Edwina Picon
Research Area
Education
B.A., Psychology and Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 2016
M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2020
“Persistent subjective memory problems after concussion”
Supervisor: Noah Silverberg PhD, R. Psych, ABPP-CN
About
Edwina (They/them; She/her) is from the suburbs of New York City and the west coast of France. Their research interests include the nocebo effect and beliefs and expectations can influence the perception of symptoms and affect the course of recovery from injuries or illnesses.
Edwina is also interested in existential psychotherapy (logotherapy) and the role that meaning and value plays in our lives.
Research
I hope to understand how clinical factors (e.g., anxiety and emotion regulation), and cognitive factors (e.g., attentional biases and expectations) can lead to an avoidance or abundance of behaviours resulting in maladaptive coping techniques. I am specifically interested in exploring these questions in the context of rehabilitation – why do some people value avoidance compared to endurance in recovery from mild traumatic brain injuries?
I am also interested in coping biases and the impact of self-evaluation on the recovery and prognosis of concussions, and the ways in which these behaviors impact the health and well-being of the individual, and the somatization of symptoms.
Finally, I am interested in performance and symptom validity testing, and how to control for response-biases in health research.
Publications
Shi, S., Picon, E. L., Rioux, M., Panenka, W. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2023). Catastrophizing is associated with excess cognitive symptom reporting after mild traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 38, 126-133.
Picon, E. L., Wardell, V., Palombo, D. J., Todd, R. M., Aziz, B., Bedi, S., & Silverberg, N. D. (2023). Factors perpetuating functional cognitive symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 1-15.
Picon, E. L., Todorova, E. V., Palombo, D. J., Perez, D. L., Howard, A. K., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Memory perfectionism is associated with persistent memory complaints after concussion. Archives of clinical neuropsychology, 37(6), 1177-1184.
Rioux, M., Wardell, V., Palombo, D. J., Picon, E. L., Le, M. L., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Memory for forgetting in adults with persistent symptoms following concussion. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 1-12.
Terpstra, A. R., Louie, D. R., Iverson, G. L., Yeates, K. O., Picon, E., Leddy, J. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2022). Psychological Contributions to Symptom Provocation Testing After Concussion. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 10-1097.
Picon, E. L., Perez, D. L., Burke, M. J., Debert, C. T., Iverson, G. L., Panenka, W. J., & Silverberg, N. D. (2021). Unexpected symptoms after concussion: Potential links to functional neurological and somatic symptom disorders. Journal of psychosomatic research, 151, 110661.
Picon, E., Dramkin, D., & Odic, D., (2019) Visual illusions reveal the primitives of number perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148 (10), 1675 – 1687.