The University of Alabama · PsychologyCenter for Smoking Decision Research
Seung Lark Lim · Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Research Focus
Dr. Seung Lark Lim's research lab focuses on understanding the complex brain mechanisms involved in decision-making processes related to smoking behavior. By examining how smokers regulate their urges to smoke in response to stress and other influences, the lab aims to develop better strategies for smoking cessation that could also apply to other health behaviors. The team employs advanced neuroimaging techniques to study how emotion, cognition, and sensory cues impact self-control and learning related to smoking decisions.
smoking cessationreinforcement learningself-regulationneuroimagingcognitive control
Research Aims
5AIM 01Investigate the brain networks involved in self-regulation of smoking urges.
AIM 02Examine how emotional and cognitive stress affects smoking decisions.
AIM 03Analyze the relationship between reinforcement learning and smoking behavior.
AIM 04Develop predictive models of smoking habit changes related to neurobiological measures.
AIM 05Enhance understanding of maladaptive behavior beyond smoking, like obesity or substance abuse.
Skills the Lab Values
EEGfMRIcomputational modelingneuroimaging analysisparticipant recruitment
Output against the department
Publications71bottom 16% of dept.248th of 296
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Citations2.0kbottom 19% of dept.240th of 296
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