What It's Like to Do Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

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Catherine Hartley is an assistant professor of psychology and neural science at New York University (NYU), and a researcher within NYU’s Institute for the Study of Decision-Making. Her research focuses on the neuroscience of learning and decision-making and how these processes change over the course of development. She works at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology, drawing heavily upon perspectives and approaches from disciplines such as behavioral economics and computer science. To accompany SfN’s webcast, Training at the Intersection of Neuroscience and Other Disciplines, Hartley shared her experience with and perspectives on interdisciplinary research.

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Catherine Hartley, PhD

Catherine Hartley is an assistant professor of psychology and neural science at New York University (NYU) and a member of NYU’s Institute for the Study of Decision-Making. Her lab focuses on characterizing the diverse learning and decision-making processes that support adaptive motivated behavior. She earned her BS in symbolic systems from Stanford University and her PhD in psychology from New York University. She did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she then became an assistant professor.