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Gabriel Kreiman

Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, HMS

The Kreiman lab works at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Neuroscience. The lab is interested in understanding cognition at a mechanistic level and developing computational models that can explain behavior and neural function...

Gina Kuperberg

kuperberg@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Lecturer on Psychiatry, HMS / Massachusetts General Hospital

When and where does the build-up of a gestaldt take place in the healthy brain? Is the sequence of brain activity mediating this process abnormal in schizophrenia? Our lab is addressing these questions by using a cognitive neuroscience approach. In order...

David Laibson

dlaibson@harvard.edu

Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics, FAS

I work in the field of psychology and economics. In other words, I study the ways that psychological and economic factors jointly influence people's choices. I have particular interests in the following areas: neuroeconomics, genomics, intertemporal...

Ellen Langer

langer@wjh.harvard.edu

Professor of Psychology, FAS

Our lab’s current research continues to explore, extend, and refine mindfulness theory across several domains. Most of the work in progress is concerned with the interaction of mindfulness and health, business, and education.

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Rebecca Lemov

Professor of the History of Science

Areas of Research: Science & Technology Studies, Technology & Society, Media Studies, Human Sciences Rebecca Lemov's research focuses on key episodes and experiments in the history of the human and behavioral sciences. Her most recent book, Database of...

Jennifer Lerner

jennifer_lerner@harvard.edu

Professor of Public Policy and Management, KSG

My students and I study the mechanisms through which emotional and social factors influence judgment and decision making. We take an interdisciplinary approach to these topics, drawing primarily on psychology and economics to examine emotional, behavioral...

Jeffrey Lichtman

jlichtman@mcb.harvard.edu

Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Santiago Ramon y Cajal Professor of Arts and Sciences

I am interested in the mechanisms that underlie synaptic competition between neurons that innervate the same target cell. Such competitive interactions are responsible for sharpening the patterns of neural connections during development and may also be...

Xiaofeng Liu

xliu61@mgh.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

My research interests focus on combining neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and AI to advance the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic interventions for e.g. Alzheimer’s Disease, Schizophrenia and Glioblastoma. I also investigate the neural basis of human...

Margaret S. Livingstone

margaret_livingstone@hms.harvard.edu

Takeda Professor of Neurobiology, HMS

We are interested in how cells in the visual system process information. Previous emphasis in the lab was on the parallel processing of different kinds of visual information: form, color, depth, and movement. We discovered an interdigitating and highly...

Jeffrey Macklis

jeffrey_macklis@harvard.edu

Max and Anne Wien Professor of Life Sciences, Harvard University

Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University

Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Our laboratory is directed toward both 1) understanding molecular controls and mechanisms over neuron sub-type development, diversity, axon guidance-circuit formation, and degeneration in the cerebral cortex (e.g. corticospinal motor neurons - CSMN - in...

Joseph A Majzoub

Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, HMS

We study the mechanisms and consequences of stress responses in mice and humans

Dara Manoach

dara@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, HMS

Cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders are profoundly disabling and effective treatments are lacking.Identifying the neural circuitry that underlies cognitive deficits can guide investigations of neuropathology, genetic mechanisms, and the...