Samuel Nevins

Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying the distinct motivational influences of reward and punishment on cognitive control

This study identifies distinct neural regions associated with reward and punishment influences on cognitive control using fMRI and a multi-incentive task, revealing how these incentives shape control strategies and mental effort.

Early life adversity reduces affiliative behavior towards a distressed cagemate and leads to sex-specific alterations in corticosterone responses

This study shows that early life adversity affects stress responses and social behavior in mice, with sex-specific changes in corticosterone levels and social interactions following stress.