Topics he can discuss include:

• Assessment, treatment and biological basis of PTSD
• Controversy around PTSD
• Effects of anxiety disorders

Video Clip:

Video: Researching the physiological bases of PTSD

About Matthew Kimble

Matthew Kimble is an associate professor of psychology at Middlebury College. He joined the faculty in 2004 and teaches courses on psychological disorders and psychological trauma.

His current research focuses on information processing in trauma survivors and the biological basis of the traumatic response, as well as the way fear affects decision-making in those who display high anxiety.

Kimble graduated from Dartmouth College and received his master's and doctorate from Boston University. He spent five years in the Behavioral Science Division of the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Boston before coming to Middlebury.