Ph.D.: Dr. David V. Smith & Dr. Vinod Venkatraman
Master's: Dr. Scott Huettel
Undergraduate: Dr. Natalie Phillips
Research Focus
I am interested in the neural mechanisms underlying economic and social decision-making, with a research focus on the complexities of choice overload and its impact on decision-making processes.
Research Projects
Project: “Dorsal anterior cingulate responses to unreciprocated trust are associated with neural responses to unfairness”
Collaborators: James B. Wyngaarden III, Melanie Kos, Cooper Sharp, Jen Yang, Johanna M. Jarcho, Dominic Fareri
Advisor(s): Dr. David V. Smith
Project: “Eye Movements and Decision Making”
Collaborators: Dr. Matthew Bachman, Deborah Cesarini
Advisors: Drs. Scott Huettel and Nicolette Sullivan
Project: “Neuroimaging of Social Decision-Making”
Collaborators: Dr. Matthew Bachman, Dr. Abigail Hsiung, Deborah Cesarini
Advisor: Dr. Scott Huettel
Project: “An Eye-Tracking Study of Candidate Gender's Impact on Information Search in Candidate Evaluations”
Collaborators: Pranav Athimuthu, Victoria Hernandez
Advisor: Dr. Libby Jenke
Project: “Rapid measurement of prefrontal cortical activity using parallelized diffuse correlation spectroscopy”
Collaborators: Matthew Bachman, Shiqi Xu, Xi Yang, Lucas Kreiss, Melissa Wu, Paul McKee
Advisors: Dr. Scott Huettel & Dr. Roarke Horstmeyer
Project: “Investigating the Neural Basis of Aesthetic Pleasure in Reading”
Collaborators: Wood Addison, Ben Horne
Advisor: Dr. Natalie Phillips