Dr. David Badre

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Biography

David Badre received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in 2000 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 2005. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining Brown University's Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences in 2008. Badre served as the Department Chair in 2022 and is an affiliate of the Carney Institute for Brain Science. His research focuses on cognitive neuroscience and cognitive control, exploring how the brain translates goals into concrete behaviors. He has published extensively on these topics and has received several awards for his contributions to the field including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the James S. McDonnell Scholar Award, and the Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. His recent book, 'Task: Brain Gets Things Done', published by Princeton University Press in November 2020, has been recognized as a finalist for the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. His current research projects involve investigating the neuroscience of human error.

Research Interests

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics