Updated January 2015
Matthew E. Hudgens-Haney
Bio-Imaging Research Center
Department of Neuroscience
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3013
Office: (706) 542-3124
Email: mhaney(at)uga.edu
Education
Ph.D.
Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience Division of the Biomedical Health Sciences Institute
University of Georgia, 2015 (Expected)
M.A.
Philosophy (Neurophilosophy Track), Georgia State University, 2010
Thesis: “Autism, Social Comprehension, and Cognitive Impenetrability”
Chairperson: George Graham, Ph.D.
B.A.
Philosophy (Mind & Brain Track), University of Alabama, 2008
Minor: Chemistry
Thesis: “Eliminative Materialism and Its Problems”
Chairperson: Chase Wrenn, Ph.D.
Research Experience
Doctoral Student
8/10-present
Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
University of Georgia
Brett Clementz, Ph.D.
Current Projects:
 Intrinsic Activity and Neural Noise in Schizophrenia
 Cognitive Neuroscience of Control and Decision Making in Pathological Gambling
 Neural Correlates of Prospective Memory
 Bipolar & Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes (BSNIP)
 Facial Affect Recognition as a Neurocognitive Endophenotype of Schizophrenia
 Self-Serving Bias in Narcissism
 Sequence Novelty in the Medial Temporal Lobe
o Collaboration with Carol Tamminga, M.D., at UT-Southwestern
Summer Trainee
Multi-Modal Neuroimaging Training Program
Brain Mapping Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Ajay Niranjan, M.D., M.B.A.
6/11-7/11
Research Assistant
Individual Differences in Executive Attention Laboratory
Psychology Department, Georgia State University
David Washburn, Ph.D.
8/09-5/10
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Intern
6/06-5/08
Chemistry Department, University of Alabama
Stephen Woski, Ph.D.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant - University of Georgia, Research Design in Psychology
Teaching Assistant - University of Georgia, Cognitive Psychology
Summer 2012
Spring & Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant - University of Georgia, Elementary Psychology
2010-2011
Instructor - Georgia State University, Critical Thinking in College
2009-2010
Supplemental Instruction Leader - Georgia State University, Great Questions in Philosophy
2008-2009
Teaching Assistant - University of Alabama, Beginning Ballroom Dancing
2007-2008
Teaching Assistant - University of Alabama, Honors Deductive Logic
2006-2007
Teaching Assistant - University of Alabama, Introduction to Deductive Logic
2006-2007
Manuscripts
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Ethridge, L.E., Reilly, J.L., McDowell, J.E., Sweeney, J.A., & Clementz B.A. (in
preparation). Modulation of neural bias signal preceding antisaccades as an endophenotype for
schizophrenia.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Krusemark E.A., Campbell K.W., & Clementz B.A. (in preparation). The selfserving bias and deviant facial processing in narcissistic disorder.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Hamm, J.P., Goodie, A.S., Krusemark, E.A., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (under
review). Neural and behavior manifestations of decision making are insensitive to confidence among
pathological gamblers.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E. (in preparation). Homeostatic gene families in autism spectrum disorders: A
broader definition of natural kinds.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E. (in preparation). Cognitive impenetrability of social deficits in autism spectrum
disorders.
Hamm, J.P., Bobilev, A.M., Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Oliver, W.T., Parker, D.A., Hayrynen, L.K., McDowell, J.E.,
Buckley, P.F., & Clementz, B.A. (Schizophrenia Research, under review).
Frank, D.W., Dewitt, M., Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Schaeffer, D.J., Ball, B.H., Schwarz, N.F., Hussein, A.A.,
Smart, L.M., & Sabatinelli, D. (2014). Emotion regulation: Quantitative meta-analysis of functional
activation and deactivation, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 45, 202-211.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Hamm, J.P., Goodie, A.S., Krusemark, E.A., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2013).
Neural correlates of perceived control and risky decision making in pathological gamblers. Biological
Psychology, 92(2), 365-372.
Invited Publications
Hudgens-Haney, M.E. (2011, May). Review of The philosophical baby: What children’s minds tell us about
truth, love and the meaning of life, by Alison Gopnik. Metapsychology Online Reviews, 15(10).
Hudgens-Haney, M.E. (2010, October). Review of My brain made me do it: The rise of neuroscience and
the threat to moral responsibility, by Eliezer J. Sternberg. Metapsychology Online Reviews, 14(42).
Hudgens-Haney, M.E. (2010, May). Review of On blindness: Letters between Bryan Magee and Martin
Milligan, by Bryan Magee and Martin Milligan. Metapsychology Online Reviews, 14(19).
Invited Talks
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Knight, J.B., Ethridge, L.E., McDowell, J.E., Sweeney, J.A., & Clementz, B.A. (2014,
Nov). Modulation of distributed neural synchrony across the schizophrenia-bipolar spectrum. Talk given
at Neuroscience 2014, Washington, D.C.
Research Presentations
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Knight, J.B., Ethridge, L.E., McDowell, J.E., Sweeney, J.A., & Clementz, B.A. (2015,
May). Alpha synchrony during cognitive control across the schizophrenia-bipolar spectrum: Findings
from the bipolar-schizophrenia network on intermediate phenotypes. Poster to be presented at the
International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, CO.
Clementz, B.A., Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Knight, J.B., Ethridge, L.E., McDowell, J.E., & Sweeney, J.A. (2014,
Dec). Psychosis biotypes account for variations in neural synchrony during cognitive control: Findings
from the bipolar-schizophrenia network on intermediate phenotypes. Poster presented at the American
College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Phoenix, AZ.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Ethridge, L.E., McDowell, J.E., Sweeney, J.A., & Clementz, B.A. (2014, September).
Endophenotypes discriminate psychosis groups better than clinical diagnoses. Poster presented at the
Society of Psychological Research, Atlanta, GA.
Parker, D.A., Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Oliver, W.T., Hayrynen, L.K., Knight, J.B., Bobilev, A.M., Arkin, S.C.,
Buckley, P.F., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B. A. (2014, September).
Alpha band dynamics in schizophrenia during an ocular motor inhibition task. Poster presented at the
Society of Psychological Research, Atlanta, GA.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Krusemark, E.A., Campbell, W.K.,., & Clementz, B.A. (2014, April). Neural
correlates of goal-related facial processing in narcissism. Poster presented at the Southeast Neuroscience
Conference, Augusta, GA.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Krusemark, E.A., Campbell, W.K.,., & Clementz, B.A. (2013, October). Neural
correlates of goal-related facial processing in narcissism. Poster presented at the Society of Psychological
Research, Florence, Italy.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Bobilev, A.M., Hamm, J.P., Oliver, W.T., Dyckman, K.A., Buckley, P.F., McDowell, J.E.,
& Clementz, B.A. (2013, April). Deviant modulation of intrinsic neural activity as a function of task
difficulty in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research,
Orlando, FL.
Bobilev, A.M., Hamm, J.P., Oliver, W.T., Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Dyckman, K.A., Buckley, P.F., McDowell, J.E.,
& Clementz, B.A. (2013, April). Resting state neural oscillations in schizophrenia and high and low
working memory. Poster presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Orlando,
FL.
Hamm, J.P., Oliver, W.T., Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Bobilev, A.M, Dyckman, K.A., Buckley, P.F., McDowell, J.E.,
& Clementz, B.A. (2013, April). Stimulus duration and engagement moderate gamma-band auditory
neural abnormalities in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia
Research, Orlando, FL.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Hamm, J.P., Goodie, A.S., Krusemark, E.A., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2012,
October). Pathological gamblers’ confidence doesn’t affect betting and brain activity. Poster to be
presented at Neuroscience 2012, New Orleans, LA.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Hamm, J.P., Goodie, A.S., Krusemark, E.A., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2012,
October). Never tell me the odds: Pathological gamblers’ confidence doesn’t affect betting and brain
activity. Presented at the UGA Behavioral & Brain Sciences Brown Bag Series, Athens, GA.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2012, April). Facial affect recognition as a
neurocognitive endophenotype of schizophrenia. Presented at the UGA Neuroscience Spring Symposium,
Athens, GA.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Hamm, J.P., Goodie, A.S., Krusemark, E.A., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2011,
November). Neural correlates of perceived control and risky decision making in pathological gamblers.
Poster presented at Neuroscience 2011, Washington, D.C.
Goodie, A.S., Hudgens-Haney, M., Hamm, J., Krusemark, E., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2010,
November). Neural correlates of the impact of control on decision making in pathological gamblers.
Poster presented at the National Center for Responsible Gambling Annual Conference on Gambling and
Addiction, Las Vegas, NV.
Hudgens-Haney, M.E., Goodie, A.S., Hamm, J.P., Krusemark, E.A., McDowell, J.E., & Clementz, B.A. (2010,
October). Neural correlates of the impact of control on decision making in pathological gamblers.
Presented at the UGA Behavioral & Brain Sciences Brown Bag Series, Athens, GA.
Haney, M.E., Woski, S.A. (2006, July). Synthesizing Novel Polyintercalators on a PNA Backbone. Presented at
the 2006 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Intern Seminar Series, Tuscaloosa, AL. (30 min talk)
Haney, M.E., Woski, S.A. (2006, July). Synthesis of Novel Polyintercalators Based on the PNA Backbone. Poster
presented at the University of Alabama Undergraduate Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Professional Affiliations and Activities
Society for Neuroscience; Society for Psychophysiology; Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology;
Alabama Philosophical Society; Phi Sigma Tau International Honor Society in Philosophy; Blue Key Honor
Society
Elected Co-President of Neuroscience Student Association, University of Georgia, 2011-2012
Elected President of Phi Sigma Tau, University of Alabama Chapter, 2007-2008
Judge for Georgia Science & Engineering Fair, 2014 & 2015; Judge for Clarke County School District
Science & Engineering Fair, 2015; Judge for Behavioral Research Advancements in Neuroscience (BRAIN)
Research Symposium, Atlanta, GA, 2010; Judge for Georgia State University Ronald E. McNair PostBaccalaureate Achievement Program Annual Research Exhibition, 2010
Honors and Awards
UGA Biomedical & Health Sciences Institute Travel Award, 2014 ($400)
UGA Graduate School Travel Award, 2014 ($250)
John & Mary Franklin Neuroimaging Training Program Fellowship, 2013-2015 (annually: $3500 research
funds + $1000 travel funds)
Franklin Foundation Travel Award, 2013 ($1000)
Franklin Foundation Travel Award, 2012 ($1000)
Travel Award for National Science Foundation Proposal, University of Georgia, 2011 ($250)
Training/research grant for Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program Workshop at Carnegie
Mellon/University of Pittsburgh, 2011 ($2500 + $750 travel funds)
Travel Award for National Science Foundation Proposal, University of Georgia, 2010 ($250)
Graduate Assistantship, University of Georgia, 2010-present
Magna cum laude, Georgia State University, 2010
Graduate Assistanceship, Georgia State University, 2008-2010
Marten and Marie ten Hoor Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, 2008
Iredell Jenkins Endowed Memorial Scholarship, 2008; awarded second place in 2007
Research Assistantship, University of Alabama Philosophy Department, 2008
Presidential Cabinet Scholarship, University of Alabama, 2004-2008
Carroll Family Endowed Scholarship in Engineering, 2004-2006
National Eagle Scout Association Scholarship, 2004-2005
Additional Experience/Workshops
Statistical Package R Workshop at The University of Georgia, 2012
fMRI Boot Camp “Neuroimaging: From image to inference” at Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, 2010