News

February 2026

  • The lab’s first neurophysiology paper has been accepted at Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience! Morgan and Ryan are co-first-authors and show that the orbitofrontal cortex is functionally specialized for value-based but not perceptual decisions.

  • Isaac’s Registered Report at Psychonomic Bulletin & Review has just been accepted. This work addresses how individual differences in people’s willingness to delay gratification relates to their subjective experience of time.

December 2025

  • Ryan Read joins the lab as graduate student - welcome Ryan!

July 2025

  • We fabricated our first Neuropixel holders here at UT Austin - we’re all set to record!

June 2025

  • Hannah Stealey joins the lab as a Senior Research Engineer - welcome Hannah!

February 2025

  • Morgan Moll joins the lab as a graduate student - welcome Morgan!

January 2025

  • New paper out in Nature Neuroscience which showed how hippocampal-prefrontal interactions enable context-dependent choices!

  • The lab has officially opened its doors in Austin!