Cooperating Researchers - Dar Meshi

POSITION AT CILS

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

DISCIPLINES / RESEARCH AREAS

Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Decision Making

 

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Freie Universität Berlin

 

FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (short-term) for North American Researchers, (2010 - 2011) (declined)
  • Brunie Prize in Neural Stem Cell Research, Columbia University, New York (2006)
  • Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award, United States National Institute of Mental Health, (2004 - 2006)

 

EDITORSHIPS / MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Member, Society for Neuroeconomics
  • Member, International Brain Research Organization

 

Project: Social Decision Making II

This project aims to use functional neuroimaging to elucidate the cognitive processes underlying the influence of advice on decision making, with the end goal being the improvement of advice utilization in our society.

 

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • D Meshi, MR Drew, M Saxe, MS Ansorge, D David, L Santarelli, C Malapani, H Moore, R Hen (2006). Hippocampal neurogenesis is not required for behavioral effects of environmental enrichment. Nature Neuroscience. Jun;9(6):729-31.
  • RA Ophoff, MA Escamilla, SK Service, M Spesny, D Meshi, W Poon, J Molina, E Fournier, A Gallegos, C Mathews, T Neylan, SL Batki, E Roche, M Ramirez, S Silva, MC De Mille, P Dong, PE Leon, VI Reus, LA Sandkuijl, NB Freimer (2002). Genomewide linkage disequilibrium mapping of severe bipolar disorder in a population isolate. American Journal of Human Genetics. Sep;71(3):565-74.