I am a doctoral student in Dr. Amanda Guyer’s Teen Experiences, Emotions, and Neurodevelopment lab. My research interests are broadly in the neural underpinnings of adolescent social-emotional development. I am particularly interested in adolescent risky decision-making in the peer context and peer rejection.

In 2016, I graduated as a first-generation college student from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After graduation, I worked for two years as a research assistant in Dr. Eric Nelson’s Brain and Social Development lab at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. From there I knew that I wanted to continue expanding my research skills and pursue doctoral work conducting fMRI research with typically developing adolescents. 

Tags: Biological, Brain Development, Peers, Social-Emotional

Presentations:

Venticinque, Joseph (2021) Maternal Relationship Conflict and Quality Predicts Neural Response to Peer Influence During Adolescence, Flux Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Publication:

Venticinque, J. S., Chahal, R., Beard, S. J., Schriber, R. A., Hastings, P. D., & Guyer, A. E. (2021). Neural responses to implicit forms of peer influence in young adults. Social Neuroscience,16, 327-340, https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2021.1911843