Kia Nobre

I am interested in understanding the organising principles of the neural systems that support adaptive cognition and behavior in the human brain. Current research in the group examines how the brain anticipates, prioritizes, and selects information from the sensory stream and from memories at various time scales to form psychological experience and guide adaptive behavior. We combine behavioral methods (psychophysics, eye tracking, virtual reality) with state-of-the-art non-invasive techniques (magneto- and electroencephalography, magnetic-resonance imaging, brain stimulation) to investigate brain activity and performance. We particularly enjoy designing experimental frameworks that help integrate psychological domains often studied in isolation (e.g., attention, working memory, long-term memory) to examine the fine-grained modulation of psychological and brain processing in the service of adaptive behaviour within dynamic environments.