Thoughts, actions, emotions, and bodies.
Working with global collaborators to study the neural architecture of self-control over our thoughts, actions, emotions, and bodies.
Collaborators
The Neural Networks for Cognitive Control Laboratory (NNCC) collaborates with investigators in 10 countries around the world.
Public diplomacy
Dr. Totah has followed an unusual path from academic neuroscientist to making Track 1.5 diplomatic contributions to transatlantic international relations.
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We aim to discover how neuronal activity creates control over cognition, actions, emotions, and visceral feelings through analysis of behavioral, pupillometry, facial expression, electrocardiogram, and neural data in rats.
The locus coeruleus
An ancestral brainstem region
Navigating free will
How we change our minds
Neurons to knowledge to AI
How biological neuronal networks let us adapt to a dynamic, multi-sensory world
Mind-body connection
The neural link between subjective experiences and physiological responses
Team
We are courageous explorers enjoying playing the long-game to unravel the mystery of the mind.
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