Translational Neuroscience

Through collaborations with the Center for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Oregon, I’ve examined neurocognitive predictors of behavior change

Neuroscience of Eating Behavior

• Merchant, J. S., Cosme, D., Giuliani, N. R., Dirks, B., & Berkman, E. T. (2020). Neural Substrates of Food Valuation and Its Relationship With BMI and Healthy Eating in Higher BMI Individuals. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 14, 578676.

• Giuliani, N. R., Cosme, D., Merchant, J. S., Dirks, B., & Berkman, E. T. (2020). Brain activity associated with regulating food cravings predicts changes in self-reported food craving and consumption over time. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 14.

• Neural predictors of eating behavior and dietary change

(our figure made the cover for the special issue!)

Exercise and Cognitive Aging

I’m collaborating with kinesiology researchers at UMD’s School of Public Health in developing a brain-based prediction model for understanding how fitness relates to cognitive aging.