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    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 Whole Learners
    Applying Science to Create Social, Engaged, Thriving, Curious, Critical Thinkers
    Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
    November 14-16, 2025
    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