Research Interests
My lab studies the neurobiological substrates of emotional learning and memory, with particular emphasis on Pavlovian fear conditioning. This type of associative learning has received considerable experimental attention from both basic and clinical neuroscientists over the last decade not only because of its simplicity and tractability as a neurobiological model of learning and memory, but also because of its potential relevance for understanding the mechanisms underlying the development of psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).