risk factors to build prediction models.

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    Qualifications
    • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Specialization in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
      Pennsylvania State University, State College, 2018
    • M.S. in Psychology
      Pennsylvania State University, State College, 2014
    • B.A. in Psychology, Minor in Cognitive Neuroscience
      Temple University, Philadelphia, 2012
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    • Center Member
      University of Michigan Addiction Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      The link between daily affective complexity and anxiety is altered by oral contraceptive use.
      Le E, Chaku N, Foster KT, Weigard AS, Beltz AM. Int J Psychophysiol, 2024 Jan 23; 112310 DOI:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112310
      PMID: 38272264
    • Journal Article
      100 days of Adolescence: Elucidating Externalizing Behaviors Through the Daily Assessment of Inhibitory Control.
      Chaku N, Yan R, Kelly DP, Zhang Z, Lopez-Duran N, Weigard AS, Beltz AM. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol, 2024 Jan; 52 (1): 93 - 110. DOI:10.1007/s10802-023-01071-y
      PMID: 37405589
    • Journal Article
      Prenatal Polysubstance Use and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
      Ryan JE, McCabe SE, Wilens TE, Weigard A, Worster B, Veliz P. Am J Prev Med, 2023 Dec 7; DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2023.11.023
      PMID: 38070629
    • Preprint
      Dissociable contributions of goal-relevant evidence and goal-irrelevant familiarity to n-back performance in youth
      Weigard AS, Suzuki T, Skalaban LJ, Conley MI, Cohen AO, Garavan H, Heitzeg M, Casey B, Sripada C, Heathcote A. PsyArXiv, DOI:10.31234/osf.io/nvh98
    • Journal Article
      Generalizable prediction of childhood ADHD symptoms from neurocognitive testing and youth characteristics.
      Weigard A, McCurry KL, Shapiro Z, Martz ME, Angstadt M, Heitzeg MM, Dinov ID, Sripada C. Transl Psychiatry, 2023 Jun 24; 13 (1): 225 DOI:10.1038/s41398-023-02502-6
      PMID: 37355620
    • Preprint
      Socioeconomic resources in youth are linked to divergent patterns of network integration and segregation across the brain's transmodal axis.
      Michael C, Taxali A, Angstadt M, Kardan O, Weigard A, Molloy MF, McCurry KL, Hyde LW, Heitzeg MM, Sripada C. 2023 Nov 13; DOI:10.1101/2023.11.08.565517
      PMID: 38014302
    • Preprint
      Flexible adaptation of task-positive brain networks predicts efficiency of evidence accumulation
      Weigard A, Angstadt M, Taxali A, Heathcote A, Heitzeg MM, Sripada C. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.09.07.556742
    • Preprint
      Neighborhood air pollution is negatively associated with neurocognitive maturation in early adolescence.
      Kardan O, Sereeyothin C, Schertz KE, Angstadt M, Weigard AS, Berman MG, Heitzeg MM, Rosenberg MD. 2023 Jul 25; DOI:10.1101/2023.04.28.538763
      PMID: 37205398