{"id":129,"date":"2021-09-16T22:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2024-04-10T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:48:14","slug":"research-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/research-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dive Deep.<\/span> The Department of Psychology hosts state-of-the-art research facilities and resources<\/a> for studies in clinical psychology, cognition, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and systems neuroscience. The department collaborates closely with many leading research centers<\/a> on the Vanderbilt campus.<\/p>\n\n

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Bunmi Olatunji, PhD, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Training<\/a><\/h3>\n

Bunmi O. Olatunji, Ph.D. Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology,\u00a0 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Training The Emotion & Anxiety Research Laboratory (EARL) Why do some people develop anxiety disorders while others do not? What role does disgust\u2014an emotion typically associated with contamination and disease\u2014play in conditions like…<\/p>\n

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\n \"Mark<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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Mark Wallace, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Dean, Graduate School<\/a><\/h3>\n

Mark T. Wallace, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Dean, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University The Wallace Lab Why do our senses often work better together than alone? How do sound, sight, and touch combine to shape behavior? And what happens when multisensory processing goes awry in autism, ADHD, or dyslexia? The…<\/p>\n

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Kari Hoffman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Perception, Plasticity and Learning Lab Kari Hoffman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Lab Website | Google Scholar Kari Hoffman leads the Perception, Plasticity and Learning lab, investigating how neural circuits organize and adapt to build knowledge. Her research examines how memories manifest in brain…<\/p>\n

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Jonathan Schaefer, Ph.D., L.P., Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Schaefer Lab Jonathan Schaefer, Ph.D., L.P. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University Lab Website | Google Scholar Does long-term cannabis use cause depression? How does growing up in poverty shape risk of ADHD and addiction? Why does smoking predict greater risk of developing a psychotic illness? Jonathan Schaefer leads…<\/p>\n

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Isabel Gauthier, David K. Wilson Chair of Psychology, Vice Chair Department of Psychology, Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences<\/a><\/h3>\n

Object Perception Laboratory (OPLab) Isabel Gauthier heads the Object Perception Laboratory (OPLab) in the Vanderbilt Psychology Department. She began her career using behavioral and cognitive neuroscience approaches to test the perceptual expertise account of face-recognition specialization, demonstrating how training with novel \u201cgreeble\u201d objects can recruit the same neural machinery as…<\/p>\n

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Jon Kaas, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair in Social and Natural Sciences<\/a><\/h3>\n

Jon Kaas leads a world-renowned neuroscience laboratory that has led to seminal scientific contributions to understand the structure and function of the cerebral cortex. Kaas\u2019s work has received multiple prestigious awards, including the 2021 Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, the highest recognition conferred by the Society for Neuroscience. Kaas…<\/p>\n

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Antonia Kaczkurkin, Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/a><\/h3>\n

Antonia Kaczkurkin leads award-winning research on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to the etiology of internalizing disorders. Her work was recently awarded the prestigious\u00a0APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, which recognizes researchers who have made transformative early career contributions to psychological science. Kaczkurkin researches the…<\/p>\n

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Gordon Logan, Centennial Professor of Psychology<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gordon Logan is a highly distinguished scholar with profound theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of psychology through his seminal studies of attention, skill acquisition, and executive control. He is a foreign associate of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Logan has pioneered the widely influential \u201cstop-signal paradigm\u201d that…<\/p>\n

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