Erie Boorman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for Mind and Brain and Department of Psychology
Principal Investigator, Learning and Decision-Making Lab
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Project Scientists and Postdoctoral Researchers
Lindsay Rondot, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Degree: PhD, Université de Sorbonne, Paris
Academic interest: I'm fascinated by the mechanisms (computations and their neural correlates) by which integrate new information and make efficient and flexible choices.
Other academic interests: I like to try and understand the link between the different methods available to record brain activity. I am very curious about the mechanisms of "altered" decision processes (i.e. because of psychiatric disorders or drug use for example)
Hobbies: Music and sailing. Friendly gatherings (dinners, walks, playing games, concerts...), outdoor sports (although I don't really do much), discovering new places I like going to concerts, the theatre and cinema, especially since we can again et voilà :)
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Mark Orloff, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Degree: PhD, Virginia Tech
Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
Research Interests:
I use computational modeling of neuroeconomic tasks combined with fMRI and intracranial recordings to understand how value-based information is organized and represented in the brain.
Hobbies: rock climbing, disc golf, snowboarding, video games
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Graduate Students
Lily Zhang
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Degree: B.A. Colgate University.
Mathematical Economics & Behavioral Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Neural mechanisms in reinforcement learning. Neuroeconomics. Decision-making regulated by emotions.
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Carlos Carrasco
Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Group, Department of Psychology
Degree: B.S. Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Neural Mechanisms of decision making, memory, and causal learning.
Hobbies: Guitar, skateboarding, watching youtube, hanging out with friends.
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Sarah Sweigart
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Degree: Psychology and Economics
Research Interests:
Studying the neural mechanisms of value judgments, learning, risky decisions, and memory.
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Erica Varga
Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Group, Department of Psychology
Degree: B.S. Neurobiology & Physiology
Research Interests:
Using computational models to understand anxiety & decision making.
Hobbies: Powerlifting, Board games, Reading, Painting
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Nam Anh Nguyen
Graduate Student
Degree: B.A. Psychology
Research Interests: Structural learning and cognitive maps.
Hobbies: Badminton, music (jazz, soul), clinical psychology (Rogers, Jung).
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
Chenyi Dai
Undergraduate Research Assistant
cydai@ucdavis.edu
Degree: B.A. Psychology & Economics
Research Interest: Value-based decision making, theory of mind, behavioral neurology
Hobbies: Pet keeping (ball pythons, chinchilla), swimming, traveling
Jake Blumwald
Undergraduate Research Assistant
jblumwald@ucdavis.edu
Degree: B.S. NPB (Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior)
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms of value-based decision making, neurodegenerative diseases, chemical neuroscience
Hobbies: Playing tennis and soccer, guitar, and writing.
Ian Mccarthy
Undergraduate Research Assistant
irmccarthy@ucdavis.edu
Degree: B.S. Quantitative Psychology, Minor in Statistics
Research Interests: Modeling cognitive processes, neural mechanisms of credit assignment, reinforcement learning, and Bayesian statistics
Hobbies: Going to the gym, cooking, playing jazz/classical trumpet
Alumni
Seongmin (Alex) Park, Ph.D.
Where is he now? Alex has started his lab at the Institute of Cognitive Science Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, in Lyon.
Research Interests:
My research aims to understand how brains generalize previous experiences, construct structural knowledge, and make novel decisions. My research approach combines behavioral economics, neuroimaging (fMRI and EEG), and computational modeling.
Contact Alex:
seongmin.a.park@gmail.com
CNRS email: spark@isc.cnrs.fr
Phillip Witkowski, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D. Psychology, B.A. Psychology / B.A. Anthropology
Where is he now? Phil is now a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Thorsten Kahnt at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Primary Academic Interests: The neural mechanisms that underlie causal learning, information sampling and visual attention. And also anthropology and philosophy of science.
Hobbies: Traditional archery, Dungeons and Dragons, listening to metal.
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Undergraduate Alumni
Undergraduate Research Assistants |
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Riddhi BarbhaiyaUndergraduate R.A. Class of 2022, Degree: B.S. Cognitive Science and Statistics |
Seigo NinomiyaUndergraduate R.A. Class of 2022, Degree: B.A. Cognitive Science |
Mia FaganUndergraduate R.A. Class of 2022, Degree: B.S. Cognitive Science, Minor in Economics |
Alexandria YipUndergraduate R.A. Class of 2022, Degree: B.S. Computer Science, minor in Mathematics |
Anastasia LeonesUndergraduate R.A. Class of 2022, Degree: B.S. Biopsychology |
Nicole NiUndergraduate R.A. Class of 2023, Degree: B.S. Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, A.B. Psychology, and minor in Statistics |