Faculty Profile for Dr. Carmen E Westerberg

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Dr. Carmen E Westerberg
Professor — Psychology
THH 253M
phone: (512) 245-3152
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 Human memory, sleep, memory consolidation, aging, Alzheimer's disease

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Westerberg, C. E., Price, M. A., Niziurski, J., & Howard, K. J. (2024). Prolonged changes to dreaming behaviors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dreaming, 32, 107–121.
  • Wofford, N., Ceballos, N., Westerberg, C. E., & Elkins, G. (2022). A brief nap during an acute stressor improves negative affect. Journal of Sleep Research, e13701. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13701
  • Westerberg, C. E., Wofford, N., Menssor, S., Reininger, B. P., & Deason, R. G. (2020). Face category differentially influences face memories after a delay. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 32(7), 587–597. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2020.1809432
  • Westerberg, C., Hawkins, C. A., & Rendon, L. C. (2018). Sleep-dependent reductions in reality-monitoring errors arise from more conservative decision criteria. Learning & Memory, 25(2), 105–108. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.046342.118
  • Batterink, L., Westerberg, C. E., & Paller, K. A. (2017). Vocabulary learning benefits from REM after slow-wave sleep. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 144, 102–113. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.07.001

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Research Leave Award, Texas State University. 2024 - 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, Office of the President, Texas State University. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. March 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Research Funding and Sponsored Programs, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. August 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Seminar Award, Office of the President, Texas State University. August 21, 2015

Selected Grants

  • Westerberg, Carmen E. Matthew Pecot Award, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $16500. (Submitted: February 2021, Funded: May 2021 - April 2022). Grant.
  • Westerberg, Carmen E (Principal), Paller, Ken A (Co-Principal), Trujillo, Logan Thomas (Supporting). Does superior sleep physiology contribute to superior memory function? Implications for counteracting forgetting, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $300000. (Submitted: September 3, 2019, Funded: February 1, 2020 - January 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Westerberg, Carmen E. Improving Analogical Problem Solving Through Sleep, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2017, Funded: January 2018 - August 2019). Grant.
  • Hegde Niezgoda, Asha Latha (Principal), Westerberg, Carmen E (Co-Principal), Martinez-Ramos, Gloria P. (Co-Principal), Ahn, Mira (Co-Principal). Effects of indoor lighting interventions on sleep, well-being, and safety in older adults living independently in public housing, Multidisciplinary Team Incentive, Texas State University, $2460. (Funded: July 2016 - Present). Grant.
  • Westerberg, Carmen (Principal). Sleeping to remember: A new approach to understanding age-related memory decline, Texas State University, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2013 - 2014). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Organizer
"Aging Well" Workshops at The Price Center
2023-Present
Chair
Promotion and Outreach Committee
2022-Present
Chair
Alliance of Researchers in Aging (ARIA)
May 2022-Present
Associate Chair
Psychology Department
September 2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
National Science Foundation
2024-2024