Wendy Berry Mendes

Wendy Berry Mendes is the Sarlo/Ekman Associate Professor of Emotion at UC San Francisco. Her research examines how emotions, thoughts, and intentions are experienced in the body, and how bodily responses shape cognitive processes, behaviors, and emotional experiences.

Her work investigates affect contagion - how stress and emotions transfer between individuals - particularly focusing on physiological synchrony in social interactions. Dr. Mendes' research sits at the intersection of social, personality, and biological psychology with an emphasis on embodiment processes.