Understanding the brain is only half the point — the rest is doing something with it. If we know how regulation works, can we teach it, and can we reach people where they actually struggle?

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This research area turns mechanism into method. We build emotion-regulation training shaped by how the brain really regulates, and pair it with digital and AI-supported tools — including serious games — that meet people in everyday life rather than only in the clinic.

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We care most about the moments where help matters most: a teenager learning to ride out overwhelming feelings, or the everyday flare-ups of stress and frustration that, left unchecked, can harden into something clinical. The question underneath it all: how do we turn what we learn in the scanner into support people can genuinely use?