Adam Kepecs

The long-term goal of the Kepecs Lab is to reverse engineer the computational and neurobiological processes underlying cognition and decision-making and apply these insights to biological psychiatry.

By reverse-engineering how the brain performs cognitive tasks — often surpassing the most advanced machine learning models — we aim to uncover the circuit-level principles driving behavior, inform AI design, and open new avenues in psychiatric research.

Key questions driving our research:

What algorithms govern behavior?
How do specific neural circuits and cell types generate cognition, motivation, and emotion?
How do brain-body interactions shape physiology and behavior?