We are an active cognitive neuroscience lab studying motivational influences on attitudes and behavior. We use a variety of behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI) techniques. Our research covers a number of core topics including cognitive control, persuasion, and moral reasoning....
The Cognitive Communication Science Lab was founded in August 2016 and is situated in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis. We are currently recruiting new Graduate Students and Undergraduate Research Assistants. Members are ordered according to...
Interested in what the lab is working on? Or what we have already accomplished? This page includes a complete list of our publications or articles that are in press. You can download all of our papers directly from this page....
October 25, 2022
How do we find flow, and what does flow have to do with creativity? In the latest Creative Fuel podcast, Richard joins host Anna Brones and guest Bonnie Tsui to discuss the neuroscience of flow.
October 3, 2022
The Lab (from right to left): McNoah Vinoya, Xuanjun (Jason) Gong, Ali Mehdizadeh, Taylor David, Stefanie Mutialu, Valerie Klein, Sophia Sarieva, and Richard Huskey. On October 2, the lab got together for lunch and a stroll around Old Sacramento before going for a cruise on the Sacrameno River. This year,...
September 4, 2022
Lab member Stefanie Marie Mutialu will present her research at the Office of Educational Opportunity andEnrichment Services (OEOES) Summer Research Fellowship Symposium at UC Davis. This research is a collaborative project between the Cognitive Communication Science Lab and the researchers at The Ohio State University and University of Illinois Urbana...