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Tobias Egner CV

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
Duke Box 90999, Durham, NC 27708-0999
LSRC B246, Durham, NC 27708
CV

Research Interests


We are currently interested in figuring out the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the human abilities to focus on a particular task and filter out distractions (also known as "cognitive stability"), as well as to switch to another task when changing circumstances suggest that it deserves greater priority (also referred to as "cognitive flexibility").  

Selected Grants


Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program in Child Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Conditions Program (DN-IPT)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Neurocognitive mechanisms of control over cognitive stability and flexibility

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2028

Mechanisms Regulating Complex Social Behavior

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2016 - 2026

Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Meta-Flexibility

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Cognitive and neural mechanisms of working memory gating and updating. Control over declarative and procedural working memory.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation · 2017 - 2022

A High-Performance 3T MRI for Brain Imaging

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Characterizing Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Control

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2019

Expectation and Attention in Visual Cognition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

A Compute Cluster for Brain Imaging and Analysis

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neurons in Behaving Primates

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014

Precision Targeting of fMRI-Guided TMS Using a Robotic Arm System

EquipmentInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011