Department Chair Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology
Professor Nock’s research is aimed at advancing the understanding why people behave in ways that are harmful to themselves, with an emphasis on suicide...
Professor Cikara studies how the mind, brain, and behavior change when the social context shifts from “me and you” to “us and them.” She focuses primarily...
Cushman's research aims to organize the astonishing complexity of moral judgment around basic functional principles. Much of it is motivated by a simple...
Affiliated Faculty Assistant Professor of Business Administration, HBS
Professor Goldenberg is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His research is focused primarily on understanding... Read more about Amit Goldenberg
The Greene lab studies the mechanics of moral thinking, and high-level cognition more generally, using behavioral experiments and functional neuroimaging...
John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James Director of Undergraduate Studies
A major focus of Professor Hooley’s research interests concerns psychosocial (especially family) predictors of psychiatric relapse in patients with severe...
Katie McLaughlin is a clinical psychologist with interests in how environmental experience influences brain and behavioral development in children and...
The primary inspiration behind Professor Phelps’ research is the observation that emotions color our lives, and even subtle, everyday variations in our...
Steven Pinker is an experimental cognitive psychologist and a popular writer on language, mind, and human nature. A native of Montreal, he earned his...
John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in memory of William James and of African and African American Studies
Jim Sidanius was a Professor in the departments of Psychology and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. at the...
Grafstein Family Professor of Psychology Director of Graduate Studies
Leah Somerville is the Grafstein Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory. She received a...