Hello! I’m Branson. I’m interested in reward. In particular, I think about how much choice people have in the rewards they go after and experience. Sometimes I think people can shape what is rewarding to them. Other times it might be very difficult. I think the amount of control people have over what is rewarding to them ultimately effects what…

Hi, I’m Jamie. I am trained as a clinical psychologist and previously worked with adolescents struggling with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Ultimately, I am interested in how we change our behaviours (especially in a therapy context) and how emotions, motivations, costs and rewards influence our decision-making and learning…

Hello! I'm Sevan Harootonian, but I go by Sev. I'm interested in studying mentorship and understanding the cognitive mechanisms that contribute to its success. One project I've been working on examines how people infer others' knowledge to determine the best way to teach them. I use Reinforcement Learning and Bayesian models to figure out what…