Shawn A. Rhoads

"What key factors impact human welfare?" I approach this question by studying the neurocomputational basis of interpersonal perception, learning and decision-making in social contexts, and emotional experiences that are shared (i.e., interactions with others) or vicarious (i.e., affective empathy). I use computational modeling, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and intracranial electroencephalography to examine sources of individual variation in these phenomena relevant to mental health.