PhD, Neuroscience - 2018 - The University of Texas at Austin
BSc, Chemistry & Biochemistry - 2013 - The University of Texas at Austin
addictive behaviors
cue reactivity
ingestive behaviors
learning & memory
translational neuroscience
PSYCH-2220 Drugs & Behavior
Cofresí, Roberto U., Sandie Keerstock, Casey B. Kohen, Thomas M. Piasecki, and Bruce D. Bartholow. “Alcohol Approach–Avoidance Task Behavior and Brain Potentials Differentially Predict Ecologically Assessed Alcohol Craving and Consumption in Early Emerging Adulthood.” Addiction, November 25, 2025, add.70247. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70247.
Cofresí, Roberto U., Spencer Upton, Devon Terry, et al. “Inhibitory Control in the Sober State as a Function of Alcohol Sensitivity: A Pilot Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, no. 19 (February 2025): 1557661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1557661.
Cofresí, Roberto U., Thomas M. Piasecki, Bruce D. Bartholow, and Todd R. Schachtman. “Enhanced Conditioned ‘ Liking ’ of Novel Visual Cues Paired with Alcohol or Non ‑ Alcohol Beverage Container Images among Individuals at Higher Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder.” Psychopharmacology, no. 0123456789 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06231-4.
Cofresí, Roberto U., Bruce D. Bartholow, and Thomas M. Piasecki. “Evidence for Incentive Salience Sensitization as a Pathway to Alcohol Use Disorder.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 107 (December 2019): 897–926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.10.009.