Our lab conducts cutting-edge research projects that push the boundaries of knowledge and create real-world impact. Each project combines rigorous scientific methods with innovative computational approaches.
Testing whether excitatory tDCS over the left DLPFC can rebalance neural reward processing in heavy drinkers—reducing biased responses to alcohol cues, enhancing responsiveness to …
Testing whether multi-session Cognitive Bias Modification can drive functional neuroplasticity in reward-related neural systems and reduce automatic alcohol-approach bias, craving, …
Investigating attentional biases and attention disengagement from substance-related stimuli as behavioral and neural prognostic indicators of relapse and treatment failure in …
This project aims to identify neurobiological and cognitive-behavioral markers of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and evaluate their utility for predicting relapse after treatment. The …
Examining how social exclusion and social inclusion shape neural alcohol cue reactivity, implicit approach tendencies, laboratory alcohol consumption, and 15-day daily drinking as …
Developing and validating a new psychological assessment scale to measure the differential valuation of substance-related rewards versus natural rewards and other non-drug …
Investigating the role of Autonomic Nervous System regulation in shaping sleep quality across the spectrum of alcohol use, from moderate consumption to Alcohol Use Disorder.
Investigating whether individual differences in reward processing deficits contribute to vulnerability to alcohol addiction by increasing susceptibility to incentive salience …
Investigating the Use of TMS in Modulating Brain Responses to Rewards Associated with Alcohol and Natural Rewards