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Affective science is the interdisciplinary field focused on understanding emotional and affective processes. Affective science involves research on emotion, emotion regulation, mood disorders, and affective neuroscience. Affective scientists use a variety of methods and approaches in their work, from purely behavioral and organizational studies in humans to molecular and cellular studies in animals. There are multiple faculty in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, across program areas, who focus on affective processes in their research programs. This research cluster has formed a discussion group with faculty in the department and across campus, with the aim of catalyzing emotion research that crosses traditional disciplines and methods to address important societal issues, such as substance abuse and fear disorders.

Brian Anderson

  • APS Fellow, Charles Puryear Professorship in Liberal Arts
Brian Anderson

Carlos Bolaños

  • Naomi Lewis Endowed Faculty Fellow
  • Professor
Carlos Bolaños

Rebecca Brooker

  • Professor, APS Fellow
Rebecca Brooker

Joshua Hicks

  • Social Area Coordinator
  • Professor
Joshua Hicks

Heather Lench

  • Senior Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Professor, Interim Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Heather Lench

Israel Liberzon

  • Distinguished University Professor, William and Dorothy Stearman Endowed Professor
Israel Liberzon

Annmarie MacNamara

  • Associate Professor
Annmarie MacNamara

Vani Mathur

  • Associate Professor
Vani Mathur

Mary Meagher

  • Claude H. Everett Jr. '47 Chair in Liberal Arts, APA Fellow and APS Fellow
  • Professor
Mary Meagher

Justin Moscarello

  • Assistant Professor
Justin Moscarello

Mark Packard

  • Professor
Mark Packard

Brandon Schmeichel

  • APS Fellow
  • Professor
Brandon Schmeichel

Rachel Smith

  • BCN Area Coordinator
  • Associate Professor
Rachel Smith