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Alexander Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University. He obtained his PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from Cardiff University in 2006. His research focuses on uncovering the neuronal mechanisms involved in learning and motivation. Current projects in his laboratory explore the modulation of food intake and the learning processes associated with addiction. He examines how habitual behavior changes and utilizes animal models to investigate the endophenotypes of mental illness. Leveraging contemporary learning theory, Johnson employs complex appetitive behavioral procedures and sophisticated neuroscience techniques, including optogenetics, pharmacological inactivation, and functional anatomical methods to study immediate early gene markers and conduct behavioral circuit analyses. His ongoing translational research also addresses the mechanisms underlying decision-making in humans.
Department of Psychology