Research

Computational and neural basis of cognitive control.

Cognitive dissonance, attitude formation and change.

Development of perceptual and learning systems.

Developmental neuroscience of vocal communication.

Brain plasticity, cognition and anxiety regulation.

Computational models of cognition.

Neural mechanisms of visual perception and attention.

Behavioral and philosophical foundations of learning, reasoning, and decision-making.

Integrative approaches to how language shapes emotion

How children and adolescents think about themselves and the people around them.

Computational  approaches to understanding reasoning and value-based decision making.

Processes involved in self and social perception.

Social interactions, prejudice and intergroup interactions.

Psychology of ordinary mental life; theoretical psychology; developmental psychology.

Motor control and learning

Decision making under risk, uncertainty, and time delay; role of memory, attention and emotion in preference construction; environmental decision making; neuroeconomics