Dr. New's research focuses on the neurobiology of borderline personality disorder.  Her work explores the regulation of emotion in this disorder using techniques such as functional and structural brain imaging, psychophysiology, neurocognitive tasks and techniques in social neuroscience.  Her work has examine the neural circuitry underlying the control of aggression, but more recently has employed a theoretical framework from the philosophy of mind to understand the experience of emotion in this complex disorder.

In addition to borderline personality disorder, Dr. New explores the effect of trauma in women with particular focus on factors that create vulnerability and resilience to adverse consequences of traumatic experiences, also employing functional brain imaging and neurocognitive tasks.  

Key words:  Social neuroscience, borderline personality disorder, mentalization, resilience, functional MRI, positron emission tomography

To find out more, please see Mood and Personality Disorders Research Program