About Colleen A. Brenner, PhD

Dr. Colleen Brenner is a licensed clinical psychologist in California and the director of the Brain Potential Laboratory at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ. Her primary research interests focus on the integration of sensory and cognitive functioning in both healthy individuals and those with serious mental illness. She has a burgeoning interest in investigating the neural underpinnings of resilience and overall health and wellness in these populations. Dr. Brenner approaches these issues using multiple-methods: electroencephalography (EEG), neuropsychological functioning, behavioral testing and self-report. A few current areas of interest include neural synchrony associated with self-referential processing, the effect of neural synchrony in those with dementia, and the neural patterns associated with hallucinations and hallucination-like experiences in schizophrenia, those high on schizotypal traits, and regular cannabis users.