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Lindsay Benster
Ph.D Student
University of California, San Diego / San Diego State University
​B.A. University of San Diego, 2017

Short Biography

Lindsay is a graduate student in the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at SDSU and UC San Diego. She received a BA in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of San Diego in 2017. Following graduation, she worked for 2 years as a research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD under Dr. Neal Swerdlow. She then worked in a cognitive neuroscience lab at Harvard Medical School with Dr. Charles Nelson.

​Lindsay is interested in intervention studies for severe and treatment resistant mental illness, particularly through examining various forms of brain stimulation and identifying biomarkers for treatment efficacy. In her free time, Lindsay enjoys running, traveling to new places, and anything outdoors.  

Publications

Lochhead, L.D., Stolz, L.A., Benster, L.L. (Pending 2023). “Transcranial magnetic stimulation.” In: Kirby ED,  Glenn MJ, Sandstrom NJ, Williams CL, eds. Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, 1e. Houston, TX: OpenStax.
 
Benster, L.L., Weissman, C.R., Daskalakis, Z.J. (2022) Suicidal Ideation and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:  Links and Knowledge. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 15:3793-3807. 
 
Bhakta, S., Cavanagh, J., Talledo, J., Kotz, J., Benster, L., et al. (2022). EEG reveals that dextroamphetamine improves cognitive control through multiple processes in healthy participants. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47:1029-1036.
 
Swerdlow, N.R., Bhakta, S., Talledo, J., Benster, L., et al. (2021). Auditory discrimination and frequency modulation learning in schizophrenia patients: Amphetamine dose response and time course. Psychological Medicine, 1-9.
 
Benster, L.L., Swerdlow, N.R. (2020) Pathways to empathy in mental health care providers. Advances in Health and Behavior 3(1):125-136.
 
Swerdlow, N.R., Bhakta, S.G., Talledo, J., Benster, L.L., Kotz, J., Lavadia, M.L. (2019) Lessons learned by giving amphetamine to antipsychotic-medicated schizophrenia patients. Neuropsychopharmacology 44(13):2277-2284.


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