We are thrilled to welcome our first PhD students, Max and Israel!

The lab's first poster will be presented at Flux Society 2024, and it’s also Dimple Wadhwa’s first first-authored poster! The work we've conducted in support of Center for Vital Longevity and School of BBS at UTD

DACC Awaits: Have You Registered Yet?!?! Click the link below to get all the details! 👇👇👇 mailchi.mp/3203f03da232/d… Gagan Wig Dr. Kendra Seaman Chandramallika Basak DSAN Lab Functional Neuroimaging of Memory Lab School of BBS at UTD UT Dallas UT Dallas Research and Innovation knac_lab

Thanks so much for organizing this!!!

The lab at 2024 CVL retreat 👏

The lab’s new logo, collaboratively brainstormed by all our lab members!

🎉 Congratulations to Hamshitha and Haley on receiving the 2025 Undergraduate Research Scholars Award! 🌟 Stay tuned for their work on the joint effects of victimization and perpetration on brain development, as well as simulating real-life social comparisons within friend dyads.

Happy first anniversary to the DSAN lab! It’s been an incredible year—building our new lab, starting exciting projects, and forming meaningful collaborations together with these wonderful people.

Reflecting on DSAN Lab’s 2024 journey: ✅Advanced projects on adolescent self-belief & social feedback processing ✅ Built a dedicated team & external collaborations ✅ Developed lab protocols & resources. We’re ready to tackle new challenges and opportunities in 2025! 🚀

DSAN Lab is presenting at DACC 2025 Center for Vital Longevity UT Dallas, contributing to its expansion into developmental research! 🎉 Visit us to explore and discuss our preliminary work on adolescent development in social-emotional contexts.

We presented four posters at DACC Center for Vital Longevity! The lab had an incredible time—discussing research with fellow researchers and contributing to the topic of adolescence and social emotion. We were grateful for this opportunity and we’re already looking forward to DACC 2027!

The DSAN Lab’s first presentation at SANS! Our amazing undergraduate student, Hamshitha, presented our work on how joint trajectories of victimization and perpetration impact structural brain development in early adolescence. Center for Vital Longevity

UTD Psych labs at SANS! So wonderful to be together with colleagues and students. Huge thanks to the organizers for making SANS 2025 such a meaningful experience!

The DSAN Lab joined an event organized by the Center for Children and Families and had a beautiful Saturday morning! Kids stopped by our table to try a fun emotion recognition quiz and learn about opportunities to participate in our studies 🍀

Team members from the Ofen Lab and Yoon DSAN Lab had a great time at last weekend’s Center for Children and Families Family Celebration! They loved connecting with families, sharing insights about their research, and spreading the word about the CVL!🧠 #UTD #CCF #CVL

What is the association between #Inflammation and #Brain function in teens? Prof Johnna Swartz of UC Davis examines factors that increase inflammation in daily life & the link between inflammation and #mentalhealth in this fascinating ACAMH Learn talk. bit.ly/4p01QRm

Our lab just completed our first pilot brain scanning session! 🧠 It was only possible thanks to the supportive staffs and colleagues who shared their experience with us 🙌 Center for Vital Longevity

I’ll be reviewing PhD applications for Fall 2026. Our lab investigates healthy self-development, focusing on the socioemotional and neural processes that support or hinder it across adolescence and young adulthood. Info: labs.utdallas.edu/dsanlab/join-u…

Huge congratulations to Max! We’re beyond grateful for the support from CVL 🎉

Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS) - Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers & Silents... youtu.be/6hZ-EGB931w?si… via YouTube