Our research uses social neuroscience and behavioral approaches to understand social cognition and how it changes over the lifespan. Our current projects examine how being stigmatized (e.g., for mental illness or addiction) affects individuals in everyday life (e.g., decisions to seek treatment), and how healthy aging affects social cognition.
Dr. Krendl uses a social neuroscience approach to investigate the mechanisms underlying stigma and social cognition. She is interested in understanding how these mechanisms change across the lifespan.
Research
- Mechanisms Underlying Social Stigma
- How Stigma Affects Its Targets
- Aging & Social Cognition
Areas of Study
Research Topics
- Social neuroscience
- Social cognition & aging
- Impression formation
- Stigma
- Stereotyping & prejudice
- Functional MRI
My research uses a multi-faceted and novel approach that incorporates behavioral, cognitive, and neuroimaging techniques to identify the mechanisms underlying stereotyping and prejudice from three converging perspectives: first, how perceivers form stereotypes; second, how the formation of stereotypes changes over the adult lifespan; and finally, how stereotypes affect their targets (through stereotype threat).
Subject Area
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
