Matthew Lieberman

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Matthew Lieberman
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Lieberman lecturing in 2013
Born (1970-05-05) May 5, 1970 (age 55)
Atlantic City, NJ.
Alma mater Rutgers University
Harvard University
Occupations Social Psychologist, Neurologist, Professor
Spouse Naomi Eisenberger
Scientific career
Institutions University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Notable students David Amodio
Molly J. Crockett
Emily Falk
Sean Young

Matthew Dylan Lieberman is an American researcher and professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His primary research areas are in social neuroscience, affective neuroscience, and social psychology. [1]

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Personal life and education

Lieberman was born on May 5, 1970, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[ citation needed ] His father was a lawyer and his mother an art teacher. His wife, Naomi Eisenberger, is a full professor on the UCLA Psychology Department faculty.[ citation needed ]

Lieberman received his PhD from Harvard University. [1]

Research and career

Lieberman's work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, DARPA, [2] and the Office of Naval Research. [3]

Lieberman conducts research into the neural bases of social cognition and social experience, with particular emphasis on the neural bases of emotion regulation, persuasion, social rejection, self-knowledge, theory of mind, and fairness. Lieberman coined the term social cognitive neuroscience. [4] His research interests also include Neural Bases of Automatic and Controlled Social Cognition & Affect and Neural Bases of Personality. Social cognitive neuroscience focuses on how the human brain carries out social information processing. Lieberman uses functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and neuropsychology to test new hypotheses regarding social cognition. [5]

Lieberman is the founding editor of the journal, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience . [6]

In 2007, he won the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. [7]

In 2011, he received the UCLA Gold Shield Faculty Prize. [8]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 Lieberman, Matthew (2021-08-13). "Matthew Lieberman • UCLA Department of Psychology" . Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency". Darpa.mil. 2013-07-08. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Office of Naval Research Home Page". Onr.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  4. ↑ Lieberman, Matthew D. (2012-06-01). "A geographical history of social cognitive neuroscience". NeuroImage. 61 (2): 432–436. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.089. ISSN   1053-8119. PMID   22309803. S2CID   7414824.
  5. ↑ "Matthew Lieberman". Lieber.bol.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  6. ↑ Matthew D. Lieberman, Ph.D. (2013-08-06). "Oxford Journals | Medicine | Social Cognitive & Affective Neurosci". Scan.oxfordjournals.org. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  7. ↑ "APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology". Apa.org. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  8. ↑ Soderburg, Wendy. "Social psychologist is winner of 2011 Gold Shield Faculty Prize / UCLA Today". Today.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
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