Iris Vilares, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Tao Jin
PhD Student
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Tao graduated with a M.S. in cognitive neuroscience, after receiving a B.S. in Statistics with a minor in Psychology from Beijing Normal University. Her research interests focus on how people make decisions under uncertainty within both the perceptual and social domains. Outside the lab, she enjoys listening to music and hanging out in the park.
Nathan Torunsky
PhD Student
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Nathan received is B.S. in Psychology at the University of Minnesota, and worked for Professor Vilares as a research assisstant for two years before starting as a PhD student in Fall 2021. Nathan's work in the lab spans a variety of different topic areas, including information-seeking, individual differences in uncertainty judgements, and the role of individual differences in emotion recognition on decision-making. In his free time, Nathan plays flute and piccolo in the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra.
Vihang Vaidya
PhD Student
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Vihang graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, and conducted his Master's thesis at Karolinska Institute in cognitive neuroscience. His general research interest is in computational psychiatry and decision-making. Outside of the lab, he enjoys experimenting with cooking, reading fiction, working out, and playing all kinds of video, board, and card games.
Shulang Yue
PhD Student
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Shulang graduated with a M.Sc. in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from Univeristy College London and a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Minnesota. Her current research interests include social decision-making, behavioral economics, interpersonal trust, risky choices, and how emotions may impact our decision-making process. Outside of the lab, she enjoys playing musical instruments and watching anime.
Lab Managers & Full Time Research Assistants
