Adaeze Egwuatu

Alumni

PhD, 2021, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

BS, 2011, University of Florida

Tobin 515

Advisor: 

Jennifer McDermott PhD

Laboratory Website: 

The Learning Lab

Research Area(s): 

Behavioral Neuroscience

Developmental Science

Center and Institute Affilitation: 

Healthy Development Initiative at Springfield

Neuroscience & Behavior Graduate Program

Dissertation: 

Motivated Attention to Social and Nonsocial Reward Images: Examining Relations with Externalizing Risk in Children

Research

I am currently examining differences in children's brain reactivity to affective images. My main research interests include individual differences in emotional reactivity and emotion regulation. Furthermore,  I am interested in how early life experiences shape emotional and cognitive development.  

Teaching

Psych 320: Learn and Think                                          Fall 2015

Psych 241: Methods of Inquiry in Psychology            Spring 2016

Psych 330: Behavioral Neuroscience                           Fall 2016

Publications

McDermott, J.M., Egwuatu, A.C., Flegenheimer, C., Farr, R., Dolan, J., Ramsey, P., & Grotevant, H. (in prep). Beyond foster care: exploring continued child needs and advocacy priorities.

McDermott, J.M.& Egwuatu, A.C.  (in prep). Contextual sensitivity to learning cues.

Biography

I am currently a graduate student in the Neuroscience and Behavior Program. I originally hail from from Tampa, Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in 2011 with a B.S. in Psychology.