University of California, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, M.A.
Stanford University, M.A.
Stanford University, B.A., B.S.
1285 Franz Hall
Box 951563
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
Research Interest:
Elliot is interested in the motivational, personality, and neural underpinnings of goal pursuit. His current projects utilize techniques from social cognition, social psychology, and neuroscience to investigate the approach-avoidance motivational processes in goal pursuit.
Behavioral: Ongoing laboratory studies primarily focus on inhibition of "temptations" or counter-goal responses in a variety of paradigms.
fMRI: Current and future projects include basic science on personality correlates of emotion regulation and response inhibition during goal pursuit.
Health: Applying basic findings from motivation research to health behavior change using longitudinal and intervention studies.