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.

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.

10/08 Verena Roberts successfully defends dissertation proposal within a week of Cameron Staley successfully defending his thesis proposal.

10/25/08 Conrad Hillman and Becky Hansis-Oneill presented Response regulation to sexual stimuli in those reporting problems with viewing: A P300 study at the Snake River Association for Neuroscience

April 2, 2009

Arlington, VA

Verena Roberts will present Examining the relationship between thought content of cognitive distraction, relationship satisfaction and sexual desire at the Society for Sex Therapy and Research.

Summer, 2009

Pocatello, ID

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