Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab

Director: Bryan Denny, Ph.D.

The Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (T-SCAN) Lab is located in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University and is directed by Bryan Denny. The T-SCAN Lab seeks to understand how we experience and regulate emotions, how we can become better emotion regulators, and how changes in emotion regulation impact mental and physical health in both healthy and clinical populations. The lab takes a multi-method approach in addressing these questions in studies conducted both inside and outside the lab, examining converging relationships among emotional experience, behavior, and physiology, including peripheral psychophysiology and brain activity measured via functional neuroimaging.

The lab is located in the Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative, an innovative research space bridging Rice University and the Texas Medical Center. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies occur at the Core for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Baylor College of Medicine.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values to the T-SCAN Lab and the Rice University Department of Psychological Sciences. As a lab, we seek to actively counter prejudice and discrimination. We are committed to treating each other with respect and dignity and advocate for those who experience injustice and oppression. We are committed to equal opportunity in education and employment and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status. We believe that diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, particularly including those of people who have been historically underrepresented and marginalized in science and academia, are essential to the work that we do and to creating and fostering an equitable and inclusive field.