We are a cognitive neuroscience lab that uses behavioral and neuroscience methods as well as computational modeling to study learning and decision making.
One focus we have is on answering basic cognitive neuroscience questions about things related to reinforcement learning, categorization, and decision-making. We like use mathematical models in this endeavor.
A second focus is to take the experimental paradigms, mathematical models, and analysis approaches we have developed through basic cognitive neuroscience research and use the to ask applied questions.
People
Dr. Darrell Worthy – Principal Investigator
Dr. Worthy is the director of the Worthy Motivation and Cognition Interface Lab and an associate professor at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology & Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University in 2010, and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2015.
Rudolf Hu – 2nd year graduate student
Emma Dennin – 1st year graduate student
Former students
Jeewon Yoon – graduate student (2022-2024)
David Yang – received Ph.D. in 2023, employed as a post-doctoral researcher.
Kaitlin McOwen – lab manager, graduate student (2018 – 2022)
Astin Cornwall, Ph.D. – received Ph.D in 2021, employed as a data scientist at a government lab.
Hilary Don, Ph.D. – postdoc from 2018-2020
Kaileigh Byrne, Ph.D. – received Ph.D. in 2017, Assistant Professor at Clemson University
Bo Pang, Ph.D. – received Ph.D. in 2017, Graduate Student in Statistics, UCLA
Crina Silasi-Mansat, Ph.D. – received Ph.D in 2015, Assistant Professor at Stephens College
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