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OUR PROJECTS

Neural mechanisms of

flexible behavior




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How do changes in context affect sensory processing and decision-making. [Read more]

Psychedelics and

serotonin




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Disrupted balance between sensory evidence and internal models can lead to altered perception. The serotonin-2A receptor is associated with such perceptual alterations via the action of psychedelic drugs. [Read more]

Altering cognition

through manipulations

of neural circuits


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A long-standing goal of neuroscience research is to provide practical solutions for altering cognitive behavior through manipulations of neural circuits as a way to ameliorate cognitive dysfunction. [Read more]

Associative learning



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Episodic memory requires linking discontiguous events in time and depends on the hippocampus and its interaction with other brain areas. [Read more]

Temporal organization of

naturalistic behavior


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Naturalistic animal behavior exhibits a striking amount of variability in the temporal domain, and be decomposed across at least three axes: hierarchical, contextual, and stochastic. [Read more]

 

 

FUNDING

We gratefully acknowledge our funding bodies.

Active funding

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CRCNS (R01-DA055439) NIDA
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BRAIN Initiative (R01-NS118461) NINDS

Completed funding

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​Mentored Career Development Award (K25-DC013557)
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​The Swartz Foundation (Award #66438)
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​Marie Curie Research Training Network

Other awards:

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​​Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teaching Award, 2011.
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​​Science Playwriting Competition, Stony Brook University, 2013.
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​Cosyne Travel Grant, 2015.
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