Projects in Human Neuroscience and Psychology Supervised by Vikranth Bejjanki
Professor Bejjanki will supervise one-semester research projects in the fall of 2024, focusing on human learning. Human observers have an incredible ability to learn from their experiences. For example, we can improve our performance on nearly any task by extracting relevant information from the environment. What are the mechanisms that make such learning possible?
At the beginning of the semester, students will be presented with options for research projects (in topics, and group or individual work) that seek to elucidate the neural and computational mechanisms that underlie human learning in a range of settings. Depending on students’ interest and demonstrated preparation, they could be involved in (1) data collection for ongoing studies, (2) analysis of an existing dataset, or (3) a literature review and research proposal.