Kevin LaBar

Dr. Kevin LaBar graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lafayette College, where he received his B.A. in Mathematics and Psychology in 1990. In 1996, he completed his Ph.D. in Neural Science at New York University's Center for Neural Science. From 1996-1997, he was a postdoctoral associate at Yale University in the Department of Psychology. He served as Instructor in the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University Medical School from 1997-1999. In 1999, Dr. LaBar joined Duke University as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2006, and again to Full Professor in 2010. His primary appointment is in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. He maintains a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University Medical Center. He has received several academic honors and awards, including the Scholar of the Year Award from the Lafayette College Alumni Association, two Young Investigator Awards from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. He served as an Associate Editor for the journal Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience from 2005-2007. He is currently the Head of the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience. Dr. LaBar's research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. His research uses neuroimaging, psychophysiological, and behavioral methods to understand cognition-emotion interactions in the human brain. He has lectured on topics in social and affective neuroscience as well as the cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory.