Sara Verosky

  • Associate Professor of Psychology

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA, Cornell University, 2004
  • PhD, Princeton University, 2012

Biography

My research uses behavioral and neuroscience techniques to investigate human face perception.  My lab focuses on two questions: how we form impressions of other people based on facial appearance and how becoming familiar with people changes the way we process their faces.

Among other courses, I teach a first-year seminar on creativity, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, a combined lecture-laboratory course on cognitive electrophysiology, and a senior seminar on social neuroscience.

Fall 2025

Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience — PSYC 210

Advanced Methods in Cognitive Electrophysiology — PSYC 307

Teaching Assistant — PSYC 500

Practicum in Psychology — PSYC 501

Supervised Research in Psychology (NSMA) - Full — PSYC 511F

Supervised Research in Psychology (NSMA) - Half — PSYC 511H

Independent Research Problems (NSMA) - Full — PSYC 607F

Independent Research Problems (NSMA) - Half — PSYC 607H

Psychology Honors (NSMA) - Full — PSYC 609F

Psychology Honors (NSMA) - Half — PSYC 609H

Spring 2026

Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience — PSYC 210

Advanced Methods in Cognitive Electrophysiology — PSYC 307

Teaching Assistant — PSYC 500

Practicum in Psychology — PSYC 501

Supervised Research in Psychology (NSMA) - Full — PSYC 511F

Supervised Research in Psychology (NSMA) - Half — PSYC 511H

Independent Research Problems (NSMA) - Full — PSYC 607F

Independent Research Problems (NSMA) - Half — PSYC 607H

Psychology Honors (NSMA) - Full — PSYC 609F

Psychology Honors (NSMA) - Half — PSYC 609H

**Corresponding author, *Student co-author

  • Verosky, S. C.**, Nishiura, H.*, O’Brien, L.*, Liu, H.*, & Aggadi, N.* (2024).  Learned trustworthiness does not have the same influence on implicit responses measured via fast periodic visual stimulation as face trustworthiness.  Psychophysiology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psyp.14608
  • Stein, T., Tyack, L.*, & Verosky, S. C.** (2021).  Sorry, baby: Infant faces reach awareness more slowly than adult faces.  Emotion, 21, 823-829.
  • Verosky, S. C.**, Tyack, L.*, & Martinez, J. E. (2021).  The group extremity effect: Group ratings of negatively and positively evaluated groups of faces are more extreme than the average ratings of their members.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 96, 104161. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103121000640
  • Verosky, S. C.**, Zoner, K. A.*, Marble, C. W.*, Sammon, M. M.*, & Babarinsa, C. O.* (2020).  Familiarization increases face individuation measured with face periodic visual stimulation.  Biological Psychology, 153, 107883. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301051120300430
  • Verosky, S. C.**, Zoner, K. A.*, Marble, C. W.*, Sammon, M. M.*, & Babarinsa, C. O.* (2020).  Implicit responses to face trustworthiness measured with face periodic visual stimulation.  Journal of Vision, 20, 29. https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2770531

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