Laboratory for Neural Computation and Cognition



People

Michael Frank, Director
The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will contain
With ease, and you besides.
--- Emily Dickinson
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Mike X Cohen , Postdoctoral Fellow

mikexcohen@gmail.com


Shikhar Kumar, Graduate Student

shikhark@email.arizona.edu


Jim Cavanagh, Graduate Student

jimcav@email.arizona.edu
Jim Cavanagh is a 3rd year Cognition and Neural Systems student working in Dr. John Allen's lab and in the LNCC.
Our collaboration utilizes EEG measurements for insight into neural systems involved in reinforcement learning,
especially the Error-Related Negativity (ERN) family of voltage potentials. Jim is interested in how stress
compromises different neural systems involved in reinforcement learning, and if this approach offers insight into
disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and addiction.


Bradley Doll, Graduate Student

bdoll@email.arizona.edu
Bradley Doll is a student in the Cognition and Neural Systems program. Currently working in the LNCC, NDSL (Sanfey lab),
and ARG (Jacobs lab), Brad is interested how representations in the prefrontal cortex cooperate and compete with reinforcement
learning processes in the basal ganglia. Collaborative projects approach this problem with an number of methodologies,
including behavioral studies, computational models, fMRI, and genetic assays.


Christina Figueroa , Research Technician / Lab Manager

stina24@email.arizona.edu


Former Lab Members:

Ahmed Moustafa, Postdoctoral Fellow

ahmedhalimo@gmail.com

Main Ongoing Collaborations

Dr. Adam Aron, UCSD

Dr. John Allen, UA Psych

Dr. Claudio Da Cunha, Federal University of Parana State, Brazil

Dr. Tim Curran, University of Colorado

Dr. Lesley Fellows, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

Dr. Jim Gold, University of Maryland Psychiatric Research Center

Dr. Randy O'Reilly, University of Colorado

Dr. Diego Pizzagalli, Harvard University

Dr. Anouk Scheres, UA Psych

Dr. Scott Sherman, MD, UA Neurology

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