Brian Knutson

Professor of Psychology

Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliates, Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology, MBCT Faculty Affiliates

My lab and I seek to elucidate the neural basis of emotion (affective neuroscience), and explore implications for decision-making (neuroeconomics) and psychopathology (neurophenomics).

Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 NeuroChoice Initiative (Phase 2)
Research Keywords

Brain function

Clinical / translational research

Circuits and systems

Behavior and society

Discovery science
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 NeuroChoice: Optimizing Choice - from neuroscience to public policy
Research Accelerator Award | 2017 New tools, analytic methods and conceptual approaches for harnessing plasticity in the human brain
SIGF - Graduate Fellowship | 2019 A spatiotemporally-resolved circuit model of the physiologic and behavioral effects of subanesthetic ketamine activity in the limbic system
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 Neuro-circuit interventional research consortium for understanding the brain and improving treatment

Related Projects

Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 NeuroChoice Initiative (Phase 2)

Research Keywords

Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 NeuroChoice: Optimizing Choice - from neuroscience to public policy

Research Accelerator Award | 2017 New tools, analytic methods and conceptual approaches for harnessing plasticity in the human brain

SIGF - Graduate Fellowship | 2019 A spatiotemporally-resolved circuit model of the physiologic and behavioral effects of subanesthetic ketamine activity in the limbic system

Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 Neuro-circuit interventional research consortium for understanding the brain and improving treatment