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Eliza Bliss-Moreau
University of California, Davis www.elizablissmoreau.com What does your research focus on? The goal of my research program is to understand the biological underpinnings of affect and emotion, with a particular focus on the mechanisms that
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Nicholas Turk-Browne
Princeton University www.princeton.edu/ntblab What does your research focus on? The research in my lab seeks to understand key components of cognition, such as perception and memory. These components are often studied in isolation, with a
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Virginia Sturm
University of California, San Francisco canlab.ucsf.edu What does your research focus on? My research focuses on how neural systems support emotion and how disruption in these systems relates to alterations in emotion and empathy. I
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Multibillion-dollar map of human brain might not be worth it
Los Angeles Times: The Obama administration is reportedly considering funding a multibillion-dollar effort to map the human brain. This so-called Brain Activity Map project is inspired by the success of the Human Genome Project in
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Nikolaus Steinbeis
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences www.cbs.mpg.de/staff/steinb-10018 What does your research focus on? I am a developmental psychologist and neuroscientist with a focus on social and affective processes, decisions, and abilities. Using
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Robin Nusslock
Northwestern University http://mdl.psych.northwestern.edu/index.html What does your research focus on? My research focuses on examining abnormalities in reward-processing and reward-related brain function in mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder using multi-modal techniques involving psychosocial
