Benji is a one year old rescue mixed with chow chow, terrier, pitbull, lab, sass, and cuteness. His current research interests are determining the best spot to lay in the grass and the most effective shape, size, and flavor of stick that the world has to offer. His hobbies include giving you paw, smelling the wind, cuddling, eating peanut butter, and looking incredibly handsome.

Benji is a one year old rescue mixed with chow chow, terrier, pitbull, lab, sass, and cuteness. His current research interests are determining the best spot to lay in the grass and the most effective shape, size, and flavor of stick that the world has to offer. His hobbies include giving you paw, smelling the wind, cuddling, eating peanut butter, and looking incredibly handsome.

Benji is a one year old rescue mixed with chow chow, terrier, pitbull, lab, sass, and cuteness. His current research interests are determining the best spot to lay in the grass and the most effective shape, size, and flavor of stick that the world has to offer. His hobbies include giving you paw, smelling the wind, cuddling, eating peanut butter, and looking incredibly handsome.

Eating Disorder Research Laboratory

Director

Nancy Zucker, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Duke Center for Eating Disorders

Nancy Zucker, Ph.D Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences My program of research seeks to answer questions such as: “how does a child learn that a certain visceral signal indicates the pangs of hunger rather than the butterflies of fear?” How does such interoceptive sensitivity and accuracy impact self-regulation? How does the social environment influence such interpretations? I am particularly interested in how disruption in these processes impact the pathophysiology of psychosomatic disorders, particularly those of eating and somatic disturbance. My goal is to use the tools and theories of developmental neuroscience to answer these questions so that I may design novel intervention strategies that alter the course of psychosomatic illness. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, Founder and Director of

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