Douglas Watt (psychologist)

Douglas F. Watt is an American neuropsychologist, with specialties in emotion and Alzheimer's disease.[1] He has published theories on neuroscience related to emotion and consciousness.[2]

Early life and education

Watt graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and religion in 1972. He received a masters of arts from Northeastern University in 1976 and a Ph.D. from Boston College in 1985.[3]

Career

From 1992 to 2004, he served as the Director of Neuropsychology/Psychology at the Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, Massachusetts.[4]

Bibliography

  • Watt, Douglas F.; Panksepp, Jaak, eds. (2016). Psychology and neurobiology of empathy. Hauppauge, New York. ISBN 978-1-63484-448-2. OCLC 936234579.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. ↑ Clarke, Chris (editor). Ways of Knowing: Science and Mysticism Today, "Section 2: The Perspective of Psychology", 2005.
  2. ↑ Corrigall, Jenny and Wilkinson, Heward (editors). Revolutionary Connections: Psychotherapy and Neuroscience, H. Karnac (Books) Ltd., London, 2003, page 3.
  3. ↑ "New Developments in Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis: Doug Watt". NPSA. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ McCabe, Coco. "Using psychology to beat back the blues of a 50th birthday", West Weekly, The Boston Sunday Globe, volume 245, number 142, May 22, 1994, west 13 and 17. (subscription required)


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