We invite applications for a 2-3 year postdoctoral fellowship studying group dynamics, social hierarchy, and stress. This position is part of a joint collaboration between our lab and Dr. Caroline Davis from the Cognitive Science team at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) located just outside of Boston, MA.

Please see our "Get Involved" for complete details!

"Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science" by the Open Science Collaboration has just been published in the August 28th issue of Science.  The article features 100 studies conducted by 270 researchers (including Dr. Mehta and lab alumna, Bethany Lassetter), with the intention of replicating studies previously published in one of three major peer-reviewed psychological journals.  As such, the collaboration makes a notable advancement in the transparency and reliability of psychological science. 

Please see our Publications page for the full article!

The paper "Exogenous testosterone in women enhances and inhibits competitive decision-making depending on victory-defeat experience and trait dominance", authored by Pranj, Keith Welker (former SPEL postdoctoral scholar and current UMass Boston assistant professor), and Smrithi Prasad (SPEL graduate student), was just accepted for publication in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.  Please see our "Publications" page for the full text, and we hope you enjoy!