New Article on the Impact of Stress and Social Closeness on Prosocial Behavior!

A new article is available from Tony and lab alumni Thomas Passarelli! The new article "How Do Stress and Social Closeness Impact Prosocial Behavior?" examined the interactions among stress, kin relationships, and prosocial behavior. Their results suggested that time pressure and psychosocial stress can influence prosocial behavior frequency in relation to social distance.

This newly published article is featured in a special issue of Experimental Psychology focused on Stress and Cognition in Humans. The full issue is available here: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/toc/zea/current

Lifetime Stress Exposure and Impulsivity and Addictive Behaviors - New Paper from Sara and Tony!

Check out Sara and Tony's recently published article in Journal of Health Psychology, a collaboration with Grant Shields of UC Davis and George Slavich of UCLA! Their newly published study examined whether lifetime stress exposure was associated with greater impulsivity and addictive behavior,

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105320937055

Congratulations to Dr. Sara McMullin!

Dr. Sara successfully defended her dissertation entitled "How Early and Recent Life Stress Shape Cortisol Reactivity and Decision Making In Middle-to Older Adulthood"! Her committee voted for her to pass with distinction!

Sara's defense was well attended by colleagues, friends, and family, with more than 50 participants joining into her Zoom defense!

Next up, she will be starting a postdoc at Mizzou where she will continue to study decision making in addiction. Congrats Sara! Good luck on the road ahead!