Cognition & Decision Making Lab


Lab Director


Christian Luhmann (CV)

Christian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University. His interests include high-level cognition, specifically decision making and learning. The lab employs a variety of methods to investigate these topics including behavior, neuroimaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and computational modeling.



PhD Students


Pei-Pei Liu (CV)

Pei-Pei is a third-year graduate student. She is interested in the cognitive processes that underlie learning.


Michael Bixter (CV)

Michael is a second-year graduate student. He is interested in decision-making and learning.


Elizabeth Trimber (CV)

Elizabeth is a second-year graduate student. She is interested in the interaction between cognition and emotion.


Kodi Arfer

Kodi is a first-year graduate student. He is interested in social influences on decision-making.


Vasiliy Safin

Vasiliy is a first-year graduate student primarily working in the lab of Howie Rachlin. He is interested in decision-making.



MA Students


Brett Bernstein

Becky Sammis




Honors Students


Bart Massi

Christine Sewack




Research Assistants


Brian Loo

Joe Pawluk

Fatima Vali

Iven Yu

 
  
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Alumni


Honors Students
Kanako Ishida
Research Assistants
Marla Krukowski
Holly Gilliam
Sakshi Bhargava
Jean Tang
Justine Chirichella
Janet Kim
Dan Holzmacher
Elizabeth Altman
Helen Randazzo
Samantha Steinis
Siuchii Wong