Faculty

Behavioral and neural studies of memory and attention

Stereotypes, diversity, computational social psychology

The intrinsic memorability of images; multi-modal approaches to memorability/memory; intersection of perception and memory; the visual content of long-term memories; neuroscience of memory; computational techniques: machine learning, computer vision; deep neural networks

Cognitive neuroscience; neuroeconomics; computational psychiatry; learning and memory; decision making

The ability of natural environments to improve affect, attention and memory; brain network efficiency and its relationship to broad behaviors (e.g., self-control); multivariate analysis; motivation and effort; worry, rumination, and depression; environmental neuroscience 

Social cognition; stereotypes and biases; motivation; intergroup relations; sociomoral reasoning

Behavioral economics; developmental psychology; emotion and empathy; functional and structural neuroimaging; morality and social decision-making; political psychology and neuroscience; psychopathy; social neuroscience; social norms

Close Relationships, Social Class, the Self

Memory accuracy and distortion; healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease; metacognitive and nonconscious processes; cognitive neuroscience and evolution

Language development and creation; gesture’s role in communicating, thinking, and learning

Roles of context in perception; olfactory neurophysiology; olfaction and cognition; sensorimotor integration; oscillatory dynamics; computational neuroscience; behavioral neuroscience