Emotion, Brain, & Behavior Laboratory

Graduate Students, Fall 2008

Date: August 14, 2007

The lab will be accepting applications from potential grad students for the Ph.D. in experimental psychology, to begin in the Fall of 2008. Successful candidates will be individuals interested in questions such as the following:

1. Are basic emotion reactivity (i.e., how a person responds emotionally) and/or deliberate emotion regulation (i.e., being able to voluntarily modulate one's feelings) related to health and well-being? If so, do basic emotion reactivity and deliberate emotion regulation each predict unique variance?
2. Is emotion reactivity and/or regulation associated with the ability of the body to heal? What areas of the brain may account for such an association? What role is played by diurnal variations in cortisol?
3. How are aspects of cognitive control, like being able to maintain high performance on a task in the presence of interference, related to emotion regulation?
4. Do the effects of emotion regulation on physiological function depend on whether the attempt to regulate happens before or after an emotion is elicited?
5. Are there age differences in emotion regulation? What areas of the brain are responsible for that difference?

Of particular interest are intelligent, motivated, and friendly people with a neuroscience background, and an interest in learning fMRI and psychophysiological methods. Contact Prof. Urry with any questions. Also, check out the Tufts Department of Psychology website for information about the graduate program and our faculty.

Undergraduate Assistants, Fall 2007

Date: August 14, 2007

There are no more positions available for undergraduate assistants for the Fall, 2007 semester. Check back closer to the Spring 2008 semester!