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Elizabeth Phelps is the Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the human neuroscience of affect, learning, and decision making, exploring how emotions influence our cognitive processes. Phelps employs a variety of scientific methodologies, including behavioral studies, physiological measurements, hormone assays, pharmacology, brain-lesion studies, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and computational modeling to address questions surrounding emotions, memory, and decision-making. She received her PhD from Princeton University and has held faculty positions at Yale University and New York University. Her contributions to the field have been recognized with several prestigious awards including the 21st Century Scientist Award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Social Affective Neuroscience Society. Phelps is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Experimental Psychology, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has served in leadership roles for various professional societies, including president of the Society for Neuroeconomics and the Social Affective Neuroscience Society.
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience, conducting research on the human neuroscience of affect, learning, and decision making.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).