We apply insights from cognitive neuroscience...
...to tackle real-world challenges in
education, health, and climate change.
Helping students
learn from error
Correcting and counteracting
misinformation
Motivating preventative
health behaviors
Motivating action to
address climate change
These real-world challenges are linked by common cognitive and neural mechanisms. In the Learning & Behavior Change Lab, we study how the brain engages in "mental time travel" by recalling the past and predicting the future. This cycle of recollection and prediction guides adaptive behavior and helps people learn from error. We also explore how emotion and motivation influence the information we seek and the details we remember.
Our research combines behavioral experiments, brain imaging (fMRI), and large-scale online field studies. We curate a metaphorical intervention toolbox of strategies that can enhance learning and memory, belief updating, and behavior change across domains.