The Clinical Affective Neuroscience (CAN) Laboratory is located in the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and is affiliated with the UCSF Center for Psychophysiology and Behavior (CPB). The goal of our research is to advance our understanding of the neurobiological basis of affective symptoms, which are a common and debilitating feature of many neurological and psychiatric disorders. We use multiple methods from affective science (e.g., psychophysiology, facial behavior, and self-reported experience) to quantify emotion in neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric illnesses, neurodevelopmental disorders, and healthy individuals. By combining laboratory-based autonomic and behavioral measures with magnetic resonance imaging, we examine how neural system integrity relates to alterations in emotion and social functioning.
Conferences
International Society on Frontotemporal Dementias Conference 2024
Ashlin Roy
Society for Affective Science Conference 2023
Alex Martinez-Arroyo
Society for Affective Science Conference 2023
Belinda Zhang
Bay Area Affective Science Conference 2019
Sladjana Lukic
Bay Area Affective Science Conference 2019
Nathan Morris
Society for Affective Science Conference 2018
Eena Kosik
Bay Area Affective Science Conference 2018
Eena Kosik
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference 2016
Isabel Sible
UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program Master's Thesis Presentation 2016
Nik Block
American Academy of Neurology 2016
David Perry and Samir Datta
Society for Affective Science Conference 2015
Virginia Sturm and Alice Hua