UWMUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison · Psychology
Childhood Adversity and Emotional Development Lab
Seth D Pollak · Madison, Wisconsin
Research Focus
Dr. Seth D. Pollak's lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focuses on how childhood adversity impacts emotional and behavioral development in children. Through combining neuroimaging and behavioral studies, the lab investigates the neural mechanisms that underlie emotional processing and decision-making in at-risk youth. Their work aims to identify ways to intervene and improve mental health outcomes for children exposed to early life stress.
childhood adversityemotional processingbehavioral developmentneural circuitrymental health interventions
Research Aims
4AIM 01Examine how childhood adversity affects emotional processing and decision-making.
AIM 02Identify neural mechanisms linking early life stress to behavioral outcomes.
AIM 03Develop interventions that target specific developmental mechanisms associated with adversity.
AIM 04Investigate longitudinal brain-behavior relationships during critical transitional periods in childhood.
Skills the Lab Values
neuroimaging techniquesbehavioral assessmentsfocus group interviewsdata analysis using Pythoncomputational modeling
Output against the department
Publications198top 34% of dept.100th of 296
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Citations20ktop 11% of dept.34th of 296
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