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Softball and the Brain: Grad Student’s Sport Made Her Think About Choices
Linda Amarante is earning her PhD in behavior, cognition, and neuroscience.
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New Autism Research Highlights Brain Circuit of Interest
A new study on autism, first-authored by Associate Professor of Psychology Catherine Stoodley, appears as the December cover story of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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Are Rats Empathetic?
An AU lab has focused on creating a novel paradigm to directly test if rats choose empathetic action, and has worked on several studies on this.
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The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience: Advancing Discovery and Scientific Training
The center supports an increased focus on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activity at American University.
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A to ZZZ's: Teens, Sleep, and Emotion Regulation
Associate Professor Kathleen Gunthert studies teens, sleep, and emotion regulation
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Achievements ·
Professor Wins Award for Excellence in Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology Nicole Caporino has received the first-ever Anne Marie Albano Early Career Award for Integration of Science and Practice from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
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Feeling Grateful? No, Thanks!
Not everyone experiences gratitude in response to the generosity of others, according to new research by American University psychology Prof. Anthony Ahrens.
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Changing the Brain and Watching it Happen
Recent advances in neuroscience have made it possible to modulate brain activity.
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AU's Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
At American University, an active multidisciplinary neuroscience research environment is offered to both faculty and students and made possible through the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience.
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