Jordan Luna

Graduate Student

Advisor

Research Area

Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience

Biography

Jordan completed his B.S. in Neuroscience at the University of Iowa in 2023, graduating with university honors. During this time, he was a part of Dr. Jason Radley's lab investigating stress neurobiological circuits in rodent models. After graduating, he completed a two-year postbacc in Dr. Dorit Kliemann's Social Cognitive Neuroscience lab, where he learned neuroimaging and coding methods, particularly for research in lesion and Autistic participants. He is now a graduate student in Dr. Rene Weber's Media Neuroscience Lab.

Research

My research interests center around predatory video game systems in a neurobehavioral context —both how they encourage addictive behaviors and how certain personalities are drawn to them. These systems can include gambling 'loot box' mechanics, time-gated rewards, engagement reinforcement schedules, and more. My goals are to investigate these in a naturalistic, human context using neuroimaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance imagining (fMRI) within the Media Neuroscience Lab at UCSB.

Keywords: Cognitive Neuroscience, Video Games, fMRI, Media Neuroscience