Dr. David Gallo

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Biography

David Gallo is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago, where he joined the faculty in 2005. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1997 and completed his Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis in 2002. Following his doctorate, he was a NIH-sponsored postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in 2005. His research centers on basic neurocognitive processes related to human memory and metacognition across the adult lifespan. He investigates how healthy aging and aging-related diseases impact various types of memory and cognitive abilities, and he works to improve cognitive assessment technologies. Gallo is particularly interested in the cognitive and metacognitive processes that relate to social and emotional processes and well-being in aging individuals.

Research Interests

Cognitive Psychology Neuroscience Memory Metacognition Cognitive Social Neuroscience Healthy Aging Aging-related Disease

Courses

Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Social Neuroscience Fundamentals of Psychology Long Term Memory Introduction to Learning & Memory Evolutionary Psychology

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy