Leah H. Somerville Harvard University What is the focus of your award-winning research? My lab’s research focuses on understanding the neurodevelopmental contributions to adolescents’ motivated, emotional, and social behavior. Adolescence is a phase of the
Popular Science: For nearly half a century, social scientists have operated under the assumption that all basic human emotions are universally recognizable. Countless cross-cultural experiments—not to mention a few television shows—have both directly and implicitly
The APS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2014 recipients of the APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. The award recognizes the creativity and innovative work of promising scientists
