NCID-1483
Richard Lopez
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Bard College
Education/Degree:
1 Cognitive Neuroscience (Dartmouth College)
About
Richard Lopez is an assistant professor of psychology at Bard College. Dr. Lopez earned his BA in psychology from Princeton University and PhD in cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth College. Prior to Bard, he served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Rice University. Dr. Lopez's research examines individual differences in self-regulation and goal pursuit in the appetitive and affective domains.
Current Work
Broadly, Dr. Lopez is interested in understanding various ways in which people are motivated to change their emotions and cravings to better achieve their goals and lead healthier lives. For one project, he is especially excited to develop personalized interventions where people are trained to use particular emotion regulation strategies best suited for their personality and individualized experiences of emotions and cravings. In another project, Dr. Lopez is examining how patterns of brain activity are reliably predictive of a person's body composition and daily eating patterns.
Research Area Keyword(s)
emotion regulation, goal pursuit, individual differences, Self-regulation