The primary focus of this dissertation was to develop methods to model learning to adjust action as a function of risk using rats to assess neural representations of acti [...]

This dissertation presents three interlocking empirical studies united by a single dynamical systems framework: that behavioral flexibility depends on the moment-to-momen [...]

Understanding why and how decisions are made has been a central focus of neuroscience for several decades. The decision-making process helps humans and animals to decide [...]

Psychosis is a hallmark of schizophrenia. It typically emerges in late adolescence and is associated with striatal dopamine abnormalities. Most genes implicated in the ri [...]