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Andrea Stocco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. His research primarily focuses on understanding the relationship between cognition and the brain from an information-processing perspective. Stocco investigates the fundamental computations required to perform specific tasks and how these computations are implemented within particular brain circuits. He specifically explores mechanisms that enable intelligent adaptive behavior, with a particular emphasis on the interaction between the prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia. Stocco's work contributes to the fields of computational neuroscience and cognitive science, aiming to unravel the processes underlying learning and memory.
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