Corinna Loeckenhoff

Professor of Psychology Link

Professor of Gerontology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

CAPS Biography:

I have more than two decades of research experience at the intersection of psychology, gerontology, and health. My graduate training provided me with a strong background in life-span developmental psychology and my post-doctoral work explored the association between personality and health across the life span.  

Over the past decade, I have forged a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, economists, and physicians to examine age differences in health-related choices and behaviors. This has yielded several pipelines of studies examining age differences in decision making, emotion regulation, and time perception which translated basic laboratory-based findings to clinical settings and patient populations, leveraging both quantitative and qualitative techniques. I am also collaborating with experts in human computer interaction at Cornell’s Ithaca and NYC Tech campuses to explore age differences in the use of social media, mobile health, and life tracking applications. As a CAPS affiliate, my research fits within the signature theme of health and well-being, as well as the cross-cutting themes of place and specific populations.