Welcome to the Sexual Psychophysiology and Affective Neuroscience (SPAN) Laboratory. We are devoted to increasing the understanding of sexual responses in men and women and the effects of alcohol use and abuse on these responses. We conduct research, provide treatment, and offer learning opportunities for students. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

5/8/09 Cameron Staley wins Best Research Student Award from the Department of Psychology at ISU.

4/6/09 Verena Roberts wins the student poster competition at the Society for Sex Therapy and Research.

2/20/09 Verena Roberts placed at the Denver Mental Health Center, and APA approved internship.

12/12/08 Cameron Staley receives the Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Committee's research grant for his thesis research.

12/2/08 Laboratory receives the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation's grant to conduct research on risky decision-making.

May 23, 2009

San Francisco, CA

Prause and Emfield will present Stimulus novelty (P300) supports interpretation of EEG asymmetry as motivationally-driven at the Association for Psychological Science.

June 20, 2009

San Diego, CA

Prause will present a time series analysis of erectile response under the influence of alcohol at the Research Society on Alcoholism.

August 20, 2009

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prause will present at the International Academy of Sex Research.

Summer, 2009

Pocatello, ID

Prause available as a mentor for the Association for Psychological Science summer mentorship program and the IBRI mentorship program