Joshua W. Brown

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**

• jwmbrown@iu.edu
• (812) 855-9282
• PY 336

Research Interests
develop computational models of brain circuitry involved in cognitive control; test computational model predictions with fMRI; investigate the neural bases of cognitive impairment in psychopathology, especially substance abuse and schizophrenia, using fMRI and computational modeling, apply temporal interference electrical neurostimulation to test causal hypotheses and develop clinical treatments.

Simon Davis

Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• swd4@iu.edu
• PY 322

Research Interests
Age-related changes in Episodic and Semantic Memory Function; Representational analysis using fMRI and EEG; Computational models of Knowledge; Neuromodulation of Memory using TMS; Developing Memory-focused Interventions in Alzheimer’s Disease

William P. Hetrick

Provost Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• whetrick@iu.edu
• (812) 855-2620
• PY 132

Research Interests
cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia and related psychological disorders; clinical translational psychopathology approaches to understanding risk factors and "illness" mechanisms using both human and animal models; temporal processing, cerebellar function, and brain micro-state measures of cognitive discoordination; methods utilized in the lab include fMRI, EEG, ERPs, rTMS, EMG, and clinical-neuropsychological assessment

Karin H. James

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Director of Graduate Studies

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• khjames@iu.edu
• (812) 361-3118
• PY 356

Research Interests
action and perception interactions during learning; development of object recognition; effects of handwriting on cognitive development, perceptual expertise, gesture processing and active learning in adults

Tom James

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**

• thwjames@iu.edu
• (812) 856-0841
• PY 356

Research Interests
visual and haptic perception; object recognition; cross-sensory integration; priming and adaptation; functional neuroimaging

Daniel P. Kennedy

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Director, Imaging Research Facility

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• dpk@iu.edu
• (812) 855-1169
• PY 370

Research Interests
social neuroscience; autism spectrum disorders; social perception; eye tracking; brain connectivity; functional MRI

Anne Krendl

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• akrendl@iu.edu
• (812) 856-0840
• PY 364

Research Interests
social neuroscience; social cognition & aging; healthy & pathological aging; stigma

Alexandra Moussa-Tooks

Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• amoussat@iu.edu
• PY 154

Research Interests
Psychotic disorders, motor processes, sensorimotor integration, cerebellum, translational science, intervention, demographics and individual differences, risk factors, behavioral tasks, neuroimaging

Ehren Newman

Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• ehnewman@iu.edu
• (812) 855-4541
• PY 324

Research Interests
systems neuroscience; learning and memory; circuits; high-density electrophysiology; optogenetics; neural rhythms; theta and gamma rhythms; acetylcholine; neuromodulation; neural information processing; modeling of neural circuits; computational neuroscience

N. Bonnie Nozari

Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**

• bnozari@iu.edu
• (812) 855-5818
• PY 365

Research Interests
cognitive and neural basis of language production in spoken and typed production; monitoring; error detection; computational models of language production; interface of language production and decision making; language production and cognitive control

Aina Puce

Eleanor Cox Riggs Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**

• ainapuce@iu.edu
• (812) 856-0417
• PY 353

Research Interests
social neuroscience; EEG/MEG, functional MRI; eye tracking; white matter tractography; open science; best practices

Olaf Sporns

Distinguished Professor and Provost Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Robert H. Shaffer Chair

**Not accepting graduate students for Fall 2026**

• osporns@iu.edu
• (812) 855-2772
• PY 360

Research Interests
computational and cognitive neuroscience; connectomics; network models of the human brain; brain networks across the computational models of brain dynamics; embodied cognitive science

Wei Tang

Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences

**Reviewing graduate applications for Fall 2026**

• wt1@iu.edu
• PY 361

Research Interests
Brain representations in perceptual learning; dynamic interactions between brain regions in cognitive tasks; brain networks underlying decision making; functional MRI; diffusion MRI