Jason M. Chein is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University, where he directs the Temple University Brain Research & Imaging Center (TUBRIC) and leads the Control & Adaptive Behavior Laboratory (CABlab). Dr. Chein’s research uses a convergent methodologies approach that features traditional behavioral experimentation, training studies, and brain imaging (magnetic resonance imaging) to explore the development, training, and deployment of self-regulatory control processes, and to deepen our understanding of how these processes serve adaptive decision making and behavior, especially under conditions of distraction and socio-emotional arousal. His work addresses issues of concern for basic foundational science as well as topics that have direct translational and applied relevance; such as studies on the central mechanisms of working memory and cognitive control, the enhancement of working memory and attention control through training, the normative development of executive control and its role in adolescent decision-making, and the links between self-regulation, cognitive and affective functioning, and digital media technology habits across development. 

Dr. Chein earned his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint program of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University before starting his professorship at Temple University. He has authored over 100 publications, and his research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIAAA, NIDA, NICHD), National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, and private foundation support. He is a former Associate Editor for Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience and was a Network Scholar for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law & Neuroscience. Also an award-winning educator, Dr. Chein is a past recipient of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and was a 2025 winner of the Temple University’s Great Teacher Award.

  Website: https://sites.temple.edu/cablab/

Contact Information: 
Jason M. Chein
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Temple University Brain Research & Imaging Center
B50 Weiss Hall 
1701 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA

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