Alison Harris, Ph.D.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Biography
As a cognitive neuroscientist, I am interested in how activity in the brain gives rise to complex cognitive behaviors. My research uses event-related potentials (ERP) to measure neural dynamics of perception and cognition, particularly how factors like preference, contextual goals (e.g., losing weight), and effort affect decision making.
Teaching Interests
Neuroeconomics; Sensation & Perception; Introduction to Psychology
Research Interests
Decision making, neuroeconomics, cognitive neuroscience
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Research and Publications
Harris, A. & Hutcherson, C.A. (2021). Temporal dynamics of decision making: A synthesis of computational and neurophysiological approaches. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. e1586.
Harris, A., Young, A., Hughson, L., Green, D., Doan, S.N., Hughson, E., & Reed, C.L. (2020). Perceived relative social status and cognitive load influence acceptance of unfair offers in the Ultimatum Game. PLOS ONE. 15(1): e0227717.
Siqi-Liu, A., Harris, A., Atkinson, A.P., & Reed, C.L. (2018). Dissociable processing of emotional and neutral body movements revealed by µ-alpha and beta rhythms. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 13(12):1269-1279.
Harris, A., Clithero, J.A., & Hutcherson, C.A. (2018) Accounting for taste: A multi-attribute neurocomputational model explains the neural dynamics of choices for self and others. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(37):7952-7968.
Harris A, Lim S-L. (2016). Temporal dynamics of sensorimotor networks in effort-based cost-benefit valuation: Early emergence and late net value integration. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(27): 7167-7183.
Harris A, Vyas DB, Reed CL. (2016). Holistic processing for bodies and body parts: New evidence from stereoscopic depth manipulations. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 23(5): 1513-1519.
Sullivan N, Hutcherson C, Harris A, Rangel A. (2015). Dietary self-control is related to the speed with which attributes of healthfulness and tastiness are processed. Psychological Science. 26(2): 122-134.
Harris A, Hare T, Rangel A. (2013). Temporally dissociable mechanisms of self-control: Early attentional filtering versus late value modulation. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(48): 18917-18931.