I am interested in how people use valenced (i.e. positive and negative) information to understand and divide the world and our experiences. I am the most excited when this is shown to be mood-congruent in some way! To do this I design behavioral experiments, use computational modeling (e.g. reinforcement learning and bayesian inference) and…

The goal of my research in the lab is to develop computational tools to examine mechanisms of change in psychotherapy and subsequently use these computational tools to identify and establish predictors of treatment response to specific psychotherapy interventions, ideally, such that they can be deployed in clinical practice. To achieve this…

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…

I studied behavioral cognitive neuroscience at the University of Michigan. I’m broadly interested in the field of computational psychiatry, especially topics related to social decision-making deficits in people with mood and personality disorders. Outside of lab, I like long runs, good food, and bad reality TV.