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  • Byrd-Craven

    Psychobiology Lab

  • What We Do

    The Byrd-Craven Psychobiology Lab studies the neuroendocrine underpinnings of human social behavior. We examine a variety of relationships, including female friendships, family, and mating relationships. We employ interdisciplinary methods to uncover the interplay between social context and neuroendocrine responses.

     

    Dr. Byrd-Craven is accepting graduate students for the Fall of 2023. Application deadline Dec. 1, 2022. See Join the Lab for more details.

    DADIO

    Dads And Development of Infants in Oklahoma

    PI: Jennifer Byrd-Craven

    Co-Is: Lucia Ciciolla, Shelia Kennison

    Project Manager: Tori Short

    This longitudinal project follows families for an infant's first 18 months. The focus is on patterns of father involvement that are related to the establishment of the mother-infant biorhythm. For more information on this study, visit the study website.

  • Who We Are

    Psychobiology Lab Staff

    Dr. Jennifer Byrd-Craven

    Lab Director

    jennifer.byrd.craven@okstate.edu

    Dr. Byrd-Craven received her Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Missouri. She joined the OSU Psychology Department in the fall of 2007. Her primary research interest is the impact of social dynamics on the activity of the stress response and associated systems systems. Current research projects focus on: 1) patterns of father involvement that impact the mother-infant and family biorhythm; 2) the influence of female friendship interactions on stress and immune system reactivity; and 3) sex differences in response to stress and early adversity. Evolutionary theory is used as a framework for understanding the interaction between biology and social dynamics, with a particular focus on female sociality. See her full CV here.

    Laureon Merrie

    Graduate Student

    laureon.merrie@okstate.edu

     

    Laureon is a third-year graduate student working with Dr. Krems and Dr. Byrd-Craven. Her interests are in female sociality, and in pairing both feminist and evolutionary perspectives to explore overlooked aspects of women's behavior.

    Tori Short

    Graduate Student

    tori.short@okstate.edu

     

    Tori Short is a second-year graduate student working with Dr. Byrd-Craven and Dr. Krems. Tori is primarily interested in using evolutionary theory to study environmental influences on health-related schemas and behaviors pertaining to diet, exercise, stress, and inflammation. Tori’s research interests also include female friendship dynamics as well as sex differences in mate retention and satisfaction.

    Krystal Duarte

    Graduate Student

    krystal.duarte@okstate.edu

     

    Krystal Duarte is a first-year graduate student working with Dr. Byrd-Craven and Dr. Krems. She is a McNair scholar and previously worked on projects that investigated romantic infatuation and flirting behavior. Her current research interests are in female status and female aggression from an evolutionary perspective.

     

    Nina Rodriguez, M.A.

    Graduate Student

    ninrodr@okstate.edu

     

    Nina Rodriguez is a first-year graduate student working with Dr. Krems and Dr. Byrd-Craven. She received her M.A. at California State University Fullerton where she conducted research on personality traits from an adapationist perspective. Her current research interests range from female competition and sociality, status acquisition, personality variation, and the influence of motivation on behavior.

     

    The Oklahoma Center for Evolutionary ANalysis (OCEAN)

    The Byrd-Craven Psychobiology lab is one of several labs in Psychology and Integrative Biology holding joint graduate lab meetings and furthering the OCEAN mission: 1) engage in interdisciplinary research; 2) train future research faculty and graduate students, including those from groups underrepresented in the sciences; and 3) undertaking educational outreach via the FOSSIL conference.

     

  • Lab News

    Grandmothers and Hormonal Underpinnings:

    Unexplored Aspects of Women’s Same-Sex Relationships (2021)

     

    Stress response

    asymmetries in African American emerging adults exposed to chronic social

    adversity (2021)

     

    Women’s Mating Strategies

    And Preferences for Strong Men Under Perceived Harsh vs. Safe Ecological Conditions (2021)

     

    The role of breast

    morphology on intrasexual competition in women: Women’s perceptions of

    breast size ptosis, and intermammary distance (2021)

     

    The endocrinology of female

    friendships: Cortisol and progesterone attunement after separation (2021)

     

    Parenting,

    cortisol and risky behaviors in emerging adulthood: Diverging patterns for males and females.

    (2021)

     

    Do BMI and sex hormones influence visual attention to food stimuli in women? Tracking eye movements across the menstrual cycle (2020)

     

    Together is better during acute threat under stress: Men and women desire affiliation following laboratory stress induction (2020)

     

    Does ecological harshness influence

    men’s perceptions of women’s breast size, ptosis, and intermammary distance? (2021)

     

    The role of fathers on HPA axis development and activity across the lifespan: A brief review (2021)

     

    Effects of Women’s Short-Term Mating

    Orientation and Self-Perceived Attractiveness in Rating and Viewing Men’s

    Waist to Chest Ratios (2020)

     

    Contextual and genetic correlates of adrenocortical attunement and reactivity among parent-daughter dyads from low-income families (2020)

     

    The nuanced psychology of The Handmaid’s Tale: Commentary on power, feminism, and the

    patriarchy from four feminist evolutionary psychologists (2020)

     

    Exposure to a sex-specific stressor mitigates sex differences in stress-induced eating (2019)

     

    Fertility status in visual processing of men's attractiveness (2019)

     

    The role of co-rumination and adrenocrotical attunement in young women's close friendships (2018)

    Effects of Women's Short-Term Mating Orientation and Self-Perceived Attractiveness in Rating and Viewing Men's Waist to Chest Ratios (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01846-0?fbclid=IwAR1IYp7sgQGITWmILtZ7Zl2SqgG73LumRAKf9iw2LlzRv7w_TEG5F33fuso)

     

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  • WANT TO JOIN US?

    Dr. Byrd-Craven anticipates accepting a graduate student for the Fall of 2023. Application deadline is December 1, 2022. ​Research Assistants: Undergraduate research assistants who work in my lab get experience with entering data, developing protocols, running experiments, and coding video data. Students also get experience preparing saliva assays. Students typically enroll in Psychology 4990: Special Problems. Advanced students will get experience presenting our research at conferences. We hold bi-weekly lab meetings to discuss ongoing projects, applying to graduate school, and presenting research. If you are interested in joining the lab team, please contact me via email (jennifer.byrd.craven@okstate.edu) to determine if there are any current openings.

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