Graduate Students
Jade Terry
Jade is a cognitive neuroscience PhD student interested in how adversity affects decision making. She also works with Scott Huettel.
DANIEL PARR
Daniel is a cognitive neuroscience PhD student interested in models of affect, learning, and decision making. He also works with Kevin LaBar.
CHRISTINA Yu
Christina is a cognitive neuroscience PhD student interested in memory, decision making, and aging. She also works with Roberto Cabeza and Simon Davis.
Lab Director
Gregory Samanez-Larkin
GR completed a BA at the University of Michigan (after transferring from UM Flint), PhD at Stanford, post-doc at Vanderbilt, and was an Assistant Professor at Yale from 2013 to 2017 before moving to Duke.
lab Staff
Kennedy black
Kennedy is the lab manager and research project coordinator for studies on memory and decision making. She is broadly interested in human lifespan development, behavioral neuropsychology, and health and well being. She graduated from Duke in 2023, where she studied Psychology and Biology.
john kang
John is a research associate interested in brain imaging, aging, and behavior. He graduated from Duke in 2023, where he studied Neuroscience and Cinematic Arts.
Research Assistants
morayo abbey-bada
Morayo (2025) is a Neuroscience major. She is interested in the neuroscience of exercise and injury. She is co-advised by Shelby Baez at UNC.
Tyler burden
Tyler (2025) is a Neuroscience major. She is interested in how social and emotional experiences differ across adulthood.
Angelica deoleo valentin
Angelica (2025) is a Psychology major and Biology minor. She is interested in the role of psychology in physical health care.
sydney smith
Sydney (2026) is a Psychology major with minors in Environmental Science and Policy and African American Studies. She is interested in the role of psychology in sports performance and athletes’ decision-making.
sara fernandez
Sara (2027) is a double major in Psychology and Statistics, with a certificate in Science and the Public. She is interested in using brain imaging to study mental disorders, including neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Jessie chan
Jessie (2027) is a Psychology major. She is interested in understanding human brain function and behavior.
Ashmi Trivedi
Ashmi (2028) is a double-major in Neuroscience and Global Health. She is interested in health disparities and neuroscience with a focus on how biological and environmental factors shape cognitive resilience and wellbeing across the lifespan.
Collaborators
Alison Adcock (Duke Psychiatry)
Candace Brown (UNC Charlotte)
Roberto Cabeza (Duke Psychology & Neuroscience)
Felipe de Brigard (Duke Philosophy)
Emily Falk (UPenn Annenberg)
Elizabeth Marsh (Duke Psychology & Neuroscience)
Kendra Seaman (UT Dallas)
Joshua Weitz (University of Maryland)
David Zald (Rutgers Psychiatry)
