Pérez-Edgar received an AB from Dartmouth College, an MA and PhD from Harvard University, and postdoctoral training at the University of Maryland and NIMH. Before joining the faculty at Penn State, she was an assistant professor of psychology at George Mason University. The CAT Lab examines the roles that temperament and attention play in socioemotional development. The lab uses multiple methods — questionnaires, behavioral observations, computer-based tasks, psychophysiology and neuroimaging. Pérez-Edgar’s work has been funded by numerous sources, including an NIMH K01 Career Development Award, a NARSAD Young Investigator Award, and an NIMH Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS). Author website.