studies the circuits underlying reward-based learning and decision making, and how those circuits can be therapeutically targeted to treat disease
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Dr. Carol Mason
studies the development of connectivity between the eyes and the brain
Dr. Diana Bautista
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Dr. Carla Shatz
studies how early neural activity sculpts developing brain circuits and informs our understanding of neuroplasticity and neurodegenerative disease.
Dr. Zoe Donaldson
studies the neural circuits that govern social bonding and social loss, and how variations in these circuits shape emotional outcomes
Dr. Susana Lima
studies mate selection and female sexual behavior
Dr. Emily Cross
studies human neuroscience, arts, and social robotics.
Dr. Nicole Rust
studies the neural representations of mood and has recently published a book about new ways we can conduct neuroscience research to better undersand mental illness.
Dr. Emily Jacobs
studies how hormonal fluctuations influence the brain
Dr. Eve Marder
studies the stability and flexibility of neural circuit function
Dr. Graziana Gatto
studies the spinal cord circuits involved in sensorimotor adaptation.
Dr. Malú Tansey
studies how immune cells and the brain interact in neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Lin Tian
develops novel optical tools to study neuromodulation in neuropsychiatric disorders
Dr. Ev Fedorenko
studies the neuroscience of language
Dr. Gül Dölen
studies how psychedelics influence social development and neuroplasticity
Dr. Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar
studies the neuroanatomy and molecular mechanisms of addiction and reward
Dr. Francesca Sargolini
studies the neuronal basis of spatial cognition
Dr. Maria Geffen
studies neuronal circuits that support auditory perception and learning
Dr. Mary Kay Lobo
studies basal ganglia and reward circuitry that regulate motivation and repetitive behaviors.
Dr. Rebecca Shansky
studies the role of sex and hormones on stress- and fear-related behaviors and neural circuitry