Aminda O'Hare
Director of Neuroscience and Associate Professor, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ
Thursday, March 20 at 1:40 p.m. | Heat and Health
Dr. Aminda O’Hare is the Director of Neuroscience and an associate professor of Psychological Science at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ in Ogden, UT. She specializes in teaching topics in affective and cognitive neuroscience both in the classroom and in her research lab. The CAPES Lab (Cognitive and Affective Psychophysiology and Experimental Science Lab) is particularly interested in how training in mindfulness practices alters emotion-cognition interactions in the brain. Aminda is an advocate for incorporating practices of wellbeing and healthy habits of mind into higher education for all participants in campus communities (i.e., students, staff, faculty) and has recently developed a course in Environmental Psychology. Aminda loves the outdoors, being in the mountains, spending time with her husband, and being with her dogs and cats.