Aina Puce: Cognitive Science Program: Indiana University Bloomington
Field of study
- social neuroscience; computational & cognitive neuroscience
Education
- Post-doctoral Fellowship (Neurosurgery), Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 1993-1994
- Ph.D. (Medicine), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1985-1990
- Master of Applied Science (Physics) Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 1982-1985
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Biophysics/Instrumental Science), Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 1978-1981
- Higher School Certificate, The University High School, Melbourne, Australia, 1977
Research interests
- My research program focuses on the neural basis of social cognition - the ability to interpret the actions, intentions and emotions of others. Non-verbal communication is a main theme in the laboratory, as is the context in which the action is presented in. We are developing activation tasks that attempt to mimic real-life situations as closely as possible. Our experiments use combinations of different techniques including behavior, functional MRI, event-related potentials, eye tracking and transcranial magnetic stimulation. The final technique or techniques used are determined by the particular scientific question being asked. The laboratory has multimodal integration capability.
- Another research focus is best practices for data acquisition, analysis and sharing of multimodal neuroimaging data,
- Current Lab Members
- Graduate Student: Kami Salibayeva
- Undergraduate Students: Andrew Morales & Devin Seth
- Lab Alumni - partial list
- Post-doctoral Fellows
- Julie A Brefczynski-Lewis - Ph.D. (Neuroscience, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA); now at https://directory.hsc.wvu.edu/Profile/36369
- James Thompson, PhD (Brain Sciences Institute) Swinburne University, Australia; now at https://psychology.gmu.edu/people/jthompsz
- Svenja Lowitzsch (Ettl), PhD (Mathematics,Texas A&M University, USA); now at Max-Planck Forschungsgruppe, Institut für Optik, Informatik und Photonik, Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg, Germany
- Marianne Latinus, PhD (Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Toulouse 3, France); now at https://www.univ-tours.fr/marianne-latinus--697379.kjsp
- Scott Love, PhD (Psychology, Glasgow University, Scotland); now at: https://www6.val-de-loire.inra.fr/umrprc-ethologie-neurobiologie/L-equipe/Chercheurs-et-ingenieurs/Scott-Love
- Graduate Students
- Dr Amy Brodtmann MBBS, PhD (Medicine), from University of Melbourne, Australia; FRACP (Neurology); now Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia (see https://www.florey.edu.au/science-research/scientist-directory/associate-professor-amy-brodtmann)
- Dr Jillian Hardee, PhD (Neuroscience) from West Virginia University, Morgantown WV, USA; now Assistant Professor, University of Michigan (see: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychiatry/jillian-hardee-phd)
- Dr Francisco J. Parada - PhD (Cognitive Psychology/Neuroscience) from IU Bloomington; now Professor, School of Psychology, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile (see http://neurociencia.udp.cl/en/people/)
- Dr Alejandra Rossi - PhD (Cognitive Science/Neuroscience) from IU Bloomington; now Professor, School of Psychology, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile (see http://neurociencia.udp.cl/en/people/)
- Dr Elizabeth Bendycki (daSilva) - PhD (Cognitive Neuroscience) from IU Bloomington; now Assistant Professor, Psychology, Indiana University, Columbus, IN, USA (see https://www.iupuc.edu/science/contact-science/liz-dasilva.html)
- Dr Benjamin Motz - PhD (Cognitive Science); now Faculty Fellow for Academic Analytics UITS & Research Scientist, Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington (see https://motzweb.sitehost.iu.edu/)
- Dr Sara Driskell - PhD (Social Psychology); now Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology, Auburn University
- Dr Arian Ashourvan - PhD (Vision Science/Neuroscience); now Postdoctoral fellow, Mirowski Scholar, Bioengineering, Penn State University, Philadephia, USA (see http://cnt.upenn.edu/arian-ashourvan)
- Undergraduate Students
- Lisa Huang - completed her Senior Honors Thesis in the lab (BS, Psychology at IU Bloomington); now completed PhD in Social Psychology (University of California, Davis, USA), (see https://lisamhuang.wordpress.com/)
- Danika Geisler - completed her Senior Honors Thesis in the lab (BS, Cognitive Science at IU Bloomington); now in PhD Program at Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA, (see http://www.dartmouth-socialneurolab.com/people)
- Emily Beebe - completed her Senior Honors Thesis in the lab (BS, Psychology at IU Bloomington).
Professional Experience
- Honorary Professional Fellow, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne, Australia, 2009-present
- Eleanor Cox Riggs Professor tenured), Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University (IU), Bloomington, IN, USA, 2008-present
- Director, Imaging Research Facility, IU (Bloomington), 2008-2013
- Adjunct Professor, Radiology, West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV, USA, 2008-2013
- Professor (tenured), Radiology, WVU, 2008
- Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, WVU, 2005-2008
- Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, WVU, 2002-2008
- Professor, Radiology (WVU) (Tenure track), 2002-2008
- Director of Neuroimaging, Center for Advanced Imaging, WVU, 2002-2008
- Adjunct Professor, Lane Dept of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, WVU, 2002-2008
- Adjunct Professor, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2002-present
- Principal Research Fellow (Honorary), National Stroke Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2002-2009
- Deputy Director, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2001-2002
- Associate Professor (tenure track), Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1998-2002
- Research Scientist (Honorary), Brain Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1998-2002
- Associate Research Scientist, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 1994-1998
- Research Officer, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1990-1992