Our lab aims to better understand the neural mechanisms underlying social interaction and their relations to neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, and translate this knowledge to develop novel treatments. One research interest is to identify neuromarkers of social and emotional skills acquisition during typical and atypical development. Another focus is to determine the causal neural circuits relevant to social and emotional deficits and treatment effects.

We address this topic using an interdisciplinary approach, creatively combining naturalistic paradigms, neuroimaging (fNIRS, fMRI), neurostimulation (TMS), brain lesions, behavioral recording (eye-tracking, smartphone app), machine learning, and network analyses.