EDUCATION

  University of South Florida, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, 2005-Present

  University of South Florida, Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Psychology, August 2008

  University of Pennsylvania, Master of Liberal Arts (MLA), May 2005

  University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor's of Arts (BA) in Psychology with minors in Biology, Biological Basis of Behavior, and Anthropology; May 2003

HONORS and AWARDS

The Nancy B. Forest and L. Michael Honaker Master’s Scholarship for Research in Psychology, 2008

Valerie Reed Memorial Award, 2008

Tom Tighe Research Funds Award (2006-2007)

USF Student Travel Award (2005, 2006, 2007)

University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin Scholar

PUBLICATIONS

Bylsma, L. M., Vingerhoets, A. J .J. M & Rottenberg, J. (in press). When is crying cathartic?: An international study. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Rottenberg, J., Bylsma, L.M., & Vingerhoets, A. J.J.M. (in press). Is Crying Beneficial? Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Rottenberg, J., Bylsma, L.M., Wolvin, V., & Vingerhoets, A. J.J.M. (in press). Tears of sorrow, tears of joy: An individual differences approach to crying. Personality and Individual Differences.

Bylsma, L. M., Morris, B. H., Rottenberg, J. (2008). A Meta-analysis of Emotional Reactivity in Major Depressive Disorder.  Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 676-91.

Vingerhoets, A., Bylsma, L. & Rottenberg, J.  (2008). Crying:  a biopsychosocial phenomenon.  In:  Thorsten Fögen (ed.), Tears in the Graeco-Roman World. Berlin & New York: de Gruyter.

Vingerhoets, A. & Bylsma, L. (2007).  Crying as a multifaceted health psychology conceptualisation: crying as coping, risk factor, and symptom.  The European Health Psychologist, 9, 68-74.

Vingerhoets, A. & Bylsma, L. (2007).  Crying and health: Popular and scientific conceptions.  Psychological Topics, 16, 275-296.

Hunt, M., Bylsma, L. M., Brock, J., Fenton, M., Goldberg, A., Miller, R., Tran, T., & Urgelles, J. (2006). The role of imagery in the maintenance and treatment of snake fear. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 37, 283-298.

Botvinick, M. & Bylsma, L. M. (2005). Distraction and action slips in an everyday task: Evidence for a dynamic representation of task context. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 1011-1017.

Ullsperger, M., Bylsma, L. M., & Botvinick, M. (2005). The conflict-adaptation effect: It’s not just priming. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 467-472.

Botvinick, M. and Bylsma, L. M. (2005). Regularization in short-term memory for serial order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 31, 351-358. 

Botvinick, M., Jha, A., Bylsma, L. M., & Fabian S., Solomon P., & Prkachin K. (2005). Viewing facial expressions of pain engages cortical areas involved in the direct experience of pain. NeuroImage. 25, 312-319.


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS

Bylsma, L.M. & Rottenberg, J.  (September 2008, Forthcoming) Examining Emotional Reactivity to Daily Events in Major and Minor Depression.  Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Pittsburgh, PA.

Vingerhoets, A.J.J.M. & Bylsma, L. (June, 2008).  Crying and health: a critical review.  Paper presentation at the European Conference on Psychosomatic Research:  Advances in Liasion Psychiatry and Psychosomatics in Europe, Zaragoza, Spain.

Bylsma, L.M. and Morris, B.H.  (March, 2008) Emotion & Major Depression: Concurrent and Prospective Relations.  Invited talk presented as part USF’s Department of Psychology Clinical Brown Bag Series, Tampa, FL.

Salomon, K., Bylsma, L.M., Karlsdóttir, M. & Rottenberg, R.  (March, 2008) Brief Slow-Breathing Training Over 1 Week Decreases Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Responses During Stress.  Paper presentation at the Annual Scientific Conference of the American Psychosomatic Society, Baltimore, Maryland.

Bylsma, L. M., Vingerhoets, A. J.J.M & Rottenberg, J. (October 2007). When is crying cathartic?: An international study. Invited talk as part of a symposium at the 4th International Conference on The (Non) Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Wolvin, V., Bylsma, L.M., Vingerhoets, A.J.J.M. & Rottenberg, J. (October 2007).  Personality and Post-Crying Catharsis.  Poster presentation at the 4^th International Conference on The (Non) Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Bylsma, L. M., Karlsdottir, M., Rottenberg, J. & Salomon, K. (October 2007).  Slow-breathing training and stability of resting and stressor task changes in rsa over one week.  Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA.

Bylsma, L. M. & Rottenberg, J. R. (October, 2006). A Meta-Analysis of Emotional Reactivity in Major Depressive Disorder. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, San Diego, CA.

Bylsma, L. M., Jha A., Fabian S., & Solomon P.,  Prkachin K., & Botvinick M., (April, 2005). Viewing facial expressions of pain engages cortical areas involved in the direct experience of pain. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York City.