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Rachel Alison Adcock

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708-0999
Center for Cognitive Neuroscie, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience

National Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2008

In the News


Published September 22, 2024
Yet Another Reason Why You Should Sleep on it Before Making an Important Decision
Published November 27, 2023
How Watching Your Brain Activity Can Teach You How to Psych Yourself Up
Published October 24, 2023
What an Animated Taco Reveals About Curiosity and Patience
Published September 6, 2023
How Duke Researchers Defend the Brain
Published July 25, 2023
This One Simple Brain Hack Might Boost Learning and Improve Mental Health
Published May 9, 2023
Class of 2023: Alyssa Guthrie, a ‘Literally So Perfect’ Neuroscience Internship
Published January 5, 2022
An Element of Surprise is the Recipe for Creating False Memories
Published August 5, 2021
Imagination Exercise Helps People Get a Grip on Real Pandemic Risks
Published August 17, 2018
Adcock to Direct Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Published March 4, 2016
Could you hack your brain to get more motivated?
Published March 2, 2016
Self-Motivation Can Help Tune Your Brain
Published June 26, 2015
Allen Song Named Interim Director of Brain Institute
Published October 29, 2013
How a sugar pill can treat mental illness