Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Seminar

"Early life adversity shapes the mind, brain, and body: A cross-species analysis of learning, memory, and the microbiome in rats and humans"

Dr. Callaghan is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at UCLA. She conducts cross-disciplinary work on the influence of early life experiences on interactions between physical and mental health across the lifespan. Her work includes analyses at the level of behavior, neural systems (using fMRI), gastrointestinal bacteria and health (i.e., the microbiome), and physiology (e.g., gastric function, heart rate, skin conductance), with interesting work on the relationship between gut microbiome, the development of emotion-regulation brain areas, and fear and anxiety.