Dr. Joseph Dunsmoor

Associate Professor

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Biography

Joseph Dunsmoor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School. He received his doctorate in Psychology and Neuroscience from Duke University in 2012 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at New York University in 2017. Dunsmoor's research focuses on how emotion and cognition interact to influence the learning and remembering of significant events. His work encompasses various psychological and neuroscience disciplines, including Pavlovian conditioning, categorization, decision-making, and episodic memory, utilizing tools such as fMRI, psychophysiology, and immersive virtual reality. Key research questions addressed by his lab include the basis by which emotional experiences are generalized, how these experiences shape memory, and how to regulate unwanted psychological or physiological effects from negative experiences. His lab aims to bridge research between healthy adults and patients who struggle with fear and anxiety using translational cognitive neuroscience approaches. Dunsmoor's research has been funded in part by the R00 Pathway Independence Award from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2017-01-01 — Present

Dell Medical School • Austin, TX

Joseph Dunsmoor serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Awards

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R00 Pathway Independence Award

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K99 Pathway Independence Award

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Travel Awardee

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Training Award in Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

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Young Investigator Award

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
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