Sarah Wu

  • Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
  • Faculty Advisor: Erik Willcutt
  • Fax: 303-492-2967
  • Email: Sarah.Wu@Colorado.edu

Education

  • BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Computer Science/Electrical Engineering), 2001
  • MA, San Francisco State University (Developmental Psychology, 2007
  • PhD, expected 2014

Research Interests

My research focuses on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the underlying cognitive and neural factors that contribute to its comorbidity with learning disorders, and other internalizing and externalizing disorders.

Fellowships

2008 - 2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Publications and Presentations

Wu, S. S., Amin, H., Barth, M., Malcarne, V., & Menon, V. (Submitted). Mathematics Anxiety in 2nd and 3rd Grades and its Relation to Math Achievement.

Young, C. B., Wu, S. S., & Menon, V. (2012). Neurodevelopmental origins of math anxiety. Psychological Science.

Rosenberg-Lee, M., Chang, T.T., Young, C.B., Wu, S.S., & Menon, V. (2011). Functional dissociations between four basic arithmetic operations in the human posterior parietal cortex: A cytoarchitectonic mapping study. Neuropsychologia.

Wu, S. S. & Menon. V. Math Anxiety Differentially Impacts Verbal Math Reasoning During Early Math Learning. (March, 2011). Poster presented at annual Society for Research in Child Development conference. Montreal, Quebec.

Wu, S. S., Pennington, B. F., & Willcutt, E. G. Neuropsychological Profiles of ADHD, Anxiety, and Co-morbid ADHD and Anxiety. (March, 2011). Poster presented at annual Society for Research in Child Development conference. Montreal, Quebec.

Meyer, M. L., Salimpoor, V. N., Wu, S. S., Geary, D. & Menon, V. (2010). Differential contribution of specific working memory components to mathematical skills in 2nd and 3rd graders. Learning & Individual Differences.

Wu , S.S., Chang, T. T., Majid, A., Caspers S., Eickhoff, S. B. & Menon, V. (2009). Functional heterogeneity of inferior parietal cortex during mathematical cognition assessed with cytoarchitectonic probability maps. Cerebral Cortex.

Cho, S., Wu, S., Anguiano, J., Geary, D., & Menon, V. (June, 2009). Neural correlates of individual differences in children's strategy use during early mental arithmetic learning. Poster presented at annual Human Brain Mapping conference. San Francisco, CA.

Chang, T. T., Wu, S., & Menon, V. (June, 2009). Functional dissociations between four basic mental arithmetic operations in the human inferior parietal cortex. Poster presented at annual Human Brain Mapping conference. San Francisco, CA.

Wu, S.S., Meyer, M., Maeda, U., Salimpoor, V., Tomiyama, S., Geary, D., & Menon, V. (2008). Standardized assessment of strategy use and working memory in early mental arithmetic performance. Developmental Neuropsychology.

Wu, S., Majid, A., Salimpoor, V., & Menon, V. (June, 2007). Neural correlates of automaticity and performance differences in mental arithmetic. Poster presented at annual Human Brain Mapping conference. Chicago, IL.

Anguiano, J., Wu, S., Keller, K., Geary, D., & Menon, V. (June, 2007). Neural basis of differential mathematical strategy use in children. Poster presented at annual Human Brain Mapping conference. Chicago, IL.

Keller, J., Anguiano, J., Wu, S., Levitin, D., Schatzberg, A., & Menon, V. (June, 2007). Dysfunctional reward processing in major depression. Poster presented at annual Human Brain Mapping conference. Chicago, IL.

Kamdar, K., Greicius, M., Chang, C., Beckmann, C., Nguyen, D., Anguiano, J., Wu, S., & Menon, V. (June, 2007). Intrinsic default-mode and executive control networks in children: Relation to individual differences in working memory capacity. Poster presented at annual Human Brain Mapping conference. Chicago, IL.

Wu, S., Keller, K., Geary, D., & Menon, V. (March, 2007). Neural bases of rapid retrieval of simple addition facts in 2nd and 3rd grade children. Poster presented at annual Society for Research in Child Development conference. Boston, MA.

Wu, S., et al. (April, 2006). Neural correlates of four operations: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Poster presented an annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference. San Francisco, CA.

Wu, S., Law, R., & Juang, L. (August, 2005). Chinese American parent and adolescent acculturation values and behaviors: Trajectories over time. Poster presented at annual American Psychological Association conference. Washington, D.C.

Acar, M., Wu, S., Yam, J., & Hsueh, M. (August, 2004). Acculturation, perceived parenting, and depression among Filipino- and Chinese-American college students. Poster presented at annual Asian American Psychological Association conference. Honolulu, HI.