Research Department Areas Toggle Department Areas Affective ScienceCognitiveDevelopmentalNeuroscienceSocialResearch Topics Toggle Research Topics Addictive BehaviorsAgingAuditionComputational ApproachesCultureDecision ScienceDevelopmental ApproachesDiversityEducationInterventionsLanguageLearning & MemoryMathematical CognitionMeaning & Mental RepresentationMotivation & EmotionNeuroimagingPerceptionPlasticity & ChangePsychopathology & RiskReasoning & Problem SolvingSelf & IdentitySelf-Regulation & ControlSocial CognitionStereotyping & Stereotype ThreatVision ScienceWords & CategoriesParticipate in StudiesJob and Volunteer Opportunities Main content start Motivation & Emotion Faculty Laura L. Carstensen Geoffrey Cohen Alia Crum Carol Dweck Johannes C. Eichstaedt Ian Gotlib James Gross Joseph Heffner Brian Knutson Mark Lepper Hazel Markus Russell Poldrack Nilam Ram Jeanne L. Tsai Anthony Wagner Greg Walton Jamil Zaki PhD Students Enna Chen Catherine Garton Kevin Kennedy Verity Lua Kendall C. Parks Kate Petrova Julia Proshan Leslie Joann Remache Raphael Uricher Ryan Yan Yan Peggy Yin Postdoctoral Scholars Elizabeth Blevins Jessica Louise Buthmann Chunchen Xu Postdoctoral Scholars, Alumni Ashish Mehta Leili Mortazavi Ashish Mehta Leili Mortazavi Research Staff Joshua William Buckholtz Matt Dixon Golijeh Golarai Julian Joachimsthaler