Positive and Negative brains
Sandra Langeslag

Lab Director


Sandra J.E. Langeslag, Ph.D.

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Research Interests

Teaching

Education

2010 Ph.D. in Biological and Cognitive Psychology
Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005 M.Sc. in Biological Psychology / Neuropsychology (cum laude)
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2002 Propaedeutic degree in Psychology
Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Academic Positions

2021-present Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience
Director of Neurocognition of Emotion and Motivation (NEM) Lab
Member of Center for Neurodynamics
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - St. Louis, MO, US
2014-2021 Assistant Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - St. Louis, MO, US
2011-2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cognition and Emotion Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, US
Principal investigator: Professor Luiz Pessoa
2010-2011 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Generation R, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Principal investigators: Dr. Tonya J.H. White & Dr. Henning Tiemeier
2009-2010 Assistant Professor in Brain & Cognition
Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006-2009 Ph.D. Student in Biological and Cognitive Psychology
Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Advisor: Prof. dr. Jan W. van Strien
2005 Visiting Researcher
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Wales, UK
Principal investigator: Professor David E.J. Linden

Grants

College of Arts and Sciences, UMSL
Undergraduate Research Award to undergraduate student Jazlen Rice
Love & addiction in the brain
Amount awarded: $1,000
Role: Mentor of undergraduate awardee
Spring 2020


University of Missouri Research Board (UMRB)
A comparison of love regulation and emotion regulation
Amount awarded: $48,229
Role: PI
Spring 2017


College of Arts and Sciences, UMSL
Research Award
Floor and ceiling effects in the up- and down-regulation of emotions
Amount awarded: $12,400
Role: PI
Fall 2014

Service

Administrative Positions

Committee Member

Grant Reviewer

Editorial Board Member

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer

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