Chiu Lab
Led by principal investigator Pearl Chiu, Ph.D., the Chiu Laboratory examines the neuroscience of human motivation and social decision-making. Dr. Chiu’s work is also at the forefront of Computational Psychiatry, an emerging field that broadly applies quantitative model-based understandings of neural functioning to understand the neural and behavioral decision-making processes that break down in mental illness.
Ongoing projects use multiple methods, including behavioral tasks, self-report, clinical interviews, computational models, and functional neuroimaging to:
- Study the neural substrates of how, when, and why humans make and change their decisions;
- Detail how these neurobehavioral systems are affected in disorders marked by difficulties in motivated decision-making (e.g., major depression, addiction, PTSD, autism)
- Develop biologically-informed interventions to remediate these functional deficits.
Brain Imaging Study of Smokers and Vapers
A study to understand how cigarette or e-cigarette users process different kinds of information.
A study to understand how feelings related to depression or anxiety may affect how the brain makes decisions.
A study to understand how people with and without a range of difficulties process different kinds of information.
Teenager Brain Imaging Study
A brain research study of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 14.5.
Neuroscience of Social Behavior Study
A study to understand how people with and without a range of interpersonal difficulties process different kinds of information.
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Vansh Bansal , bioGraduate Student, Clinical Psychology, College of Science
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Carey Caldwell , bioResearch Assistant and Lab Manager
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Matthew Caton , bioClinical Research Coordinator
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Grace Collins , bioResearch Assistant
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Abigail Craig , bioResearch Assistant
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Rebecca Faubion-Trejo , bioLab Manager and Research Coordinator
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Shivani Goyal , bioGraduate Student, Clinical Psychology
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Clare Hogan , bioResearch Assistant
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Dong-Youl Kim, Ph.D. , bioResearch Scientist
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Jacob Lee , bioResearch Programmer
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Isaac Levy , bioResearch Assistant
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Natalie Melville , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Olivia Murray , bioResearch Assistant
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Gates Palissery , bioGraduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Nanda Sankarasubramanian , bioClinical Research Coordinator/Associate
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Amruta Turlapati , bioResearch Programmer
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Cong Wang, Ph.D. , bioPostdoctoral Associate
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John Wang, Ph.D. , bioResearch Scientist
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Shuhan Wang , bioGraduate Student, Biological Psychology
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Kelsey Winkeler , bioGraduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Collaborators
- Kevin McKee, Ph.D., Postdoctral Statistician, Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Tech
- Katherine McCurry, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
- Mark Orloff, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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