Hello! I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience (Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience area). My primary affiliation is with the Motivated Cognition & Aging Brain Lab under the mentorship of Gregory Samanez-Larkin, Ph.D.

Research Areas

• Motivational neural circuitry
  • Dopamine function
  • Reward valuation (discounting & effort) for personal and social rewards
  • Self-control
• Decision-making outside the lab (“real-world” decisions)
  • Motivating physical activity
  • Legal decision making
  • Predicting resistance of everyday desires