Teaching
Courses
Courses taught by lab members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Neurobiology of Learning and Decision-Making
An advanced course examining the neural mechanisms underlying learning, motivation, and decision-making. Topics integrate perspectives from neuroscience, psychology, and computational modeling — spanning reinforcement learning, reward processing, decision-making under uncertainty, addiction, and social learning. Students engage deeply with primary literature and develop skills in critically evaluating experimental and computational neuroscience research.
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Neuroscience Proseminar
A weekly graduate proseminar in which students present their ongoing research and receive structured feedback from peers and faculty. The course fosters scientific communication skills, critical thinking, and community within the graduate program. Sessions occasionally feature invited outside speakers. Includes the 10-week Brain Talks on the Isthmus seminar series, showcasing cutting-edge neuroscience from early-career scientists.
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Neurobiology of Learning and Decision-Making
A graduate seminar exploring computational frameworks for understanding neural function. Covers reinforcement learning theory, Bayesian models of perception, neural network models, and quantitative methods for analyzing large-scale neural data. Includes hands-on programming assignments in Python.