Home Department: Symbolic Systems
Mentor: Keren Haroush (Neurobiology)

“Classifying Marmoset Monkey Gaze in Social Decision-Making Games Using Machine Learning”

To understand the importance of gaze in social interaction, the Haroush lab analyzes marmoset monkeys playing social decision-making games where one monkey decides on the reward of a recipient monkey. Noah’s goal is to find connections between the monkeys’ gaze and whether the donor monkey behaves altruistically. This will help the team to understand the role of gaze in social decision-making and identify the neural circuits involved. This research is relevant for social disorders characterized by gaze aversion, such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and ADHD, where abnormal brain activity may give rise to atypical gaze patterns and behavior.