Psychology professor Donna L. Maney is a member of Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s 2023-24 class of fellows, a cohort whose projects contend with the urgent, the beautiful and the vast: from reckoning with the…
What is the brain basis of pleasure in humans? Drs. Phillip Kragel, Michael T. Treadway and Emory collaborators publish ‘a mesocorticolimbic signature of pleasure in the human brain’ seeking answers
Published in Nature Human Behavior, ‘A mesocorticolimbic signature of pleasure in the human brain’ expands on findings that provide evidence for the basis of human pleasure that is distributed across…
Challenges and Opportunities for Experimental Psychopathology and Translational Research
Published by Michael T Treadway https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-14332-8_11
Clinical Sciences PhD Candidate, Chaela Nutor, Inducted into Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Emory Psychology congratulates Chaela on this prestigious distinction. The Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society is named for the first African American doctoral recipient in the United States (Physics, Yale…
‘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…
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES
Melissa Engel Read Here.
ALLELE-SPECIFIC CIS-REGULATORY METHYLATION OF THE GENE FOR VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE IN WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS
Mackenzie Prichard Read Here.
Dr. Aubrey Kelly Awarded a 2021 Frank A. Beach Early Career Award
Congratulations to Dr. Aubrey Kelly on being awarded the 2021 Frank A. Beach Early Career Award. The Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)’s award recognizes an early-career scientist who has established…
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…