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Jared Edward Reser

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Email: jared at jaredreser.com

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Description

My objective is to pursue a research career that integrates cognitive psychology, functional neuroscience

and integrative biology. In the spring of 2012 I completed a Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the

University of Southern California (USC). I also graduated from USC in 2005 with a B.A. in Psychology

and a minor in both Neuroscience and Business. I completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology

at Pepperdine University in 2006, and a second Master’s degree in Psychology at USC in 2008. Please

see my website at www.organizationforlearning.com, my blog at www.obsevedimpulse.com, published

manuscripts at www.evolutionaryneuropathology.net, unpublished manuscripts at www.

cognitivemechanics.net, and my personal statement at www.jaredreser.com/personalstatement.

Published Materials

Reser, J. 2011. Conceptualizing the autism spectrum in terms of natural selection & natural history: The

solitary forager theory. Evolutionary Psychology. 9(2): 207- 238.

Reser, J. 2011. What Determines Belief? The Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience of Belief

Formation and Change. Verlag Dr. Müller. 236 pages.

Reser, J. 2011. Schizophrenia and the Metabolic Syndrome. In Victory Preedy (ed.) Handbook of

Behavior, Food and Nutrition. New York, NY: Springer.

Reser, J. 2011. Nutrition, Behavior, and the Developmental Origins of the Metabolic Syndrome. In Victory

Preedy (ed.) Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition. New York, NY: Springer.

Reser, J. 2009. Psychological correlates of certainty strength: Measuring the relative influence of

evidence, opinion of personal contacts, and importance to self-identity. Master’s Thesis, University of

Southern California. usctheses-m2627

Reser, J. 2009. Does rheumatoid arthritis represent an adaptive, thrifty condition? Medical Hypotheses.

74(1): 189-194.

Reser, J. 2009. Sleep apnea, respiratory cooling, and thermoregulation. Medical Hypotheses. 73(5): 900-

905.

Reser, J. 2009. Alzheimer’s disease and natural cognitive aging may represent adaptive metabolism

reduction programs. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 5 (13).

Reser, J. 2007. Schizophrenia and phenotypic plasticity: Schizophrenia may represent a predicitive,

adaptive response to severe environmental adversity that allows both bioenergetic thrift and a defensive

behavioral strategy. Medical Hypotheses, Volume 69, Issue 2, 383-394.

Reser, J. 2006. Evolutionary Neuropathology and Down syndrome: An analysis of the etiological and

phenotypical characteristics of Down syndrome suggests that it may represent an adaptive response to

severe maternal deprivation. Medical Hypotheses, Volume 67, Issue 3, 474-481.

Reser, J. 2006. Evolutionary Neuropathology and Congenital Mental Retardation: Environmental cues

predictive of maternal deprivation influence the fetus to minimize cerebral metabolism in order to express

bioenergetic thrift. Medical Hypotheses, Volume 67, Issue 3, 529-544.

Reser, J. 2005. The Role of Pharyngeal Collapse in Nocturnal Homeostasis. Journal for Young

Investigators, Volume 12, Issue 6.

Manuscripts Under Development

Reser, J; Lin, E; Jian, L; Brown, C; and Walsh, D. Psychological foundations of personal belief: The

influence of supporting evidence, refuting evidence, and self-identity concerns. The Open Behavioral

Science Journal. Revise and resubmit.

Reser, J. The Effects of Cognitive Load on Covert Stereotype Propensity. Advances in Cognitive

Psychology. Under review.

Reser, J. Chronic Stress, Cortical Dysfunction, and Neuroecology. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral

Reviews. Under review.

Reser, J. Mammalian Species that Forage Solitarily Constitute An Animal Model for Autism. Manuscript

under development.

Reser, J; Walsh, D. Belief Formation and Change. Manuscript under development.

Reser, J; Larsen, A; Walsh, D. Health Beliefs, Behavior and BMI. Manuscript under development.

Reser, J. Self-serving Selflessness: Altruism Always Pays. Book under development.

Reser, J. Cognitive Parsimony: The Costs and Benefits of Intelligence in Nature. Book under

development.

Reser, J. Cognitive Mechanics: How the Brain Creates the Mind. Book under development.

Invited Peer Review

Schizophrenia Research. 2011. Analysis of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 4 gene in schizophrenia

patients shows association with working memory and executive function.

Schizophrenia Research. 2011. Obesity and metabolic syndrome in Tunisian patients with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia Research. 2011. Familial covariation of neurocognition and negative symptoms in

psychotic disorders.

Schizophrenia Research. 2011. DRD2 haplotype associated with negative symptoms and sustained

attention deficits of schizophrenia in Taiwan.

Schizophrenia Research. 2010. Relationships between reduced physical fitness, decreased physical

activity participation, smoking and metabolic and mental health parameters in people with schizophrenia.

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 2009. The effects of prenatal stress on expression

of p38 MAPK in offspring hippocampus.

Schizophrenia Research. 2009. Prevalence of diabetes and other metabolic disorders in patients with

schizophrenia treated with antipsychotic drugs: The METEOR study.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2008. Evolutionary approach to the problems of

bioenergetics.

Conference Presentations

Reser, J. 2011. Mammalian Species that Forage Solitarily Constitute An Animal Model for Autism. Cell

Symposia: Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Mechanisms to Therapies. November 9th-11th.

Reser, J. 2011. Working memory, functional coactivity and spreading activation. USC Neuroscience

Graduate Symposium.

Reser, J. 2009. Alzheimer’s, evolution and ecology. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Update. Friday, May

22, 2009, USC Andrus Gerontology Center, Alzheimer’s Association.

Reser, J. 2009. Alzheimer’s disease and natural cognitive aging may represent adaptive metabolism

reduction programs. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Update. Friday, May 22, 2009, USC Andrus

Gerontology Center, Alzheimer’s Association.

Reser, J. 2008. Psychological foundations of personal belief. Psychology Graduate Symposium.

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Graduate: Spring, 2012

- Finished a Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences

- Earned Master’s degree in psychology, May 2008

Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Graduate: 2005-2006

- Earned Master’s degree in clinical psychology

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Graduate: 2000-2005

- Bachelor’s degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in both Neuroscience and Business

- GRE Psychology Test score (770/800) placed me in the top 1% of all test takers

- GRE Biology Test score (820/900) placed me in the top 9% of all test takers

- President of the “Natural Science Interest Club,” an official organization at USC

- Funding coordinator and active director of the Forensic Psychology Club

Harvard Westlake High School, Los Angeles, CA

Graduate: 1994-2000

- Participated in several sports, extra curricular activities and clubs

- SAT score (1460/1600) placed me in the top 1% of all test takers in the math and verbal sections

- NMSQT semi-finalist

Professional Memberships

- Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology

- CSET Biology Credential (Allows me to teach high school biology in the state of CA)

- CBEST credential (California Basic Educational Skills Test)

- California Real Estate Salespersons Licensee

- The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Student Affiliate)

- The Society for Psychophysiological Research (Student Affiliate)

Work Experience

August 2006- May 2012 University of Southern California BCS Department Los Angeles, CA

Independent Researcher

- Currently developing multiple research manuscripts and books for publication

Teacher’s Assistant

- Teaching an hour long discussion section twice weekly

- Helping to maintain the class website, roster and gradebook

Research Assistant

- Contributing member of Dr. David Walsh’s Decision Research Laboratory

- First author of a new experiment on the dynamics of belief formulation

March 2011- Current RV Arcade Los Angeles, CA

Co-owner and Co-founder

See our website at: www.rvarcade.com

Sept. 2005-Aug. 2006 Pepperdine University Psychology Dept. Los Angeles, CA

Staff Researcher

- Assisted principal investigator in literary research, hypothesis development and

manuscript preparation

- Summarized research articles relevant to the principal investigator’s area of interest

- Contact: Professor Nancy Harding, Ph.D., Department of Education and Psychology,

818-***-****, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

Sept 2003-May 2005 USC Social Psychology Dept. Los Angeles, CA

Research Assistant

- Developed hypotheses and assisted the principal investigator in preparing manuscripts

- Summarized research articles relevant to the principal investigator’s area of interest

- Trained research assistants in test administration and SPSS manipulation

- Independently devised various measures that increased the efficiency and the accuracy of lab

operations, tangible evidence of these measures is available upon request.

- Authored numerous research oriented materials, some of which are available upon request

- 10 hours weekly

- Contact: Brian Lickel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Social Psychology, USC,

213-***-****, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

Sept 2003- Aug. 2005 JSM Management Los Angeles, CA

Chief Operational Officer

- Planned and organized the booking and production of over 20 jazz concerts within Los Angeles County

- Wrote or co-authored virtually all official correspondence from our organization

- Responsible for the production of company letters, financial statements and organization

spreadsheets; examples of these materials are available upon request

- 20 hours weekly

- Contact: George Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

May-Aug, 2004 USC Neuroscience Dept. Los Angeles, CA

Principal Experimenter

- Completed a NEUR 490 research project dedicated to analyzing the valence model of frontal

asymmetry

- Became intimately knowledgeable about the procedures used to perform experimentation

with EEG equipment

- Trained to analyze electroencephalographic data and interpret the resultant findings

- 20 hours weekly

- Contact: Tom Denson, Graduate Researcher, USC, 213-***-****, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

May-Aug 2003 Smith Barney Sherman Oaks, CA

Intern; Wealth Management

- Planned and spoke at Smith Barney seminars, made cold calls, compiled customer financial reports,

composed letters, utilized ACT and Morningstar software

- Helped administer ACT! Contact database for brokerage office.

- Independently authored a training manuscript that was adopted for new interns. The manual informed

them of their responsibilities and detailed the job protocol.

- Drafted numerous form letters for office brokers, samples of which are available upon request

- 20 hours weekly

- Contact: Timothy McNeely, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

May-Aug, 2003 The Kodak Theatre Hollywood, CA

Security Officer

- Worked with a team of police and security officers to insure safety at academy awards and other

high profile events

- Carefully analyzed the social and group dynamics inherent in working with a police task force, I

worked with the North Hollywood shootout hero, Donnie Anderson, LAPD

Mar-May, 2003 USC Psychology Department Los Angeles, CA

Intern

- Performed data entry, and administered questionnaires to undergraduate research subjects

- Coded and analyzed data collected from experiments, summarized research articles, assisted in

the design of new research studies

- 10 hours weekly

- Contact: Mathew Curtis, Graduate Researcher, USC 213-***-****, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

April-Sept, 2002 Valley Vote Sherman Oaks, CA

Organizational Manager

- Coordinator for the “Get Out the Vote” Campaign, an effort to organize and motivate interested

parties in support of San Fernando Valley Cityhood, a secession measure on the November, 2002

Los Angeles city ballot

- Responsible for cataloging and manipulating statistics for a group of 15,000 volunteers on an ACT

database, some of which I recruited in person or over the phone

- Proofread documents, wrote campaign materials, organized events

- Co-author of Valley Vote newsletter, regular speaker/contributor at board meetings

- I worked with Jeff Brain, president of Valley Vote on a daily basis, my work here also included a

paid internship with the national campaign firm Goddard Clauson Porter & Noveli

- 40 hours weekly

- Contact: Gerry Gunster, abp9ms@r.postjobfree.com

May-Sept, 2001 Marshalls Encino, CA

Customer Service Rep

- Operated a cash register for only one week before being promoted to customer service

- 40 hours weekly

- Contact: Kim Johnson or Zeff Erino 818-***-****

Dec 1999- Aug 2000 Law Office of Steven Barry Encino, CA

Law Office Aide

- Performed administrative tasks, filed, answered calls/assisted clients

- 15 hours weekly

- Contact Steven Barry, phone number: 818-***-****

Course Work:

USC Graduate:

Statistics in Psychological Research A & B A

Learning and Cognition A

Psychophysiology B

Social and Emotional Development in Children A

Special Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience A

Current Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience A

Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience A

Functional Neuroanatomy A

Regression and the General Linear Model B

Pepperdine Graduate:

Clinical Evaluation A

Clinical Management of Psychopathology A

Statistics A

Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy A

Individual and Family Therapy A

IQ Assessment A

Group Therapy B

Counseling Psychopathology A

Developmental Psychology A

Research Methods A

Personality Assessment A

Social Psychology A

Principles and Theories of Learning A

Comprehensive Review A

USC Undergrad:

Behavioral Neuroscience

Animal Behavior

Adult Development and Aging

Social Psychology

Cognitive Processes

Learning and Cognition

Evolution, Ecology and Culture

Research Methods

Philosophy of Mind

Childhood, Birth and Reproduction

Advanced Writing

Writing and Critical Reasoning

Statistics for the Social Sciences

Fundamental Principles of Calculus

Earth History: A Planet and its Evolution; Geology

The Universe; Astronomy

Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Piano

Abnormal Psychology

Introduction to Real Estate

Real Estate Principles

Operations Management

Marketing Fundamentals

Applied Business Statistics

Business Law

Foundations of Business Finance

Business Communication

Organizational Behavior

Foundations of Business Finance

Principles of Microeconomics

Principles of Macroeconomics

Introduction to Mathematics for Business and Economics

Introduction to Information Technology

Core Concepts of Accounting Information

Medieval Visual Culture

Religion and Ethical Issues

Race, Class and Gender in American Film

Native Peoples of Mexico and Central America

Spanish 3

Core Concepts of Accounting Information 2

Probability for Business

Studies in Arts and Letters

Honors Neuroscience Project Units

Books That I Know Well:

(Listed in the order in which I read them)

The Way Things Work: David Macaulay

Hyperspace: Michio Kaku

Einstein’s Universe: Nigel Calder

Connections: James Burke

Cosmos: Carl Sagan

Relativity: Albert Einstein

Flatland: Abbot

A Demon Haunted World: Carl Sagan

How the Mind Works: Steven Pinker

Animal Behavior: John Alcock

Sex and the Origins of Death: William Clark

Just Curious About Science Jeeves: Barrett & Mingo

The Selfish Gene: Richard Dawkins

Genes and DNA: Omoto and Lurquin

The Lives of a Cell: Lewis Thomas

Evolutionary Medicine: Wenda Trevathan

The Medusa and the Snail: Lewis Thomas

The Ancestors Tale: Richard Dawkins

Nature Via Nurture: Matt Ridley

The Quantum World: Polkinghorne

The Future of an Illusion: Sigmund Freud

The Science Book: W&N

Guns, Germs and Steel: Jared Diamond

The Nature of Science: Trefil

A Brief History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson

Physiology of Behavior: Carlson

The Elegant Universe: Greene

Respiratory Physiology: West

Animal Thought: Stephen Walker

Endocrinology: Brook & Marshall

Learning and Behavior: Barker

Sociobiology: E.O. Wilson

Biology: Campbell and Reece

Descartes’ Error: Antonio Damasio

The Maladapted Mind: Baron-Cohen

Oxygen: Nick Lane

Mind Wide Open: Stephen Johnson

Upright: Craig Stanford

Looking for Spinoza: Antonio Damasio

How Humans Evolved: Boyd & Silk

Why We Get Sick: Randolph Nesse and George Williams

Philosophy of Mind: David J. Chalmers

Clinical Neuroscience: Kelly Lambert and Craig Kinsley

Growing up in New Guinea: Margaret Mead

Theories of Personality: Feist

Understanding Mental Retardation: Patricia Ainsworth

The Day the Voices Stopped: Ken Steele

Recovered Not Cured: Mc Lean

Schizophrenia: Bernheim & Lewine

Wonderful Life: Stephen J. Gould

Evolution: Karl Zimmer

Theories of the Universe: Moring

Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins: Karl Zimmer

The Way Life Works: Mahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson

Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes: Frans de Waal

Mapping the Mind: Rita Carter

Instant Biology: Boyce

Integrated Principles of Zoology: Hickman

Experimental Psychology: Kantowitz

The Development of Psychopathology: Pennington

Blink: Malcolm Gladwell

Cognitive Psychology: Medin

What is Life: Schrodinger

Human Genetics: Lewis

Aging: Caleb Finch

Chance, Development and Aging: Caleb Finch

Lifespan Human Development: Sigelman & Porter

Abnormal Psychology Nevid

Social Psychology: Myers

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: Robert Sapolsky

Memory: Richard Thompson and Stephan Madigan

Organizational Behavior: Robbins

Psychophysiology: Hugdahl

Synaptic Self: Joseph LeDoux

Power, Sex and Suicide: Nick Lane

Genome: Matt Ridley

Clinical Neuroanatomy: Goldberg

The Hunting Ape: Craig Stanford

Significant Others: Craig Stanford

Phenotypic Plasticity: Dewitt & Scheiner

An Alchemy of the Mind: Diane Ackerman

Principles of Genetics: Snustad

Life: Fortey

Fossil Invertebrates: Taylor & Lewis

The Red Ape: Jeffrey Schwartz

Cognitive Psychology: Mike Eysenck and Mark Keane

How We Know What Isn’t So: Thomas Gilovich

Evolutionary Analysis: Freeman Herron

The Mind’s Past: Michael Gazzaniga

Demonic Males: Apes and Human Violence: Richard Wragham

The Emotional Brain: Joseph LeDoux

Cognition, Brain and Consciousness: Bernard Baars

Deep Ancestry: Spencer Wells

Your Inner Fish: Neil Shubin

The Executive Brain: Elkhonon Goldberg

On Being Certain: Robert Burton

My Lobotomy: Howard Dully

The Triune Brain: Paul MacLean

The Evolutionary Neuroethology of Paul MacLean: Cory & Gardner

Before the Dawn: Nicholas Wade

Full Catastrophe Living: Kabat-Zinn

Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence: Jerison

The Human Brain: Nolte

Gut Feelings: Gigerenzer

Arthritis: Fries

Cognitive Psychology: Mike Eysenck and Mark Keane

Consciousness Explained: Daniel Dennett

The Happiness Hypothesis: Jonathan Haidt

Evolutionary Psychology: Matthew Rossano

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Oliver Sacks

Big Brain: Gary Lynch and Richard Granger

An Anthropologist on Mars: Oliver Sacks

A New Earth: Eckhart Tolle

The Power of Now: Eckhart Tolle

The Amazing Brain: Ornstein, Thompson & Macaulay

The Neurology of Autism: Coleman

Memory, Brain and Belief: Schacter & Scarry

Look Me in the Eye: John Robison

Autism the Facts: Baron-Cohen & Bolton

Mindblindness: Baron-Cohen

The Brain that Changes Itself: Norman Doidge

Up From Dragons: John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan

Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Thomas Kida

A Mind of Its Own: Cordelia Fine

Principles of Neural Science: Eric Kandel

Sensation and Perception: Wolfe and Kluender

Functional Neuroanatomy: Afifi and Bergman

Musicophilia: Oliver Sacks

Sensation and Perception: Wolfe

Principles of Brain Evolution: Georg F. Stiedter

Brain Architecture: Larry Swanson

The Mind’s Eye: Oliver Sacks

Self Comes to Mind: Antonio Damasio

The Way We Work: David Macaulay

The Prefrontal Cortex: Joaquin Fuster

Portraits of the Mind: Schoonover

Animals Make Us Human: Temple Grandin

The Ego Tunnel: Thomas Metzinger

The Physics of the Future: Michio Kaku

On Intelligence: Jeff Hawkins

Phineas Gage: John Fleischman

The Other Brain: R. Douglas Fields

Braintrust: Patricia Churchland

A Universe of Consciousness: Edelman and Tononi

The Science of Evil: Simon Baron-Cohen

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