This research group brings together researchers interested in learning theory and psychobiology. They share a common interest in experience-dependent plastic changes in brain circuits that support lasting changes in behavior. Their work aims to explore the neural basis of learning and to develop biologically plausible theoretical models of learning.
Its research interests include:
- Perceptual learning in human and non-human animals.
- The content and mechanisms of associative learning
- The effects of exposure on associative learning and their implications for eating behavior, including dietary choice, conditioned preferences, the role of environmental cues in overeating, sensory-specific satiety, conditioned satiety, and the effects of non-caloric sweeteners on obesity and overweight.
- The biological basis of binge drinking and the effects of pharmacological interventions in animal models.
- Pharmacological intervention in depression in animal models.
Coordinator: Isabel de Brugada, @email