Graduate Students

We are looking for highly motivated candidates for admission to the PhD program (Apply by 12/1/2024 for Fall 2025 admission). Penn State offers state of the art, proximally located equipment and facilities, including a Siemens Prisma Fit 3.0T MRI system, EEG recording suites, fNIRS, tDCS, and eye-tracking equipment. The Penn State psychology department has an outstanding track record of research, with a strong commitment to graduate student mentoring and development. Students can also pursue Dual-Title Doctoral Degrees in Psychology and Language Science or Psychology and Social Behavioral Neuroscience, as well as a Specialization in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Interested students are encouraged to contact Dr. Diaz to discuss their research ideas and training goals.

Research Assistants

We are looking for highly motivated undergraduates for 2-4 volunteer research assistant (RA) positions for Fall 2024.  RA positions are a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in experimental research, data coding, and data analysis. If you are interested, please complete an application and email it, and your current CV or resume, to languageaginglab@gmail.com.  Thanks for your interest!