I am a postdoctoral researcher in Peter Dayan's group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. My work focuses on understanding how human and artificial agents learn from and interact with one another, and how these processes may be altered in individuals with mental disorders. To explore these questions, I combine behavioural experiments, neuroimaging, and computational modeling to develop mechanistic accounts of the underlying cognitive and neural processes. You can learn more about my background and current research here.
A neural fingerprint of adaptive mentalization
Life is full of social interactions that require taking into account what others are thinking. To investigate the underlying neuro-cognitive processes of this remarkable ability - that sets humans apart from other species - previous research has typically focused on passive-observational tasks and pre-defined...
Hyperconnectivity of an introspective socio-affective brain network in people with depression
Our lives are pervaded and in many ways shaped by social interactions. From youngest age onwards, interactions with significant others define to a large degree who we are - or will become to be - as a person. However, depressed individuals often report poorer relationships and exhibit interpersonal and...