Matthew Rushworth

Watts Professor of Experimental Psychology
Department of Experimental Psychology

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I am interested in the components of brain circuits and their interactions that mediate decision making and learning. I want to know not just how people make decisions and learn by themselves but how they do so when they are interacting with others. I use a variety of techniques including some, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, that are designed to record brain activity and others, such as transcranial magnetic and ultrasound stimulation, that transiently change brain activity.