Benji is a one year old rescue mixed with chow chow, terrier, pitbull, lab, sass, and cuteness. His current research interests are determining the best spot to lay in the grass and the most effective shape, size, and flavor of stick that the world has to offer. His hobbies include giving you paw, smelling the wind, cuddling, eating peanut butter, and looking incredibly handsome.
Benji is a one year old rescue mixed with chow chow, terrier, pitbull, lab, sass, and cuteness. His current research interests are determining the best spot to lay in the grass and the most effective shape, size, and flavor of stick that the world has to offer. His hobbies include giving you paw, smelling the wind, cuddling, eating peanut butter, and looking incredibly handsome.
Benji is a one year old rescue mixed with chow chow, terrier, pitbull, lab, sass, and cuteness. His current research interests are determining the best spot to lay in the grass and the most effective shape, size, and flavor of stick that the world has to offer. His hobbies include giving you paw, smelling the wind, cuddling, eating peanut butter, and looking incredibly handsome.
Eating Disorder Research Laboratory
Alex Breslav
Doctoral Student
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Alex is a PhD student in Duke's Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience program. He utilizes methods from decision sciences and reinforcement learning to investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying eating behavior. More specifically, Alex researches the ways in which factors known to increase food consumption (energy density, portion size, variety) affect reward prediction and attenuation of predicted reward over the course of a task/meal.
Prior to coming to Duke for his PhD, Alex worked for two years with RTI International conducting health communications research. He graduated magna cum laude from Duke in 2014, with degrees in biology and psychology.
Check out Alex’s personal website, connect with him on LinkedIn, and track his research through Google Scholar.