We are open to recruiting a graduate researcher this coming application cycle.
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 and email addresses of up to three references.
You can apply via the Cognitive Sciences graduate program (deadline December 1st, 2023)
or the Medical Scientist Training Program.
Note: While I cannot serve as a primary advisor for any graduate program other than Cognitive Sciences, I am open to discussing plans for collaboration with faculty in your target department.
Please name them in your introduction email.
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.
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]
Harhen NC, Bornstein AM
(2022).
Humans adapt their foraging strategies and computations to environment complexity.
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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