Dr. Pearcey earned her MA and PhD degrees from Georgia State University in Behavioral Neuroscience. During the 2000–2001 academic year she completed a postdoctoral teaching fellowship in the Psychology Department at Furman University. Dr. Pearcey's..
Dr. Pearcey earned her MA and PhD degrees from Georgia State University in Behavioral Neuroscience. During the 2000–2001 academic year she completed a postdoctoral teaching fellowship in the Psychology Department at Furman University. Dr. Pearcey's research interests are in the areas of physiological and psychological measures of stress and the effects of stress on health. Specifically, she has been involved as the lead researcher or as a collaborator on several projects looking at the stress and health behaviors. Her current research projects include the stress response in clinical skills testing in student nurses, the physiological effects of Reiki Therapy in patients with HIV, the effects of stress on abstainers and recovering alcoholics, health choices and attitudes in cross cultural settings, and attitudes towards aging in cross cultural settings. Dr. Pearcey serves as the Secretary-Treasurer for the Southeastern Psychological Association. She has published her research in several journals including Physiology & Behavior, Appetite, and The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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