Catherine Hartley | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University New York University Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Known for | Developmental changes in decision-making and motivated behavior in humans |
| Awards | 2020 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award, 2019 Early Career Award Society for Neuroeconomics, 2018 Association for Psychological Science Janet Taylor Spence Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, neuroscience |
| Institutions | New York University |
Catherine Hartley is an American psychologist and an Associate Professor of Psychology within the Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science at New York University in New York City. Hartley's research explores how brain development impacts the evaluation of negative experiences, decision-making, and motivated behavior. Her work has helped to elucidate how uncontrollable aversive events affect fear learning and how learning to control aversive stimuli can improve emotional resilience.