If you're interested in working in the lab, please send me a brief (~2 paragraph) message describing your research experience and interests.
Include a CV, email addresses of up to three references, and any relevant manuscripts you've worked on (preprints ok!).
You can apply via the Cognitive Sciences graduate program (deadline December 1st, 2024)
or the Medical Scientist Training Program.
Note: I can only be a primary advisor in Cognitive Sciences.
However, if you're applying to another department (e.g. ICS, Neurobiology and Behavior, Psychological Sciences, LPS), I am open to collaboration.
UCI undergraduates: UCI students may join the lab at any time, when there are available research projects.
Undergraduates are always welcome to attend lab meetings to learn more about our work - reach out for details.
Advanced undergraduates may sign up for 199 course credit and/or an Honors project.
Chen Y, Harhen NC, Stout DA, Bornstein AM
(2024).
Early life unpredictability modulates planning horizon in a structured foraging task.
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
[pdf]
Harhen NC, Hartley CA, Bornstein AM
(2024).
Development of structure inference contributes to age-related differences in exploration.
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
[pdf]
Yoo J, Zhou D, Bornstein AM
(2024).
Latent cause inference as an efficient and flexible learning rule for cognitive graphs.
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
[pdf]
Zhou D, Noh SM, Yassa MA, Bornstein AM
(2024).
Pattern separation using compressed and semantic representations of memory.
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
[pdf]
Banavar NV, Bornstein AM
(2022).
Decision difficulty modulates the re-use of computations across trials in non-sequential decision tasks.
Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making.
[pdf]
Yoo J, Bornstein AM
(2022).
Two-stage task with increased state space complexity to assess online planning.
Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making.
[pdf]
Kane GA, Bornstein AM, Shenhav A, Wilson RC, Daw ND, Cohen JD (2017).
Mechanisms of overharvesting in patch foraging.Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 637-642.
[pdf]
Bornstein AM*, Constantino SM*
(2017).
Nudge back: Towards a taxonomy of scientific rationalities.
London Conference in Critical Thought.
[abstract]
Bornstein AM
(2014).
Functions of the hippocampal memory system in instrumental control.
Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (3614853).
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