I am a cognitive neuropsychologist who studies the implicit and bodily mechanisms of addiction. My research combines cognitive psychology, psychopharmacology, cardiac physiology and neuro-imaging. I joined the lab in 2023 as a Marie Curie Fellow. At UvA I conduct research examining the neural and behavioral correlates of implicit reward learning, aiming to answer basic research questions:

• Can stimuli associated with rewards trigger neural responses while we are unaware of their predictive value?
• Can these implicit conditioned stimuli shape motivational responses and decision making?
• Do implicit reward responses map onto risk for alcohol use disorder?

I combine my work at Adapt with an FNRS CR position at UC Louvain, where I work with Pierre Maurage on understanding the bodily and interoceptive processes supporting addiction. Previously I worked for 5 years at the Cardiac Neuroscience Laboratory at Rutgers University (New Jersey), after completing my PhD at the University of Sussex (UK).

I am always looking for motivated students at all levels!

Other links

• ADAPT Lab

Research methods

• implicit learning
• reward learning
• addiction, interception
• psychophysiology
• biofeedback

Research grants & honours

• Marie Curie Research Fellowship
• FNRS Charge de Recherche

Current cooperation

• UC Louvain - Psychological Sciences Research Institute

• Co-supervisor: Lana Mrkonja