TRAC Lab USA

Congratulations to graduate student TRAC Lab members Emily Maher, Haley Hearn, and Amanda Neal on successfully passing their thesis defense! We’re so proud of you all!

Congratulations to TRAC lab members Haley Hearn and Caroline Demers for their recognition at the Psychology Awards Ceremony last night! Haley Hearn won the Outstanding Brain and Behavioral Science (BBS) Graduate Student Award, and Caroline Demers won the Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award and was inducted into the Psi Chi Honors Society as well!

Congratulations to TRAC Lab team members Emily Maher and Haley Hearn for presenting at the 2026 Southeastern Psychology Association conference this past week!

Dr. Schadegg was recently published in Psychiatric Research! Check out the research study below!

Findings:
• 62.5% of individuals with misophonia reported at least one psychological disorder diagnosis
• Depression (48.9%) and anxiety disorders (46.7%) were the most prevalent
• Misophonia was significantly associated with elevated rates of mental health symptoms, auditory-sensory disorders, and communication disorders—even when controlling for demographic factors

Congratulations to the research team, Dr. Dixon, and the .hartlab !

Read the full paper at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178126000028

Congrats to Amanda presenting their research with University of South Alabama’s COSMA lab at the conference!!

Dr. Schadegg representing in New Orleans for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention!