Stefano Ghirlanda – PI

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I am interested in everything that concerns behavior – how behavior evolves, what are its organizing principles, how it is generated by nervous systems, and how it is shaped by nonsocial and social experiences. This broad interest has, over the years, materialized in
various research lines:

Neural network modeling of nervous system operation, especially stimulus generalization and associative learning
Evolution of behavior, including game-theoretical models and agent-based simulations
Cultural evolution, especially theoretical models of cultural dynamics

Elsewhere on the Internet you can find my blog, my twitter account, my Google Scholar profile, and a good-old fashioned academic page with a CV.

Lab Members (Fall 2015)

Justin Varughese, Volunteer. Associative learning experiments	Tanmai Shah, independent research (PSYC 5001) student and Honors thesis student. Associative learning experiments	Ruzana Safonova, independent research (PSYC 5001) student. Associative learning experiments
Amanda Ciaffone, laboratory experience (PSYC 2001) student. Lab manager	Aliya Khasanova, independent research (PSYC 5001) student. Associative learning experiments	Chaim Hayes, B.A. in Psychology, Brooklyn College, 2014. Data acquisition
Malka Kohl, independent research (PSYC 5001) student. Associative learning experiments	Dorie-Mae Nicolas, volunteer. Associative learning experiments	Max Temnogorod, B.A. in Psychology, Brooklyn College, 2014. Software development