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Cognitive Effort in the Brain

Leading Researcher:
Andrew Westbrook, Ph.D.
interest:
Core biochemical and genetic mechanisms
  • Graduate/Medical Students is accepted

  • Post Docs is accepted

  • Residents is accepted

  • Undergraduates is accepted

Official Title:

Subjective Cognitive Effort Indexes Sub-Criticality in the Brain

Understanding what the brain treats as costly will lay the foundation for future work on the nature of subjective effort, and suggest target mechanisms for promoting desirable cognitive effort.