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Tobias Egner is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He serves as Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience and is affiliated with the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.
- Ph.D. and B.S. from University of London
- Postdoctoral training at Columbia University (2003-2006) and Northwestern University (2006-2009)
His research focuses on cognitive control—how internal goals guide behavior—and spans computational modeling, neuroimaging, and neurostimulation studies of task switching, cross-task interference, and cognitive stability/flexibility trade-offs. Recent work investigates domain-specific cognitive flexibility and one-shot stimulus-control learning. Articles reveal neural substrates in prefrontal cortex, caudate nucleus, and parietal regions.
Key themes in his 15 most recent publications (2024-2025) include cognitive stability, task-set reactivation, contextual adaptation, and neural dynamics across disciplines like Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, and Computational Modeling.
- Scientific Honors: Mid Career Award (BACN, 2024), Fellow (APS & Psychonomic Society), Honorary Guest Professor (Southwest University, China)
Grants include the Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program (2024-2029), Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Control (2023-2028), and Mechanisms of Social Behavior (2016-2026). He teaches courses in cognitive neuroscience and advanced research methods.
