Growing the team to launch NIMH-funded project!

We are growing the team to launch an NIMH-funded project aimed at uncovering the neural, cognitive, and computational mechanisms underlying subjective value construction that guide normative and maladaptive decision making. We are seeking to hire a postdoc and a study...

New Postdoc position in the lab! Apply now!

The Bakkour Memory and Decision Laboratory in the Department of Psychology (PI: Akram Bakkour) at the University of Chicago is seeking a full-time Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoctoral Researcher to join the team and head an NIH-funded project in collaboration with Dr....

SNE 2023

Three PhD students in the Bakkour Lab traveled to Vancouver this October to present their ongoing research at the Society for Neuroeconomics (SNE) 2023 Conference. Check out their posters at this...

New paper validating a novel browser-based aggression task: RC-RAGE

We have a new paper out in Behavioral Research Methods in collaboration with friends and collaborators Dr. Kim Meidenbauer and Dr. Marc Berman! The paper’s title is “Characterizing the role of impulsivity in costly, reactive aggression using a novel paradigm”. You can...