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Michael Huddleson
1st Year Psychology Resident
Biography:
Dr. Michael Huddleson is a first-year postdoctoral resident at Northshore Psychological Associates, specializing in neuropsychological assessment and treatment. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, with a concentration in the Philosophy of Science, from Stanford University, and later completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in neuropsychology at the APA accredited Palo Alto University. Dr. Huddleson’s clinical training includes extensive experience in neuropsychological assessment and intervention, with a focus on adult and geriatric populations. He completed his APA accredited internship at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has experience at the Palo Alto VA and San Francisco VA, where he honed his skills in psychological and neuropsychological evaluations, evidence-based interventions, and research.
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Dr. Huddleson’s professional interests include researching willpower and the delay of gratification, cutting-edge technology as it applies to neuropsychological assessment, and the intersection of cognitive assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment, with a goal of integrating neuropsychological findings into holistic patient care.
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Dr. Huddleson is a member of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.
Education:
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Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA 2023
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration
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Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA 2019
M.S., Clinical Psychology
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Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 2013
M.A. Philosophy
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Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2005
B.A. Philosophy
Professional Affiliations, Designations:
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Pennsylvania Psychological Association
National Academy of Neuropsychology
American Psychological Association
Professional Experience:
2024- present Northshore Psychological Associates
Psychology Resident
2023-2024 Medisearch, online (company based in San Franciso, CA)
Researcher
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2022-2023 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
Intern
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2009- 2010, Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Graduate Teaching Assistant,
2005-2006, Know Chess, Inc., Mountain View, CA. Teacher
2003-2004, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
September, Resident Assistant,
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Research Experience:
2023- Dissertation: Validation of a Factorial Model of Benton’s Right-Left Orientation Test.
Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA
Successfully Defended November 2023
2021-2022 Research Assistant, Addiction Research Program, San Francisco Veterans Administration, San Francisco, CA
2015-2023 Student Lab Member, Neuropsychology & Depression Research Lab, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA
2012- Master of Arts Thesis: “Resolving Conflicts within the Mind: Internal Warfare in Non-Human
Primates.” Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2008-2009 - Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
2007-2008 - Research Assistant, VA Hospital (VAPAHCS), Palo Alto, CA
September 2007 – May 2008
2005 - Research Assistant, Psychology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2005 - Research Assistant, Economics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Publications: (Selected)
Huddleson, M. (2013). Symbolism and the Memory of Vietnam: The War Powers Resolution of 1973. in N. Starostina (Ed.), Memory and Mythology: Modern War and the Construction of Historical Memory, 1775-2000 (pp. 105-122). Academica Press.
Huddleson, M. (2012). Resolving Conflicts within the Mind: Internal Warfare in Non-Human Primates [Master’s thesis, Georgia State University]. ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/122
Presentations: (Selected)
Huddleson, M., Sangiorgio, C., & Crane, C. (2023, May). Mental contrasting with implementation intentions combined with digital exposure technology as a treatment for alcohol use disorder in a homeless population. [Poster presentation]. IMAGINE Annual Convention, Rochester, NY, United States.
Huddleson, M., Jhingon G., Paulraj S., Shin S., Sonakshi A., & Gomez, R. (2018, August). Pharmaceutical Treatments, Cognition, and Euthymia in Bipolar Disorder. [Poster presentation]. APA 2018 Convention, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Shin, S., Huddleson, M., Brown, L., Tormala, T., & Gomez, R. (2017, July). The Role of Religion in Caregiver Burden and Depression for Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia.[Poster presentation]. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2017 Convention, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Huddleson, M. (2013, March). Degrees of Rationality: Kantian Duties to Children (revised). [Paper presentation]. University of South Florida 2013 Philosophy Graduate Conference, Tampa, FL, United States.
Huddleson, M. (2011, April). Degrees of Rationality: Kantian Duties to Children. [Paper presentation]. Georgia Philosophical Society 2011 Spring Meeting, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Huddleson, M. (2011, March). Symbolism and the Memory of Vietnam: The War Powers Resolution of 1973. [Paper presentation]. Young Harris History 2011 Conference, Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA, United States.