Primary Faculty
Steven R. Asher
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Peer relations, friendship, social competence, social cognition, loneliness
Gary G. Bennett
Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Obesity, digital health, mHealth, intervention, medically vulnerable populations, population health, dissemination
Elika Bergelson
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Language acquisition, word learning, cognitive development, psycholinguistics
Roberto Cabeza
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Episodic memory, semantic memory, visual memory, attention effects on memory, healthy aging, Alzheimer's Disease, fMRI, TMS, cognitive neuroscience
Avshalom Caspi
Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Development, epidemiology, genetics, health inequalities, personality
Harris M. Cooper
Hugo L. Blomquist Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Research synthesis and meta-analysis, research methods and ethics, education policy
Ruth S. Day
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Everyday cognition, medical cognition, psychology and law, memory for movement, education
Tobias Egner
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Cognitive control, memory, attention, predictive coding, neuroimaging, neurostimulation
Michael Santo Gaffrey
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
early experience, brain development, developmental psychopathology, preventive intervention, mood disorders, autism spectrum disorder
Sarah Elizabeth Gaither
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
biracial and social identities, interracial interactions, racial categorizations, social development
Jennifer M. Groh
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Perception, Vision, Hearing, Neuroscience, Space, brain stimulation
Ahmad Hariri
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Neuroscience, genetics, psychopathology risk, individual differences
Rick Hoyle
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Self-regulation, personality, adolescent problem behavior, research methods
Scott Huettel
Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Chair
Decision making, neuroeconomics, behavioral economics, social cognition, executive function, fMRI
Kevin S. LaBar
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Emotion, memory, fear, associative learning, brain imaging, psychophysiology
Mark R. Leary
Garonzik Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Social motivation and emotion, self-reflection, self-relevant thought, self-compassion
Elizabeth J. Marsh
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Associate Chair
Memory, learning, knowledge, metacognition, education
Jenna McHenry
Assistant Professor
Two-photon and miniscope deep brain in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, neural circuits, social behavior, steroids and sex differences
Warren H. Meck
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological basis of timing and time perception
Terrie E. Moffitt
Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor
Developmental psychopathology, longitudinal cohorts, aging, neuropsychology, antisocial
Thomas Mark Newpher
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Neuroscience
synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, neuroscience education, scholarship of teaching and learning
Eve S. Puffer
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Global mental health, community-based interventions, family functioning, HIV prevention, child mental health
Martha Putallaz
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Children's social competency and relationships, parent and peer influences, aggression and peer rejection
David C. Rubin
Juanita M. Kreps Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Memory, autobiographical memory, PTSD, Oral traditions, neural basis of memory
Paul Seli
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
mind wandering, attention, multitasking, cognitive control, creativity
James Shah
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Motivation, goal pursuit, social cognition, self-regulation
Kathleen J. Sikkema
Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health
HIV, global mental health, clinical psychology, community intervention trials, HIV prevention, global health, gender
Timothy J. Strauman
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Self-regulation, depression, translational research
Michael Tomasello
James F. Bonk Professor
Children, great apes, social cognition, communication, cooperation, social learning
Angela Vieth
Lecturer of Psychology and Neuroscience and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Self-regulation, personality, depression
Makeba Parramore Wilbourn
Associate Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Neuroscience
Development, gesture, early word learning, cognition and language, socio-cultural factors
Christina L. Williams
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Effects of nutrients and hormones on the brain, neuroscience, development, estrogen, choline
Henry Yin
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of Graduate Studies
Reward, action, goal, learning, habit, basal ganglia, brain, motivation