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Shabnam Hakimi

What are you working on now?
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Project:
IGERT: Brain, Mind, and Society: An Integrative Training Program in Valuation, Decision-making, and Social Exchange
Role:
Graduate Student
Joined IGERT:
2008
Univ. or Institute:
California Institute of Technology
Department:
Computation and Neural Systems
Title:
Graduate Student
Primary Discipline:
Decision making
Academic Interests:
functional neuroimaging, multimodal brain imaging, self control, individual differences, network connectivity
CV / Resume URL:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~shabnam/index.html
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NSF IGERT 2011 Online Poster Competition Presenter - "Variations in discount rates are associated with differences"

Behavioral studies have shown that there is considerable variation across individuals on their ability to postpone gratification in order to obtain larger delayed rewards. It has been hypothesized that some of... More »

About Me

My doctoral research with Antonio Rangel uses computational methods with human brain imaging to examine the neural bases of regulatory processes such as self-control. I am particularly interested in individual differences, and how predisposition to habitual behavior impacts the ability to regulate one’s behavior.