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Studying value-based decision making
Schonberg lab
About Us
Our laboratory is focused on the study of the neural basis of value-based decision-making and behavior change. We are interested in the process of how values are constructed by the brain, and thus could be perturbed and changed. We study the underlying neural substrates of multiple components of this process by designing novel behavioral paradigms and using converging research tools to analyze them including structural and functional MRI, eye tracking, virtual reality and computational value-based decision-making models. We seek to create human translational models of behavioral change paradigms from animals and from humans to animals to allow causal inferences. The lab is interdisciplinary and nurtures collaborations within and outside it. The laboratory is committed to promoting open, transparent, and reproducible scientific practices.
What We Do
EYE TRACKING
We use gaze tracking devices in all our levels of experimentation to gain passive markers of preferences during fMRI, behavioral tasks and VR.
VIRTUAL REALITY
We use virtual reality (VR) to induce densely monitored interactive experiences taking place within a simulated natural environment.
NEUROIMAGING
We use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to study the structure and function (functional MRI) underlying value-based decision-making tasks and plasticity induced by them.
