David Amodio, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU
Professor of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam
Dr. Amodio is Director of the Social Neuroscience Laboratory. His research examines the psychological and neural mechanisms of prejudice, social cognition, and self-regulation, with a focus on how social biases are learned, expressed in behavior, controlled, and potentially changed.
Amodio has worked at NYU since 2005 and served as coordinator of the NYU Social Psychology program from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, he joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam as Professor of Social Psychology, where he continues to hold a partial appointment and conduct research. He served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2011-2016), was a co-founder of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, and currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (as President in 2021). He is an elected fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
Amodio’s research is funded by the US National Science Foundation and a Vici Award from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. His contributions have been recognized with awards such as the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from The White House, the Janet T. Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Early Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Social Cognition from the International Social Cognition Network.
Björn Lindström, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientist, UvA
Björn is interested in the psychological, computational, and neural mechanisms of social learning.
Iris Traast
Doctoral student, UvA (Sept 2019)
Iris is interested in the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying social behavior. She uses computational, neuroimaging, and behavioral methods to research the formation and reduction of implicit prejudice.
Ben Stillerman
Doctoral Student, NYU
Ben is interested in the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying intergroup bias, particularly as they relate to memory systems and visual processes.
David Schultner
Doctoral Student, UvA
David investigates the cognitive and neural mechanisms of stereotype formation. His present research examines the influence of economic competition on prejudice.
Jeffrey Berg
Doctoral Student, NYU
Jeff is interested in how attitudes form and change. His current work examines the role of instrumental learning in attitude formation, using behavioral, neuroimaging, and computational methods.
Alana Bertin
Doctoral Student, NYU (Sept 2020)
Alana is interested in the neural, cognitive, and sociocultural mechanisms underlying bias in intergroup perception and behavior, especially as it pertains to stereotype formation and intersectional bias. She is also interested in bias in AI systems and its real world implications.
Hyebin Kim (Rachel)
Masters Student, NYU
Rachel is interested in social and consumer neuroscience, behavioral economics, and decision-making. She looks at the impact of social context on the instrumental learning of attitudes.
Michael Berkebile
Doctoral Student, NYU
Michael is interested in the sociocognitive and neural bases of prejudice. His current research examines the effects of economic scarcity on racial stereotyping and dehumanization–processes.
Celia Guillard
Research Associate
Celia is interested in the intersection of social neuroscience and politics, particularly the neural
and psychological mechanisms that facilitate dehumanization and human rights abuses.
Olivia Carrubba
Research MA student, UvA
Olivia is a Brain and Cognitive Science Masters student at the Universtity of Amsterdam. Her work at NYU focuses on the relationship between anxiety and intergroup bias.
Qianqian (Lee) Cui
Masters Student, NYU
Lee is interested in how social cognitive knowledge influences social perception and attitude formation with behavioral and machine learning methods.
Hsien Lilly
Masters Student, NYU
Hsien is interested in the psychological and neural mechanisms through which social judgement and group identity are formed and potentially changed. She is also interested in the intersection of innovative technology and psychological research. Her current work looks at the effects of economic scarcity on racial stereotyping and dehumanization.