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.

12/1/09 Brook Bacon is awarded an assistanceship from the Idaho Newtork of Biomedical Research Excellence for work in the SPAN lab.

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, an 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.

August, 2010

Prague, Czech Republic

Prause will chair a symposium and present on The influences of fast attention or awareness on later sexual response at the International Academy of Sex Research.

February, 2010

St. Petersburg, Florida

Prause will present on Processing and spatial organization of sexual motivation at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.

Summer, 2010

Pocatello, ID

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