Elizabeth A. PhelpsElizabeth Phelps is Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience at Harvard University. Her lab— The Human Neuroscience of Affect, Learning, and Decision Making—researches the ways that emotions color our lives, in that even subtl, everyday variations in our emotional experience can alter our thoughts and actions. By uncovering the impact of emotion and affect on cognition, she aims to both enhance the understanding of cognition broadly and provide insights into social processes and psychological disorders. Phelps has won many research awards, most recently the prestigious George Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience. She has served as president of the Association for Psychological Science, the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, and the Society for Neuroeconomics. Read More Read Less