In our department James Rilling is a professor and lab director, but he has also been making interdisciplinary strides as he collaborates with Ken Hepburn of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff…
Category: Research News
REU Site: Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior Provides Opportunity Beyond Emory’s Campus
This past summer, REU Site: MB3 welcomed its inagural cohort of undergraduates to Emory. Participants were flown in from across the country to learn on our campus. This summer session…
The Kelly Lab Leads Groundbreaking Research in Social Neuroscience
Dr. Brandon Fricker, along with Dr. Aubrey Kelly and lab collaborators published work in Current Biology with their breakthrough research to identify the circuitry in the brain that drives the…
Monica Thieu Delves into the Science of What Makes a Great Trivia Master
Monica Thieu is an Emory FIRST (Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching) Postdoctoral Fellow with us in the Department of Psychology, and has appeared on ‘Jeopardy!’ four times. This last…
Rohan Palmer featured in APS’ Careers Up Close
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. 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…
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…
‘Love hormone’ guides young songbirds in choice of ‘voice coach’
“Oxytocin, the so-called “love hormone,” plays a key role in the process of how a young zebra finch learns to sing by imitating its elders, suggests a new study by…
Biological studies often misinterpret sex-based data, analysis finds
“At this moment in history, the stakes are high,” says Emory neuroscientist Donna Maney, senior author of the analysis. “Misreported findings may affect health care decisions in dangerous ways.” Read…