Gabriela Iwama

Gabriela Iwama

PhD Student

Hi, I am Gabriela!
I am a master student of Neural & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Tübingen. I want to understand why people have irrational beliefs. To answer that, I combine the computational, algorithmic and neural mechanisms in decision-making, belief updating, and information seeking. The goal of my master thesis is to investigate the neural mechanism of confirmation bias in visual decisions under uncertainty. In the future, I hope to understand individual differences in psychopathologies and irrational beliefs in order to help them to make better decisions.
In my free time, I like to paint mushrooms, 🍄 and brains. 🧠

Interests
  • Decision Making
  • Cognitive Modeling
  • Computational Psychiatry
Education
  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience, 2022 - current

    University of Tübingen

  • M.Sc. in Neural & Behavioral Sciences, 2020 - 2022

    University of Tübingen

  • B.Sc. in Psychology, 2015 - 2020

    University of Brasilia