Work Address:
Temple University
1701 N. 13 th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122 ashley.r.smith@temple.edu
Positions and Academic History
August 2010-Present Temple University, Philadelphia PA,
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Brain and Cognitive Science
Advisors: Dr. Larry Steinberg and Dr. Jason Chien
July 2008-August 2010 National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda MD,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging,
July 2006-July2008
Research Technician
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda MD,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging,
Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA)
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg VA September 2004-May 2006
Department of Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Gretchen Gotthard
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R ., Chen, G., & Hommer, D. W. (2011). Mesolimbic recruitment by nondrug rewards in detoxified alcoholics: effort anticipation, reward anticipation and reward delivery. Human Brain Mapping. (In Press).
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R ., Chen, G., & Hommer, D. W. (2010). Adolescents, adults and rewards: comparing motivational neurocircuitry recruitment using fMRI. PLoS One , 5(7), e11440.
Bjork, J. M., Chen, G., Smith, A. R.
, & Hommer, D. W. (2010). Incentive-elicited mesolimbic activation in adolescents with externalizing disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 51(7), 827-837.
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., & Hommer, D. W. (2008). Striatal sensitivity to reward deliveries and omissions in substance dependent patients. Neuroimage , 42(4), 1609-1621.
Bjork, J. M., Momenan, R., Smith, A. R., & Hommer, D.W. (2008). Reduced posterior mesofrontal cortex activation by risky rewards in substance-dependent patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95(1-2), 115-128.

Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R., Danube, C. L., & Hommer, D. W. (2007). Developmental differences in posterior mesofrontal cortex recruitment by risky rewards. Journal of Neuroscience , 27(18), 4839-4849.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Gilman, J., Smith, A.R
., Ramchandani, V.A., Momenan, R., & Hommer, D.W. (2011). The effect of intravenous alcohol on the neural correlates of risk decision-making. The Journal of Neuroscience. (Under Review).
Smith, A.R
., Gilman, J., Momenan, R., Bjork, J.M., Ramchandani, V.A., & Hommer, D.W. (2011). Examination of the sequence of brain activations associated with risky decision-making and their modulations by earnings. The Journal of
Cognitive Neuroscience. (Under Review).
Bjork, J. M., Smith, A. R ., Chen, G., & Hommer, D. W. (2011). Psychosocial problems and recruitment of incentive neurocircuitry by potential rewards: Exploring individual differences in healthy adolescents. Developmental Cognitive
Neuroscience (Under Review).
Grants
Spatial Learning and Memory in the Sand Maze: Does WIN-55.212-2 Produce State Dependent Retention in Rats?
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Summer Research Grant , 2005.
Invited Lectures
Using fMRI to Examine the Neural Correlates of Risky Decision-making in Alcohol-Dependent Patients.
Delivered on June 28, 2010 for Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX.
Spin the Bottle: Alcohol & Risk Taking.
Delivered on June 19, 2008, for Randolph College Summer Lecture Series in Lynchburg, VA.
Examination of the State Dependent Properties of WIN-55.212-2 on Spatial Learning and Memory in Rats in the Sand
Maze.
Delivered on April 6, 2006, at Virginia Psychological Association conference in Virginia Beach, VA.
Conference Poster Presentations
Smith, A.R., Gilman, J.M., Momenan, R., Ramchandani, V.A., Crouss, T., and Hommer, D. Using fMRI to examine the neural correlates of risky decision-making in alcohol dependent patients. Organization for Human Brain Mapping ,
Barcelona, Spain 2010.
Smith, A.R.
, Gilman, J., Momenan, R., Bjork, J.M., and Hommer, D. Validation of a risk-taking task for neurodevelopmental fMRI research. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL 2009.

Smith, A.R
., Bjork, J.M., and Hommer D. Limbic system activation by rewards and losses in detoxified alcoholics:
Anticipation, receipt, and frustration. International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging in Alcoholism (ICANA-
2) , New Haven CT 2008.
Smith, A.R
., Bjork, J.M., and Hommer D. Effect of plasma catecholamine precursor depletion on incentive-elicited brain activation: An fMRI Study. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego CA 2007.
Smith, A.R
., Bjork, J.M., Danube, C.L., and Hommer D. Developmental differences in posterior mesofrontal cortex recruitment by risky rewards. American Psychological Society, Washington DC 2007.
Smith, A.R
., Bjork, J.M., and Hommer D. Motor response and uncertainty of reward activates ventral striatum in a monetary incentive delay task. National Institutes of Health Research Festival, Bench to Bedside , Washington DC 2006.
Smith, A.R
., and Gotthard, G.H. Examination of the state dependent properties of WIN-55.212-2 on spatial learning and memory in rats in the sand maze. SYNAPSE – Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast ,
Davidson College, Davidson NC 2006.
Smith, A.R
., and Gotthard, G.H. Examination of the state dependent properties of WIN-55.212-2 on spatial learning and memory in rats in the sand maze. Society for Neuroscience , Washington DC 2005.
Smith, A.R
., and Gotthard, G.H. Spatial learning and memory in the sand maze: Does WIN-2 produce a state dependent retention in rats? Virginia Psychological Association , Williamsburg VA 2005.
Awards & Achievements
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Junior Investigator Award, International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging in Alcoholism , 2008.
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Frank Murray Award for Outstanding Senior Paper in Psychology, 2006.
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Best Undergraduate Poster, Virginia Psychological Association, 2005.
Skills & Certifications:
AFNI
Good Clinical Practices Certification (2010)