Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Contact Info:

Office Location:	LSRC, Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://mcablab.science/gregoryrsl

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• Psy 205l.001, Psych methods & statistics 2 Synopsis

  Physics 128, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• Psy 205l.03l, Psych methods & statistics 2 Synopsis

  Gross hall 104, Tu 03:20 PM-04:10 PM

• Psy 205l.04l, Psych methods & statistics 2 Synopsis

  Languages 207, Tu 04:55 PM-05:45 PM

• Psy 205l.05l, Psych methods & statistics 2 Synopsis

  Bio sci 063, W 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• Psy 205l.06l, Psych methods & statistics 2 Synopsis

  Allen 226, W 08:45 AM-09:35 AM

• Psy 205l.07l, Psych methods & statistics 2 Synopsis

  Lsrc a155, W 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

Office Hours:

Office hours (W2:30-3:30) and FLUNCH (T/W 12-1:30) requests bookable here.

Education:

Ph.D.	Stanford University	2010
M.A.	Stanford University	2008

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Tsai, JL; Chen, DS; Yang, AM; Cachia, JYA; Blevins, E; Ko, M; Mathur, MB; Aragón, OR; Arens, EA; Bencharit, LZ; Chen, SH; Chen, Y-C; Chentsova Dutton, Y; Cheung, BY; Chim, L; Chow, PI; Clobert, M; Costello, AM; de Almeida, I; Ditzfeld, CP; Doan, SN; Floerke, VA; Ford, BQ; Fung, HH; Gentzler, AL; Harmon-Jones, E; Heine, SJ; Isaacowitz, DM; Ito, E; Jiang, D; Kashima, ES; Koopmann-Holm, B; Kraus, BT; Lai, J; Lee, AT; Li, LY; Löckenhoff, CE; Luong, G; Mannell, BC; Millgram, Y; Mizrahi Lakan, S; Oosterhoff, B; Painter, J; Park, B; Palmer, CA; Parker, SC; Peruel, W; Ruby, MB; Salvador, CE; Samanez-Larkin, GR; Sands, M; Saroglou, V; Severin, MI; Shim, Y; Swerdlow, BA; Tamir, M; Thompson, RJ; Uchida, Y; Yi, CY; Yu, C-W; Zhou, X (2025). A meta-analytic review of cultural variation in affect valuation.. Psychological bulletin, 151(12), 1486-1524. [doi]  [abs]
2. Ahn, J; Cooper, N; Kang, Y; O'Donnell, MB; Green, MA; Notthoff, N; Carstensen, LL; Samanez-Larkin, GR; Falk, EB (2025). Baseline physical activity moderates brain-behaviour relationships in response to framed health messages.. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 20(1), nsaf046. [doi]  [abs]
3. Frank, CC; Mottola, GR; Chen, M; Yu, L; Boyle, PA; Samanez-Larkin, GR; Seaman, KL (2025). Overconfidence and Financial Risk Tolerance in Older Age.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 80(6), gbaf032. [doi]  [abs]
4. Taylor, MK; Samanez-Larkin, GR; Marsh, EJ (2025). Preserved memory for decisions across adulthood.. Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition, 32(3), 343-359. [doi]  [abs]
5. Sinclair, AH; Taylor, MK; Davidson, A; Weitz, JS; Beckett, SJ; Samanez-Larkin, GR (2024). Scenario-Based Messages on Social Media Motivate COVID-19 Information Seeking.. Journal of applied research in memory and cognition, 13(1), 124-135. [doi]  [abs]