Brain Imaging Lab

I am a fourth-year graduate student working with William Kelley in the Brain Imaging Lab.  My research focuses on self-representation in virtual worlds (such as World of Warcraft or Second Life) and how the degree and nature of this self-representation affects social interactions within these environments, as well as the rewarding nature of these environments.  I am also interested in the properties of the ‘reward system’ in general, including how attractive faces, financial incentive, social information and food modulate neural responses and behavior.