Graduate Students
Jade Terry
Jade is a cognitive neuroscience PhD student interested in how adversity affects decision making. She also works with Scott Huettel.
DANIEL PARR
Daniel is a cognitive neuroscience PhD student interested in models of affect, learning, and decision making. He also works with Kevin LaBar.
CHRISTINA Yu
Christina is a cognitive neuroscience PhD student interested in memory, decision making, and aging. She also works with Roberto Cabeza and Simon Davis.
Lab Director
Gregory Samanez-Larkin
GR completed a BA at the University of Michigan (after transferring from UM Flint), PhD at Stanford, post-doc at Vanderbilt, and was an Assistant Professor at Yale from 2013 to 2017 before moving to Duke.
lab Staff
Kennedy black
Kennedy is the lab manager and research project coordinator for studies on memory and decision making. She is broadly interested in developmental neuroscience and health and well being.
Research Assistants
jill chaffee
Jill (2024) is a Psychology major. She is interested in motivation and decision making across adulthood.
carmel falek
Carmel (2024) is a Neuroscience major. She is interested in how early life experiences affect the brain development, brain aging, and cognition as people get older. She is co-advised by Sarah Gaither.
kevin mcleer
Kevin (2024) is a dual major in Psychology and Environmental Science & Policy. He is interested in motivation, decision making, and behavior change.
morayo abbey-bada
Morayo (2025) is a Neuroscience major. She is interested in the neuroscience of exercise and injury. She is co-advised by Shelby Baez at UNC.
Tyler burden
Tyler (2025) is a Neuroscience major. She is interested in how social and emotional experiences differ across adulthood.
AJ kochuba
AJ (2025) is a Neuroscience major. They are interested in identity, social behavior, and decision making.
Angelica deoleo valentin
Angelica (2025) is a Psychology major and Biology minor. She is interested in the role of psychology in physical health care.
Jessie chan
Jessie (2026) is a Psychology major. She is interested in understanding human brain function and behavior.
Andrew bae
Andrew (2026) is a Psychology major. He is interested in understanding the human neuroscience of motivation and decision making across adulthood.
Collaborators
Alison Adcock (Duke Psychiatry)
Candace Brown (UNC Charlotte)
Roberto Cabeza (Duke Psychology & Neuroscience)
Felipe de Brigard (Duke Philosophy)
Emily Falk (UPenn Annenberg)
Elizabeth Marsh (Duke Psychology & Neuroscience)
Kendra Seaman (UT Dallas)
Joshua Weitz (University of Maryland)
David Zald (Rutgers Psychiatry)
