Jane Couperus

Biography
Dr. Jane W. Couperus is the Foundation for Psychocultural Research -Hampshire College Program in Culture Brain and Development Assistant Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. She received her B.A. in psychology and music from Wesleyan University, an M.A. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and a Ph.D. in Child Development with a minor in Neuroscience from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Her primary research interests are in the development of attention, learning, memory, and their neurological substrates. Her research uses both behavioral and physiological techniques (primarily event related potentials) to gain a better understanding of the brain over the course of development. Professor Couperus will be on leave in Fall 2007.

Education
Wesleyan University, Psychology and Music, BA 1996

Claremont Graduate University, Applied Developmental Psychology, MA 1999

University of Minnesota, Child Psychology and Minor in Neuroscience, PhD 2004

Courses
Sex on the Brain

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Research
Event Related Potential Lab http://helios.hampshire.edu/~jwcCS

Development Cognitive Neuroscience Lab of Attention Brain and Behavior (DCN LABB) http://dcnlabb.hampshire.edu

Additional Information
Developmental Psychopatholgy