Dr. Rex Wright

Biography

Rex Wright is a Professor at the Dell Medical School of The University of Texas at Austin, where he is a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a courtesy affiliate in the McCombs School of Business. He earned his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Kansas, specializing in social motivation, and holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Texas. He received several years of postdoctoral training in health psychology and psychophysiology at institutions including the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of North Texas. Wright has held visiting faculty appointments at UT, the University of Maryland at College Park, and the University of Missouri and has served as a visiting scholar at various European institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich. His research investigates motivational, affective, and physiological elements integral to processes affecting health and behavior, with recent focuses on fatigue, impulse control, and the theory of love. Wright is a founding member and past president of the Society for Science Motivation and has served as co-editor-in-chief of the society's flagship journal, Motivation Science.

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