Learn more about what Dr. Palmer has to say about his ever-evolving work on the genetic and environmental factors that leave some people vulnerable to substance dependency. Congratulations on this…
Dr. Sherryl Goodman named 2023 recipient of the Joseph Zubin Award
The Society for Research in Psychopathology instituted an award given each Fall to one deserving individual for lifetime contributions to the understanding of psychopathology. Everyone at Emory Psychology would like…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Chaela Nutor
Clinical Science PhD Candidate, Chaela Nutor has been highlighted by the Laney Graduate School. Read on to learn more about Chaela, her accomplishments, and how she came to study Psychology!…
Dr. Robert Hampton awarded the James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Fund Fellowship
Funded by the James McKeen Cattell Fund, this award had been helping recipients pursue new research by supplementing the regular sabbatical allowance provided by their home institutions so they can…
Melissa Engel awarded Denise Bunning Community Leadership Award at the 2023 Food Allergy Research and Education Summit
We would like to congratulate Melissa on this award which highlights her contributions she has made as a community leader both in her research and in daily life. She runs…
Are some children more biologically susceptible to the effects of intergenerational trauma than others? Brooke McKenna, PhD and collaborators publish ‘Infant epigenetic aging moderates the link between Black maternal childhood trauma and offspring symptoms of psychopathology’
Published in Development and Psychopathology, Infant epigenetic aging moderates the link between Black maternal childhood trauma and offspring symptoms of psychopathology seeks to expand on findings that can tell us…
“Changing life on a contextual dime”– The Kelly Lab publishes ‘Testosterone facilitates nonreproductive, context-appropriate pro- and anti-social behavior in female and male Mongolian gerbils’
Published in Hormones and Behavior vol. 156, Testosterone facilitates nonreproductive, context-appropriate pro- and anti-social behavior in female and male Mongolian gerbils expands on the findings of this study, examining the…
October Monthly Insight: Motivation, Emotion and Their influences on Learning and Memory
BY LUCY CRONIN-GOLOMB FEATURING WORK FROM THE LUMeN LAB (PI: DR. ALEXANDRA COHEN) The ability to learn from and remember salient information is essential for an individual to survive and…
September Monthly Insight: Young Children’s Science Learning from Shared Book Reading
BY LUCY CRONIN-GOLOMB FEATURING WORK BY HILARY MILLER-GOLDWATER, PHD Have you ever flipped through storybooks for kids, maybe for your own kids, or on a rainy afternoon at the library?…
August Monthly Insight: Memory and the Building Blocks of Knowledge
BY LUCY CRONIN-GOLOMB How do we build a knowledge base over time? One way is through direct experience. For example, a child might learn that red and yellow make orange…