Institute of Human Development & Change, Plasticity and Development Seminar: Monday, Feb. 25

Please join us for a presentation by Dr. Amanda Guyer
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies:

Understanding adolescent psychopathology: Integrating neuroscience, development, and context


Dr Guyer's research is addressing questions about behavioral and neural function underpinning social and emotional development---including studies of normal development as well as children with mood and anxiety disorders. She has a particular interesting in the interplay between fear and reward response systems.

Dr. Guyer will discuss her research on the relationship between brain function and adolescence- and disorder-specific social-emotional processing and motivated behavior. She will present work focusing on understanding the brain's response during the anticipation and receipt of peer evaluation, and how these neuropsychological responses vary by age, temperament, and psychopathology. She will also discuss new directions of her work that involve incorporating the influence of development and context on brain function and risk for psychopathology in adolescence.


The talk will be held in 3105 Tolman Hall, 12:00-1:30pm