The Science of Stress & Health

The Lab at NDSU

Setting up a virtual reality psychophysiology session in the lab. Our lab is dedicated to examining interactions among the mind, body, and environment as they pertain to health and health-related outcomes. Our primary focus is on how stress affects health. We apply social psychological methods to help us determine who…Continue reading “The Lab at NDSU”

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Join Our Lab: Undergraduate Research Assistants Wanted for Spring 2027

Curious about how stress affects the body, and what that means for our health? Dr. Hilmert’s Health Psychology lab is…

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Psychology Major Feature

NDSU University Relations produced a short video about the psychology major at NDSU featuring our lab. One of our excellent…

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Mind, Body, & Baby Lab

The Mind, Body & Baby (MBB) Lab studies how stress during pregnancy relates to maternal physiology, fetal growth, and birth…

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Red River Psychology Conference 2026

24 Apr 202623 Oct 2026

Two posters from our lab at the 40th Red River Psychology Conference in Moorhead this April. Click either poster to open the full PDF. Virtual social support during stress Left…

Recruiting at MPA 2026

20 Apr 202623 Oct 2026

Members of our labs were back at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago this spring, helping staff the NDSU Department of Psychology's exhibitor table. Lab members talked with…

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Two Citation Posters and a Trainee Award at SBSM 2026

18 Mar 202623 Oct 2026

The lab had a big week at the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine Annual Meeting in Chicago, where both of our graduate students presented citation posters! Erin Twohy presented…

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New Paper: Finding the Silver Lining During COVID-19

15 Feb 202623 Oct 2026

A new collaborative paper with colleagues in NDSU Psychology and Human Development and Family Science is out in Motivation and Emotion! Following a national sample of U.S. adults across five…

Avenues of Scientific Discovery 2025

5 Apr 202523 Oct 2026

On April 5, our lab teamed up with Dr. Kat Duggan's lab once again for NDSU's Avenues of Scientific Discovery. Our session, "The Psychophysiology of Stress: How the Brain and…

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SPSP 2025 in Denver

24 Feb 202523 Oct 2026

Garrett Byron brought his dissertation work to a national audience at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention in Denver. His poster reviewed the literature on how stress…