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Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
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Jan Grohn
BA, MSc, DPhil
Postdoctoral Research Associate
I'm a postdoc in Matthew Rushworth's group. In my research I examine how rewards are being used to guide decisions. I study this process by devising tasks during which participants make choices and receive rewards depending on how good their choices are. I then build computational models to explain the participants' behaviour, and link variables of these models to neural activity.
I finished my DPhil in 2022. Projects I worked on during my DPhil include examining how different kinds of surprises are represented in the brain, how risk-preferences are formed, and how the brain decides to explore alternative options.
Recent publications
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Disentangling the component processes in complex planning impairments following ventromedial prefrontal lesions
Holton E. et al, (2025), The Journal of Neuroscience, e1814242025 - e1814242025
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Disentangling the component processes in complex planning impairments following ventromedial prefrontal lesions
Holton E. et al, (2024)
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General mechanisms of task engagement in the primate frontal cortex.
Grohn J. et al, (2024), Nat Commun, 15
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Goal commitment is supported by vmPFC through selective attention.
Holton E. et al, (2024), Nat Hum Behav
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VmPFC supports persistence during goal pursuit through selective attention
Holton E. et al, (2023)