How does PTSD or taste aversion make a change in the brain from one single experience? By Lauren Bosch UA’24 and Jim Stellar We know that the brain changes with experience. Typically it takes some time for the learning to … Continued
The law, the brain, operant psychology, and the intersection By Nicolle Kouw UA’24 and Jim Stellar This conversation began in NK’s spring senior year class (How the Brain Decides). The idea in that class was that the cognitive system (neocortex) … Continued
First Impressions: How does the limbic system make that assessment? By Kaeci Charles UA’26 and Jim Stellar One important book to us is “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell who talks about first impressions and how they are intuitive judgments. This fits … Continued
Growing professionalism through experience on the job By Jessica Levine UA’17 ’19 and Jim Stellar One of the things that happens when you graduate is that you get a full-time (real) job that could, in theory, be your last job. … Continued
What happens next after a freshman summer experience? A change of major. By Netanya Weiss UA’26 and Jim Stellar Netanya was accepted into the School of Social Welfare in her sophomore year transfer this fall from being a Psychology major. … Continued
A serious internship at the Wadsworth Newborn Screening Program By Christina Testa and Jim Stellar This is the 4th blog in a series, following our last blog, that traces her education and its experiential components from undergraduate time at UAlbany … Continued
Headed into the profession Emma Langsford UA’23, C’25 and Jim Stellar In previous blogs we discussed what it was like for EL to go from a good public university (University at Albany, SUNY) to an Ivy League graduate school (Teachers … Continued
Reflection on going to a public university, growing-up issues, and moving past graduation By Chloe Woodward UA’24 and Jim Stellar Chloe was a student in my senior seminar, How the Brain Decides. It was there that we decided to write … Continued
Engagement in the undergraduate teaching and learning By Izzy D’Ambro UA’24 and Jim Stellar After we had two classes together as student and professor in the psychology department, we feel that we know each other pretty well, or at least … Continued
Brain Reward, Societal Trauma, and Resilience By Ana Duarte, Jim Stellar and Arezoo Hajighorbani In 2021 a paper was published that points out the long-known clinical comorbidity between trauma and substance use. The paper particularly focused on the reward systems … Continued