Stephen Cowen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

scowen@arizona.edu

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Interim Director, Cognition & Neural Systems Graduate Program

Associate Professor, Cognition & Neural Systems

Director, Decision Making and Learning Laboratory

Research Interests:

Understanding how the coordinated activities of groups of neurons and the release of dopamine in the brain contribute to learning, memory consolidation during sleep, and navigation.
Exploring how communication between neurons is disrupted in aging and Parkinson’s disease.
Development of novel instrumentation for visualizing and modulating brain activity, measuring dopamine release, and quantifying behavior to further the above research objectives.