The University of New Mexico

Kent Kiehl, Associate Professor

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Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2000
Office Location: Logan Hall Rm 108
Phone: 505-925-4516
Email:
Personal Website: http://www.mrn.org/people/kent-a-kiehl/principal-investigators/
Curriculum Vitae and Publications

Research Area

Cognition, Brain and Behavior

Research Interests

  • All things psychopathic a) Assessment of psychopathy using self-report, caregiver/collateral informant reports, expert-rater devices (i.e., Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (Hare PCl-R). b) Training Clinicians/Students to use the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revisedc) Implications of psychopathy for the legal system (i.e., recidivism, treatment outcomes, risk assessments) d) Treatment for psychopathy e) Neuroscience of psychopathy
  • Cognitive Neuroscience a) Utility of neuroimaging techniques to inform psychiatric illnesses (i.e., schizophrenia
  • Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience a) Training students/clinicians in neuroimaging methods
  • Neuroscience and Law a) State and Federal Judge education on Neuroscience, Psychopathy, and the Law b) Legal consultant on cases of neuroscience and/or psychopathy in the legal system
  • Cetacean Cognition

Selected Publications

  • Decety, J., Skelly, L.R., & Kiehl, K.A. (in press). Brain response to empathy-eliciting scenarios in incarcerated psychopaths.  Archives of General Psychiatry

  • Ly, M, Kirk, G.R., Newman, J.P., Kiehl, K.A., & Koenigs, M.  (2012). Cortical thinning in psychopathy.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 169 (7), 684-687.

  • Anderson, N.E. & Kiehl, K.A. (2012). The psychopath magnetized: Insights from brain imaging. Trends in Cognitive Science (TICS), 16 (1), 52-60.

  • Ermer, E.  Kahn, R., Salovey, P. & Kiehl, K.A. (2012). Emotional intelligence in incarcerated men with psychopathic traits.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103 (1), 194-204.

  • Ermer, E., Cope, L.M., Nyalakanti, P.K., Calhoun, V.D., & Kiehl, K.A. (2012).  Aberrant paralimbic gray matter in criminal psychopathy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121 (3), 649-658.

Courses Taught

  • Psychology, Neuroscience and Law Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar (Psychology 450/650) ** Offered Spring 2013

  • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar (Psychology 450/650; offered every other year)

  • Introduction to Neuroimaging Analysis (Psychology 450/650).

  • Psychology, Neuroscience and Law Laboratory (Psychology 335L)

Lab

Graduate Students:

Lora Cope

Samathan Fede

I will be reviewing graduate student applicants for 2013.

Mobile MRI Core and Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Program Manager

Bethany Edwards, BA, Purdue University

Administrative Assistant

Erica Baca, BS, University of New Mexico

Assistant Professor of Translational Neuroscience

Carla Harenski, Ph.D, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Post Doctoral Fellow

Elsa Ermer, Ph.D, University of California, Santa Barbara

Eyal Aharoni, Ph.D University of California, Santa Barbara

Nathaniel Anderson, Ph.D, Baylor University

Vaughn Steele, Ph.D, University of Minnesota

RESEARCH STAFF (by project):

Mobile MRI Manager

Keith Harenski, BS, LaRoche College

Research Programmer

Prashanth Nyalakanti, MS, Louisiana Tech University

ERP/fMRI staff

Heather Dowdican, BS, University of New Mexico

Michael Miller, BS, University of Pittsburgh

Michael Maurer, BA, University of California, Davis

Adult Male Psychopathy/Substance Abuse

Stacey Byard, MS, University of New Mexico (Coordinator)

Michelle Coyazo, BS, University of New Mexico (Coordinator)

Alex Rittel, BA, Colorado College

Patrick E. Illescas, BA, University of New Mexico (Coordinator)

Christopher Lee, BA, University of New Mexico

Tomas Segovia, BA, Univerisity of New Mexico

Adult Female Psychopathy/Substance Abuse

Bethany Edwards, BA, Purdue University (Coordinator)

Caitlin Eagan, University of New Mexico

Kara Stuve, BA University of New Mexico

Tamara Movsesova, BA, Cornell University

Juvenile Psychopathy

Alisa Clark, BA, University of New Mexico

Addiction Treatment

Brandi Fink, Ph.D, University of New Mexico (Coordinator)

Anna Sidz, MA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Prediction

Eyal Aharoni, Ph.D, University of California, Santa Barbara(Coordinator)

Anna Sidz, MA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Matt Widdows, MA, University of New Mexico

Database Team

Shana Anderson, MA, Case Western Reserve University (Team Lead)

Jonathan T. Cade, University of New Mexico

Laura Meeks, New Mexico State University