Elizabeth A. Phelps

Elizabeth Anya Phelps is the Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience at Harvard University in the Department of Psychology. She is a known for her research on uncovering how the human brain processes emotion and its influence on learning, memory and decision making. She was the recipient of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society Distinguished Scholar Award,the George Miller Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, the Goldman-Rakic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience, and the William James Award and Mentor Award from the Association for Psychological Science.

Phelps is a past-president of the Association for Psychological Science, past-president of the Society for NeuroEconomics, past-president of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, and a founding board member of the Society for Neuroethics. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists and American Association for the Advancement of Science.