PING CHEN | PhD
Ping obtained her master degree in cognitive neuroscience at South China Normal University. She investigated the mesocircuit theory in patients with disorders of consciousness, using techniques including resting-state fMRI, PET and machine learning models. Since September 2019, Ping joined Roshan's motivational and cognitive control lab as a PhD student. Ping is interested in the role of dopamine in reward motivation and cognitive map-based planning. As part of her PhD, Ping is also studying whether individual differences in striatal dopamine synthesis capacity predict motivational biases of action.