

Research Expertise and Interest
aging, gender, culture, brain, psychology, emotion, psychophysiology, marriage, clinical science, interpersonal interactions, dementia, relationships, neurodegenerative disease
Research Description
Robert Levenson's research program is in the area of human emotion, studying the organization of physiological, behavioral and subjective systems; the ways that these systems are impacted by neuropathology, normal aging, and culture; the role that emotions play in the maintenance and disruption of committed relationships; and the impact of providing care for a person with dementia on the health of familial caregivers.