Join the lab

Our lab studies the neural basis of decision making in humans and macaques. If you are a student and you are interested in doing a research project in the lab, please contact me via email to talk about the possibility of joining our lab. Please include your curriculum vitae and a description of the type of project you would be interested in. You can also apply if you have no prior research experience. Some example projects are listed below.

Behavioral studies

Experiments in our lab include behavioral experiments with healthy human participants and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Most behavioral experiments use a computer task to test how subjects make decisions. A student project could consist of developing a new task and collecting and analyzing data.

Electrophysiology

We record data from neurons in parietal cortex to study the neural basis of decision making. A student project could include analyzing a data set to answer questions about the response profile of neurons.

Causal manipulations

We use optogenetics, chemogenetics, and pharmacology to manipulate neural activity in cortical areas and examine the effect on behavior and neural responses in distant brain areas. A student working on this project could analyze the behavior in perceptual decision tasks, eye movement data, and electrophysiology data.