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Ahmad Hariri

Ahmad Hariri

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
ahmad.hariri@duke.edu
2020 W Main Street Suite 30, Box 104151, Durham, NC 27708
2020 W Main Street Suite 30, Box 104151, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Highly Cited Researcher

National Thomson Reuters · 2014

Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Grants

National Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation · 2011

Top 5% of all undergraduate instructors

Other Unknown · July 2010

Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology

National APA · January 2009

Distinguished Scientific Awards for Early Career Contributions to Psychology (individual differences)

National American Psychological Association · 2009

In the News

Published March 14, 2024
Poor Neighborhoods Linked to Elevated Dementia Risk and Faster Brain Aging
Published December 8, 2020
Check This Out! A Human Brain Gets Scanned
Published June 3, 2020
Studies of Brain Activity Aren’t as Useful as Scientists Thought
Published July 15, 2019
A Mind at Rest Still Shows Emotions, and That Has Researchers Curious
Published May 9, 2018
Breakdown of Brain’s Visual Networks Linked to Mental Illness
Published November 17, 2017
Brain Activity Buffers Against Worsening Anxiety
Published November 13, 2017
Why Head and Face Pain Causes More Suffering
Published September 18, 2017
Why Bad Sleep Doesnt Always Lead to Depression
Published April 11, 2017
Wiring of the Little Brain Linked to Multiple Forms of Mental Illness
Published May 25, 2016
Poverty linked to epigenetic changes and mental illness
Published October 23, 2015
Childhood stress can impair adult brain’s reward system
Published October 16, 2015
Early Childhood Stress Affects Brain's Response to Rewards
Published July 2, 2015
Study: Drinking problem and promiscuity can be predicted
Published July 1, 2015
Brain Activity Predicts Promiscuity and Problem Drinking
Published February 12, 2015
#BlueDevilLove; New Duke Research: The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}
Published February 3, 2015
Brain Marker Hints at Depression, Anxiety Years Later
Published August 6, 2014
New research shows why some people are more vulnerable to stress
Published August 4, 2014
Small DNA Modifications Predict Brain’s Threat Response
Published August 1, 2014
Small DNA Modifications Predict Brains Threat Response