Dr. Ali Cohen
LUMeN Lab
The ability to learn from and remember salient information is essential for an individual to survive and thrive throughout life. Research in the Learning, Understanding, Memory, & Neurodevelopment (LUMeN) lab focuses on characterizing the brain and cognitive mechanisms through which emotion and motivation mold how we learn and what we remember across development. We use a combination behavioral, neuroimaging, psychophysiological, and computational modeling techniques and an interdisciplinary approach, to address the following overarching questions:
* How do emotion and motivation influence behavioral and neural learning & memory processes across development?
* How does the complexity of the learning environment influence motivated learning, memory, & brain function across age?
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We review undergrad RA applications at the end of each semester for potentially joining the lab the following semester. We're recruiting graduate students for enrollment in Fall 2023 and will also have a postdoc position within the next year. We are always open to collaborations with other labs!
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Emory
Dr. Mengyao Li
Hybrid Intelligence Lab
The Hybrid Intelligence Lab (HI lab) studies the interaction of human and machine intelligence. Specifically, we understand, predict, and shape human-AI communication, social cooperation, and long-term coevolution in safety-critical environments.
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We are planning to hire two fully-funded, five-year Ph.D. students in Fall 2024. We also accept undergraduate/master RA applications on a rolling basis.
Georgia Tech
Dr. Doby Rahnev
Perception, Neuroimaging, and Modeling (PNM) lab
The goal of our research is to understand how the brain constructs what we see. Unlike what it may feel intuitively, vision doesn't just happen to us. Our brain engages in complex processing that creates our subjective visual reality out of incomplete and ambiguous sensory signals. Our research is focused on understanding how the brain accomplishes this feat. We approach this question using a variety of techniques such as computational modeling of behavioral data, testing how deep neural networks (DNNs) for computer vision mimic and differ from human vision, testing patients with neurological deficits, and exploring the brain mechanisms directly via fMRI and TMS. We also strongly support open science and share the data and code for all our papers.
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We are always looking for students with strong computer science background to work on projects related to artificial neural networks (ANNs). Many other opportunities exist too. For more, visit: https://rahnevlab.gatech.edu/getinvolved.html
Georgia Tech
Dr. Ruth Kanfer & Dr. Phillip Ackerman
PARK lab
In existence for over 20 years, the PARK lab serves as a center for graduate training and integrative research that spans cognitive, aging, personality, social, and applied psychology domains. Our recent research focuses include skill learning and retention, workplace design and remote work, as well as the implementation of novel technology in work and learning domains.
Georgia Tech
Dr. Rohan Palmer
Behavioral Genetics of Addiction Laboratory
The Behavioral Genetics of Addiction (BGA) Laboratory investigates how genomic variation influences the progression to maladaptive substance use behaviors. We are identifying the differences in our DNA that influence our relationship with alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other illicit substances through sophisticated genomic techniques. To understand the progression from use to dependence, we additionally examine related traits and behaviors that may predate the onset of substance use/addiction or co-occur with substance use/addiction, such as major depression, conduct problems, and novelty seeking. Our research spans across species and development (i.e., prenatal through adulthood), as well as strives to include both clinical and community-based samples. Furthermore, we aim to address disparities in mental health among populations typically underrepresented in research.
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Get Involved!
Graduate students in the BGA laboratory recruit undergraduate research assistants as needed. Please see their contact information on our website at: https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/bgalab/graduate-students/ Professor Palmer will be recruiting graduate students for the Fall 2025 academic year.
Emory
Dr. Michael Treadway
TReAD Lab
The Translational Research in Affective Disorders (TReAD) Lab studies the behavioral and neurobiological determinants of cost/benefit decision-making in healthy individuals, as well as in patients with mental illness. Our research focuses on the neural circuitry that underlies decision-making and how abnormalities in these processes relate to and manifest as core symptoms in affective disorders, like major depressive disorder.
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GET INVOLVED!
We accept undergraduate RA applications at the beginning of every semester!
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Dr. Vince Calhoun
GSU/GT Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
Jointly supported by Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI) is a research facility focused on the study of human brain health and function. Located in Midtown Atlanta, CABI serves as a hub for research scientists, clinicians and the medical community to collaborate toward the advancement of brain science. CABI is a 6,000-square-foot research facility located in the heart of midtown Atlanta. The center opened in 2009 to provide academic researchers with access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) facilities to conduct studies on topics ranging from autism and learning disabilities to brain-computer interfaces. CABI houses a 3T Siemens Prisma MRI scanner as well as equipment for collecting data using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) systems, eye tracking, and a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) system. Find a detailed list of all our equipment here. CABI is a hub for multi-disciplinary research, including both basic science and translational research with implications for the classroom and the clinic. CABI is part of the Georgia Research Alliance’s Core Exchange, which allows Georgia’s university scientists to share core research facilities and equipment. The center facilitates scientific discovery and theoretical innovation in cognitive neuroscience and other fields by providing access to advanced equipment and methods, as well as technical and scientific training. CABI supports brain and whole-body imaging for research across the lifespan and on a range of clinical and nonclinical populations.
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In addition, CABI offers educational and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at Georgia State and Georgia Tech and disseminates scientific knowledge to the broader university community, relevant professional communities and the general public.
Georgia Tech / Georgia State
Dr. Peter Hitchcock
Translational Lab
The Translational Lab focuses on when and why decision-making goes awry in depression and anxiety disorders and on developing potent and scalable interventions to improve it.
​Some topics of particular interest are: Training A Computational Lens on Rumination and Worry: Why do we ruminate? Why do we worry? What is shared and what is distinct between these thinking patterns in terms of their constituent computations? Once these thinking patterns become entrenched, how do they influence our behavior? Developing Clinical Principles and Translating them into Powerful Treatments: There is a rich history of translating behavioral science into effective and widely disseminated psychotherapies. How can we translate the recent remarkable advances in the decision sciences into clinical principles to develop potent, precise, scalable interventions? Understanding the Contexts in which Decision-making Goes Awry: Assessing information processing among someone prone to depression or anxiety is not like running a background diagnostic on your laptop. The individual's state, and the context in which they are embedded, fundamentally alters how they process information. We are interested in questions such as: How does information processing change when people experience the emotions that are characteristic of these mental health problems? How does it change after distressing life events?
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* The lab will be reviewing PhD applications this fall for Clinical and/or Cognitive and Computational area students (to begin fall 2024). * We are looking for a postdoc to begin next year. * We will consider volunteer research-assistant applications on a case-by-case basis. Typically at least a 1-year commitment working at least 5-10 hrs/week is needed (to allow making sufficient progress on a project during time spent in the lab).
Emory
Dr. Chris Wiese
The Foundation Lab
The Foundation Lab is located on Georgia Tech's campus in the middle of downtown Atlanta. Housed within historic the John Saylor (J.S.) Coon Building, The Foundation Lab consists of a multi-media rich research space - with several independent/interconnected lab "pods" that can share both audio and visual information with each other. These pods are equipped with Virtual Reality headsets and software that allow us to simulate future work conditions. These facilitates are perfect for conducting experimental studies on team dynamics as well as multiple simultaneous studies on individual health and well-being. Further, the Foundation Lab uses high-fidelity driving simulators to study cognitive and psychological phenomenon that occurs while navigating. Explore this area of our website to learn more about the specific projects we're currently working on!
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The Foundation Lab is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2024!
Georgia Tech
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