Speaker Profile

Leah H. Somerville, PhD

Grafstein Family Professor of Psychology; Director, Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory; Faculty, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University; Co-Author, “Social Contexts Requiring Adjudication Self-and Peer-Interest Differentially Alter Risk Preferences Across Adolescence” (2025, Open Mind), “Developmental Emergence of Complex Prosocial Motives and Their Influence on Risky Decision Making” (2024, OSF), and “Physical Effort Exertion for Peer Feedback Reveals Evolving Social Motivations From Adolescence to Young Adulthood” (2023, Psychological Science)
Leah H.Somerville, PhD

Past Talks

Teaching Emotional Brains
Strategies for Student Behavior, Resilience, Regulation, Trauma, and EQ in Challenging Times
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
November 22-24, 2024
Teaching Whole Learners
Applying Science to Create Social, Engaged, Thriving, Curious, Critical Thinkers
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
November 14-16, 2025

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