

{"id":920,"date":"2025-06-02T14:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/?page_id=920"},"modified":"2026-09-13T19:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:07:37","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/aboutus\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"font-size:47px\"><strong>About Us!<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-684x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6679779201827295;width:187px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-768x1150.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-1025x1536.png 1025w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-1367x2048.png 1367w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image-1200x1797.png 1200w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/files\/2025\/05\/image.png 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Neurochemistry and Cognition (NECO) Lab is in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University, Philadelphia. We study how neuromodulatory systems shape cognition and how that capacity shifts between health and pathological states. Our research centers on the synaptic, neurochemical, and circuit dynamics that support attention and executive control systems, and how these are influenced by modifiable lifestyle factors, drugs of abuse, developmental transitions, and aging. This work spans from molecules to behavior, integrating preclinical models with human translational studies to bridge mechanistic insight with clinical relevance. Identifying these causal brain network and circuit-level mechanisms of cognition, along with potential biomarkers, may allow us to design interventions for psychological and neurological conditions and to advance public health. Students in the lab train across this full spectrum \u2014 from protein biochemistry to human neuroimaging, psychometric\/cognitive testing, physiological measurements, and computational approaches \u2014 while contributing to research aimed at protecting cognitive and mental health across the lifespan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-cormorant-garamond-font-family has-custom-font\" style=\"font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:21px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us! The Neurochemistry and Cognition (NECO) Lab is in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University, Philadelphia. We study how neuromodulatory systems shape cognition and how that capacity shifts between health and pathological states. Our research centers on the synaptic, neurochemical, and circuit dynamics that support attention and executive control systems, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/aboutus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36835,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"Times New Roman,Arial,Times New Roman,Barlow,Oswald,Rubik,PT Serif,Lato,Cormorant Garamond","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36835"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/parikh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}