Georgia Westfall

Effort, Motivation and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: A Neuropsychological Study of Brain Tumour

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Georgia Westfall

PhD Student
School of Psychological Sciences

Profile

Georgia is a doctoral candidate within the School of Psychology. Their doctoral research looks at the impact of tumour to the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) on goal-directed behaviour. Currently, their project investigates the possible autonomic mechanisms that underly motivation in the dmPFC.

Research Interests

Cognitive neuropsychology;  goal-directed behaviour; autonomic arousal; dmPFC

PhD topic

Effort, Motivation and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: A Neuropsychological Study of Brain Tumour

Supervisor/s

Dr. Carolyn Wilshire

Dr. Joshua Faulkner

Labs

VUW Clinical Neuropsychology Lab