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James  A.  Coan
Degree(s): Ph.D.
Graduate School: University of Arizona
Primary Appointment: Assistant Professor of Psychology
Research Interests:
Neuroscience of Emotional Expression and Individual Emotion-Regulation Capabilities

Email Address: jac3zt@virginia.edu
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program(s)
  • Neuroscience
    • Research Description

    I am interested in the neuroscience of emotional expression and individual emotion-regulation capabilities, as well as the social regulation of neural processes underlying emotional responses. These interests are necessarily multidisciplinary, requiring a diversity tools and methods from observational behavior coding to electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Additional interests include research methodology (particularly with regard to laboratory emotion elicitation), and behavior genetics.

    Selected Publications
  • Coan, J.A. & Allen, J J.B. (Eds.) (in press). The Handbook of Emotion Elicitation and Assessment. New York, NY: Oxford University Press
  • Coan, J.A. & Allen, J.J.B. (2004). Frontal EEG asymmetry as a moderator and mediator of emotion. Biological Psychology, 67, 7-49.
  • Coan, J.A., Allen, J.J.B (2003). Frontal EEG asymmetry and the behavioral activation and inhibition systems. Psychophysiology, 40, 106-114.
  • Coan, J.A., Allen, J.J.B., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2001). Voluntary facial expression and hemispheric asymmetry over the frontal cortex. Psychophysiology, 38, 912-925.
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      Office Address: PO Box 400400, Department of Psychology, Gilmer Hall, 
      Office Phone: +1 434-243-2322
      Fax Phone: +1 434-982-4766
      Mobile Phone: +1 434-960-7803

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