Scholars@Duke
Dorsa Amir

Dorsa Amir

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience

Awards & Honors

Janet Taylor Spence Award

National Association for Psychological Scientists · February 2026 First awarded in 2010 and named after APS’s first president, the Spence Award honors particularly creative and promising APS members who embody the future of the field. T More about this award

Finalist, AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science

National AAAS · 2020

In the News

Published February 26, 2026
Dorsa Amir Receives 2026 Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions
Published February 24, 2026
Where Do Kids Develop Their Behaviors?
Published August 24, 2025
Do you see what I see?
Published August 22, 2025
Why a Classic Psychology Theory about Vision Has Fallen Apart
Published July 5, 2025
Can you see circles or rectangles? And does the answer depend on where you grew up?