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Principal Investigator

Jennifer Beer, PhD  (CV)

beer (at) mail.utexas.edu

512-471-3224

Dr. Beer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She is affiliated with the Psychology Department, the Imaging Research Center, and the Institute for Neuroscience.

 

 

Graduate Students

Jamil Palacios Bhanji

bhanji (at) mail.utexas.edu

512-471-6852

 

My research focuses on the influence of affect in decision making and how individuals regulate that influence. I examine these questions using neuroimaging and studies of special populations such as recovering substance abusers.

 

 

 

 

 

Hani Freeman  (CV)

hdfreeman (at) mail.utexas.edu

My research interests involve looking at the biological correlates of risk-taking behavior using a combination of functional neuroimaging, hormones and genetics.  In my free time I enjoy hanging out with my friends and my dog, Obie, going to the movies or theater and doing outdoor activities (swimming, hiking, camping). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brent Hughes

brencho@gmail.com

512-232-9596

 

I am interested in understanding the psychological and neural processes by which we perceive ourselves and other people, as well as the biases involved in these perceptions. Currently, my research employs behavioral and neuroimaging methods to examine these issues. I am also interested in emotion and pain, and the processes by which people regulate these responses.
 

 

 

 

 

Lab Manager

 

Bobby Emerson

robert.w.emerson (at) gmail.com

512-471-5297

 

I graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in Psychology and Linguistics.  My undergraduate research experience mainly focused on the study of attention and language. I'm now gaining experience using neuroimaging to examine social processes before applying to graduate programs to study Autism.

 

 

 

Lab Alumni

 

 

Mike Lombardo

ml437 (at) cam.ac.uk

Mike's homepage

Mike was a lab manager when the lab was at UC Davis. In the lab, he worked on projects examining self-perception bias and emotion-cognition interactions using neuroimaging and special population methodologies. He is currently a graduate student at University of Cambridge in Simon Baron-Cohen's lab. Mike's interests include social cognition and autism.

 

 

 

Mirre Stallen

mirre.stallen@fcdonders.ru.nl

Mirre's homepage

Mirre conducted her Master's level research in the lab while visiting us from the Netherlands (2005-2006). Her project examined the neural correlates of the affective and cognitive processes of prejudice. Currently, she is a graduate student at Radboud University Nijmegen in the FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. Her research focuses on the neuralsystems involved in decision-making.

 

 

 

Pranj Mehta, PhD (CV)

pm2482 (at) columbia.edu

www.pranjmehta.com

 

Pranj was a post doctoral researcher in the lab (2007-2008).  In the lab, he studied the neural mediators of the relation between testosterone and social decision-making. Currently, he is a post doctoral fellow at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. His research focuses on the biological systems of  power, status, and dominance.