Sarah Haigh

Sarah Haigh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on understanding sensory processing abnormalities in neurotypical and clinical populations, particularly schizophrenia, autism, migraine, and traumatic brain injury. She investigates hyper/hypo-excitability mechanisms and their cascading effects on cognition. Key methodologies include EEG, machine learning, and behavioral experiments.

Education: Ph.D. in Vision Science from the University of Essex (2012); BSc (Hons) in Experimental Psychology from the University of Bristol, UK (2009). Courses taught include PSY 240, PSY 404, and PSY 762.

Research interests emphasize sensory-cognitive interactions, cortical excitability, and biomarker development for neuropsychiatric conditions. Notable work includes studies on pattern glare sensitivity, auditory deviance detection in schizotypy, and visual discomfort mechanisms. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges clinical neuroscience, psychology, and computational methods.

Publications span sensory neuroscience, schizophrenia biomarkers, autism neurophysiology, and migraine pathophysiology. Collaborative work explores cross-modal sensory integration and neuroimaging techniques. No explicit awards or grants are listed in the provided texts, though her active publication record suggests ongoing research activity.