Research Interests
- Disruptive behavior problems, antisocial behavior, and aggression in youth and adults
- Reducing inequality in youth outcomes through mental health intervention programs
- Biologically-informed prevention and intervention
- Hormones
- Psychophysiology
- Sleep
- Mild traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for behavior problems
Primary Concentration: Developmental Science
Research Areas
- Disruptive behavior problems and antisocial behavior in youth and adults
- Reducing inequality in youth outcomes through mental health intervention programs
- Biologically informed prevention and intervention
- Mild traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for behavior problems
Her research examines the biological factors associated with the development of externalizing psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on psychopathic traits. Biological factors are assessed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), hormone measurements, neuropsychological tests, and genotyping.
Additional areas of interest are in understanding how processes related to moral decision-making, empathy, and emotion differ in individuals with psychopathic traits.
Keywords: psychopathy; callous/unemotional traits in youth; biologically-based prevention and intervention; fMRI; hormones; morality; neuroethics.
