Work with us
We have several exciting projects currently underway. If you are interested in studying behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective, we encourage you to reach out.
Our lab focuses on understanding decision-making through experimental work, machine learning, computational modeling, and neuroscientific tools like eye-tracking, EEG, and fMRI — applying fundamental mechanisms such as Pavlovian conditioning and reinforcement learning to real-world contexts like consumption and commuting behavior.
We value collaboration over specific credentials: whether your expertise lies in experimental design, data analysis, or theoretical modeling, we welcome anyone interested in contributing to our mission.
Passionate about exploring behavior through cutting-edge methodologies? Reach out and tell us about your interests.
omar.perez.r@uchile.clOur research focus includes
Investigating habitual and goal-directed behaviors in decision-making.
Understanding how psychological and neural processes shape consumer choices.
Predicting commuter behavior with real-world data and computational approaches.
Exploring the effects of psychiatric conditions and brain lesions on decision-making, to tailor public policy solutions to diverse populations.
Expanding into behavioral experiments with non-human animals, to study fundamental learning mechanisms and their relevance to real-world decisions.
Call for thesis
We are seeking a Master’s or PhD student to develop a dissertation on how to extend reinforcement learning models and experiments to infer preference parameters in human decision-making.