Communication and Relationships Research Lab (CoRe Lab)

The CoRe research group is engaged in the scientific study of emotion, emotion regulation, and relationship processes and their impact on our daily life. Our projects include the development of romantic relationships, emotional synchrony, interpersonal emotion regulation, modeling interpersonal emotional processes, adult attachment, behavioral systems, health behavior, and moral decisions.

We study with individuals, couples, and families using a multi-method approach that includes measuring vocal behaviors, autonomic physiology, observation of behavior, and repeated self-reports (e.g., daily diary) taken in real-time over periods ranging from minutes to days. We use optimal statistical approaches for modeling data of this complexity, including multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and time-series methods.