riley capizzi, M.A.
Riley is a fifth-year graduate student in the clinical psychology program working with Dr. Lauren Ellman. He received his B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota in 2017 and went on to complete a post-baccalaureate research assistantship in the Department of Psychiatry. Riley seeks to understand how individual differences in cognition and brain structure and functioning may serve to predict outcome for individuals at risk for psychosis. Additionally, Riley seeks to better capture the existence of psychotic-like experiences in the general community via various screening techniques.
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Capizzi, R., Pierce, K. M., Olino, T. M., & Ellman, L. M. (2022). Item-level endorsement on the Prodromal Questionnaire in a large non-clinical sample. Schizophrenia Research, 248, 309-319.
Capizzi, R., Fisher, M., Biagianti, B., Ghiasi, N., Currie, A., Fitzpatrick, K., Albertini, N., & Vinogradov., S. (2021). Testing a novel web-based neurocognitive battery in the general community: Validation and usability study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(5), e25082.
Vargas, T., Damme, K. S., Ered, A., Capizzi, R., Frosch, I., Ellman, L. M., & Mittal, V. A. (2020). Neuroimaging markers of resiliency in Clinical High Risk (CHR) for psychosis youth: a qualitative review. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Mervis, J.E., Capizzi, R., Boroda, E., & MacDonald, A.W., III. (2017). Transcranial direct current stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in psychosis: A quantitative review of cognitive outcomes. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 11(44). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00044
CONFERENCE POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Cruz, A., Korenic, S.A., Mervis, J.E., Capizzi, R., Caporino, N., & Ellman, L.M. (2022). Examining obsessive-compulsive symptoms, psychotic-like experiences, and attenuated psychotic symptoms in undergraduate students. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology annual meeting.
Capizzi, R., Tassoni, M., Mittal, V.A., Schiffman, J., & Ellman, L.M. (2022). Intraindividual variation in performance across cognitive domains in clinical-high risk states for psychosis. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology annual meeting.
Capizzi, R., Korenic, K.A., Mittal, V.A., Schiffman, J., & Ellman, L.M. (2021). Examining psychotic-like experiences from childhood through early adulthood using the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief. Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting.
Capizzi, R. & Ellman, L.M. (2021). Clinically relevant or normative functioning? Frequently endorsed items on the Prodromal Questionnaire in an urban undergraduate sample. Poster presented at the 9th Meeting of the Schizophrenia International Research Society.
Capizzi, R., Mittal, V., Schiffman, J., & Ellman, L.M. (2020). Verbal and Spatial Memory Intact in Community Sample of Elevated Psychosis Risk. Poster accepted by the Society of Biological Psychiatry and subsequently cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Capizzi, R., Ramsay, I. S., & Vinogradov, S. (2019). The efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of persistent auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society in Orlando, FL.
Capizzi, R., Mervis, J.E., Abram, S.V., Kazinka, R., & MacDonald, A., III. (2018). Nice work if you can get it: Translational Implications for Personality and Effort Expenditure. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology in Indianapolis, IN.
Miley, K., Ramsay, IS., Capizzi, R., Rancher, S., & Vinogradov, S. (2018). Neural correlates of social functioning in first episode psychosis. Poster presented at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Annual Symposium in Minneapolis, MN.
Ramsay, I. S., Rancher, S., Capizzi, R., Fisher, F., Van Vleet, T., Biagianti, B., Lim, K. O., & Vinogradov, S. (2018). Can tDCS accelerate and sustain the cognitive benefits of auditory training in schizophrenia? Poster presented at the MnDRIVE 2018 Symposium in Minneapolis, MN.
Capizzi, R. & Currie, A. (2018). A meta-analysis on the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of medication resistant auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium in Minneapolis, MN.
Rancher, S.A., Capizzi, R., Fisher, M., Lim, K., Vinogradov, S., & Ramsay, I.S. (2018). Preliminary findings examining combined cognitive training and transcranial direct current stimulation to reduce treatment time and sustain improvements in individuals with psychosis. Poster presented at the Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium in Minneapolis, MN.
Capizzi, R., Coudray, C., Mervis, J., & MacDonald, A.W., III. (2017). The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cognition in Schizophrenia. Society for Research in Psychopathology. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology in Denver, CO.
Capizzi, R., Mervis, J.E., Boroda, E., & MacDonald, A.W., III. (2017). Effects of Non-Invasive Prefrontal Brain Stimulation on Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Quantitative Review. Poster presented at the Minnesota Psychological Association Convention in Plymouth, MN.
Capizzi, R., Ma, Y., & MacDonald, A. W., III. (2016). Reaction Time across Five Basic Tasks in Schizophrenia: A Test of Cognition. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/181084.