Graduate Student

Patryk A. Laurent

Room: 623 Learning Research Development Center

Phone: 412-624-3121

Mentor: Dr. Erik Reichle

patryk@cnbc.cmu.edu

Prior Degree:

BA, University of Virginia(2001)

Focus:

Use of computational modeling and fMRI to understand the neural mechanisms of reward-based learning.

Publications:

Laurent, P. A. The emergence of saliency and novelty responses from reinforcement learning principles. Neural Networks (2008), doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2008.09.004.

Reichle, E.D., Vanyukov, P., Laurent, P.A. and Warren, T. Serial or parallel? Using depth-of-processing to examine attention allocation during reading. Vision Research, 48: 1831-1836, 2008.

Reichle, E.D. and Laurent, P.A. Using reinforcement learning to understand the emergence of "Intelligent" eye movement behavior during reading. Psychological Review, 113: 390-408, 2006.