David J Barker

Dr. David Barker received his Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience (Psychology) from Rutgers University in 2014. Dr. Barker is a systems neuroscientist whose work investigates circuits and pathways that participate in learning, motivation, and drug addiction. In particular, Dr. Barker is interested in the neural mechanisms of emotion, and how the processing of both positive and negative emotional responses to environmental stimuli drive drug-seeking behavior and perpetuate drug addiction.