AISEM presents

Can we measure value in the brain?

Adrianna Teriakidis
Post-Doctoral Researcher working with Rick Jenison, Department of Psychology

A fundamental question in Neuroeconomics is how and where in the brain value is computed for decision-making. Activity in the amygdala, although classically associated with emotions, has been shown recently to reflect value at the time of decision making. We record electrophysiology from the human amygdala of awake, behaving patients undergoing diagnosis for pharmacologically intractable epilepsy. We use neuron spiking rates recorded from the amygdala to predict a patient-participant's revealed choice on a trial-by-trial basis. We can also modulate these choices using sub-threshold electrical stimulation.

Bio:

Adrianna Teriakidis received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh for the thesis "Intra-neuronal influences on development of the mammalian neuromuscular junction".

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