UCSB

The Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience is directed by Professor F. Gregory Ashby. The research conducted in the lab combines cognitive neuro-science, computational modeling, and empirical data collection to study human categorization, sequence learning attention, learning, memory, and decision making. The goals are to understand the perceptual, cognitive, and neural processes that mediate these phenomena, and to build and test neuro- biologically plausible computational models. The lab conducts behavioral studies of healthy adults and of certain neuro-psychological groups (e.g., Parkinson's disease patients), as well as neuro-imaging (i.e., fMRI) studies. In addition, single-cell recording data are used to test and calibrate the computational models (although electro-physiological data are not collected in the lab).