Cognitive neuroscientist at UMD, member of the Social Learning and Decisions Lab. I study decision-making, social learning and the formation/update of human beliefs.
Computational neuroscientist at UMD. Works on decision-making, social learning, and NeuroAI. Writes about current and next issues in cognition and behavior. I'm my first audience.
Ex-neuroscience professor, current independent educator. I help people understand applied math and AI, machine-learning, deep learning, LLM mechanisms, etc. My motto is "you can learn a lot of math with a bit of coding."
Michael M. Halassa, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry whose work has redefined the role of the thalamus in cognition. His clinical focus is on schizophrenia and related disorders.
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