Dr. Nakia S. Gordon earned her doctorate in behavioral neuroscience at Bowling Green State University (2002). While there, she studied emotion in both human and non-human animals using a variety of techniques. She then received additional training in neuroimaging as a post-doctoral fellow in Michigan State University’s Neuroscience Program. Prior to joining the faculty at Marquette, Dr. Gordon was on faculty at UNC Charlotte.
Education
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2002
Courses
PSYC 2050 - Research methods in Psychological Science
PSYC 3420 - Health Psychology
PSYC 3601 - Biopsychology
Research Interests
At the core of her research interests is understanding how emotions impact the way individuals navigate their worlds. Some of her recent, ongoing and future studies include:
- Investigating the behavioral and neuronal changes that occur when pain is manipulated through cognitive and affective processes.
- Investigating how emotional state and emotion schemas influence information processing, especially ambiguous social cues.
- Developing robust emotion induction paradigms that can be used in artificial settings (i.e. laboratory and MR scanners).
Selected Presentations
Hazlett, K., Reiter, K., Peters, N., Gordon, NS (2012, May). Are neutral stimuli really neutral?. Abstract submission for the Midwest Psychological Association conference.
Snowden, S., March, S., Gordon, NS (2012, May). Time course of emotional response to positive images. Abstract submission for the Midwest Psychological Association conference.
Hazlett, K., Gordon, NS. (2011, May). Self-Selected Pictures are More Effective than IAPS for Inducing Positive Emotion. Poster presentation for the Association for Psychological Science convention.
Hazlett, K., Davis, A., Urban, E., Gordon, NS (2011, April). Personally relevant pictures are more effective than IAPS at inducing positive emotion in participants with elevated depressive symptomatology. Poster presentation for the Association for Psychological Science convention.
Downs, J., Hazlett, K., Udee, Z., Gordon, NS. (2011,April). Personally relevant happy pictures have a more dynamic impact on mood than a standardized picture set. Poster presentation for the Wisconsin Psychological Association Annual convention.
Myers, CA., & Gordon, NS. (2009, June). A comparison of CV reactivity and recovery during two anger induction techniques. Poster presentation for the Association for Psychological Science convention.
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