A new R01 grant has been awarded to the Motivated Cognition and Aging Brain Lab (PI: Greg Samanez-Larkin) and Cabeza Lab (PI: Roberto Cabeza) to study age effects on decision making using fMRI and DTI
Morgan Taylor Receives Dean's Graduate Fellowship
Psychology professor gives class FitBits to teach curriculum
While most students bring their assignments back home in a notebook, some are wearing their classwork on their wrists. For his Statistical Methods in Psychological Science course, Gregory Samanez-Larkin, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience, has distributed FitBit devices to each student for the duration of the semester. Data collected from the devices—which track the wearer's physical activity—will be utilized as a part of the class's curriculum.
Scammers Play On Older Adults’ Emotions, Study Finds
How the aging brain tackles tough choices
Jaime Castrellon receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
Samanez-Larkin recognized as runner-up for Neuroleadership Award
Eric Juarez receives Dean's Graduate Fellowship
Lab moving from Yale to Duke in April 2017
In July 2017 the lab will move from Yale to Duke University. We will be in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and primarily affiliated with the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience. Students interested in applying to graduate school in our lab to begin in Fall 2017 will need to apply to Duke through either Psychology & Neuroscience or the Cognitive Neuroscience Admitting Program.
New NIA grant funded to support Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging
New R24 grant funded to support the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging currently co-directed by Gregory Samanez-Larkin (PI) and Nichole Lighthall.