Forschungsinteressen
- Neuromodulatory systems, with a focus on the locus coeruleus and noradrenaline (LC-NE)
- Neural correlates of cognitive adjustment to changing environments (e.g., arousal, attention, learning, and perceptual inference/bias)
- Quantitative and multimodal MRI of the brainstem
- Non-invasive neuromodulation (e.g., transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation)
- Pupillometry and computational modeling of cognition (e.g., drift diffusion, Bayesian inference)
Vita
Predoctoral Candidate (2024 - 2027), Lifespan Neuromodulation of Cognition (LINE), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
M.Sc. Cognitive Neuroscience (2022 - 2024), MCNB, Freie University, Berlin, Germany
Fast-track Doctoral Candidate (2022 - 2027), Max Planck School of Cogntion
Research Assistant (2019 - 2022), Learning Memory & Decision Lab, Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence RI, USA
Research Assistant (2016 - 2019), Cognition and Decision Lab, Boston University, Boston MA, USA
B.A., Hons Neuroscience (2015-2019), Boston University, Boston MA, USA
Selected Literature
Li, T.*, Marble, H.*, Chen, T., Razmi, N., & Nassar, M. R. (2026). Fluctuations in arousal reflect latent state transitions that facilitate behavioral optimization. Nature Human Behaviour (accepted). Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.06.636887
Dahl, M.J., Li, T., Mather, M., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2025). Locus coeruleus-related insula activation is associated with implicit learning. bioRxiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.10.653174
Chen, Y., Li, T., Lynch, J.D., & McGuire, J.T. (2024). A reinforcement learning model of adaptive persistence. PsyArXiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/37r58
*Authors contributed equally