Neuroscientist · Yale School of Medicine
Hi, I’m Adam Noah
I’m a neuroscientist who studies what happens in our brains when we interact with each other, face to face and in real time. I’m research faculty (Associate Research Scientist) in the Brain Function Laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, and I live in Guilford, Connecticut, with my family.
My research
My work is in social neuroscience and natural human interaction: how two brains respond during eye contact, conversation, joint attention, and shared emotion. To study that, I use several neural imaging and stimulation methods, often together and often with two people recorded at once (“hyperscanning”). These include functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), fMRI, EEG, temporal interference stimulation (TIS), TMS, and eye tracking.
- fNIRS
- fMRI
- EEG
- TIS
- TMS
- Eye tracking
- Hyperscanning
- & more
I earned my undergraduate degree at West Virginia University and my graduate degrees at Marshall University. I studied motor control as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta before moving into social neuroscience. You can find the details in my bio and my full list of publications.
Life outside the lab
From New York City to Guilford
Our family lived in New York City while I worked at Long Island University. Today we call Guilford, Connecticut, home.
Soccer parent
My kids are excellent soccer players. They play for our town teams and in the MLS NEXT and ECNL leagues, and these days I spend most of my time driving to practices and games. I made a sports section on this site to highlight their achievements.
Japan
I love traveling to Japan. I’m even thinking about retiring there someday.
Family 5Ks
We love doing things together as a family, like running the Turkey Trot 5K and the New Year’s Day 5K.
