Gluck Lab, Rutgers University-Newark

How can past learning and experiences inform future decisions? What do different brain systems contribute to learning and decision-making? Can a better characterization of brain systems for learning improve our ability to understand brain disorders and identify lifestyles that enhance brain health? These three questions, each addressing a different level of inquiry—cognitive processes, brain systems, and clinical applications—drive current research in our lab. To answer these questions we employ a range of interdisciplinary methods from cognitive neuroscience including behavioral experiments, neuropsychological studies of clinical populations, functional brain imaging, animal models, genetics, and computational modeling.