Clinical Systems Neuroscience

Autism Spectrum Disorder
The aim of this project to to investigate large-scale neurocognitive networks in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using fMRI, DTI and voxel-based morphometry. For more information about current studies of autism, please go to the ASD research page.

Depression
The aim of this project to to investigate how individuals with and without depression process positively and negative valence stimuli, with a particular focus on the mesolimbic reward system. The larger goal is to understand dysfunctional brain networks in depression and how they influence cognitive and affective information processing. Joint work with Drs. Alan Schatzberg and Jennifer Keller.