David Badre received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in 2000, and his Ph.D. from MIT in 2005. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined Brown's Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences in 2008. He has served as Department Chair since 2022. He is an affiliate of the Carney Institute for Brain Science and a trainer in the Neuroscience Graduate Program. Badre is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He has served as editor or on the editorial boards of several journals. He is a former Chair of the Cognition and Perception Study Section of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and former Co-Chair of the NIH Director's New Innovator Award Editorial Board.
Prof. Badre's research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of cognitive control, which concerns how the brain translates goals and plans into concrete behaviors. He has over two decardes of published work on this topic. His research is supported by the NIH and through the Office of Naval Research. His work has been recognized by several awards, including an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship in Neuroscience, a James S. McDonnell Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition, and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award. He was awarded Brown's Mid-Career Research Achievement Award in 2022. Professor Badre was a finalist for the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers for his 2020 book, On Task, about the neuroscience of cognitive control. His new book project concerns the neuroscience of human error.
| Zhou M, Badre D, Kang H. "Double-wavelet transform for multisubject task-induced functional magnetic resonance imaging data." Biometrics, 2019. |
| Badre D, Desrochers TM. "Hierarchical cognitive control and the frontal lobes." Handbook of clinical neurology, vol. 163, 2019, pp. 165-177. |
| Sayalı C, Badre D. "Neural systems of cognitive demand avoidance." Neuropsychologia, vol. 123, 2019, pp. 41-54. |
| Desrochers TM, Collins AGE, Badre D. "Sequential Control Underlies Robust Ramping Dynamics in the Rostrolateral Prefrontal Cortex." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 39, no. 8, 2019, pp. 1471-1483. |
| Amso D, Salhi C, Badre D. "The relationship between cognitive enrichment and cognitive control: A systematic investigation of environmental influences on development through socioeconomic status." Dev Psychobiol, vol. 61, no. 2, 2019, pp. 159-178. |
| Choi EY, Drayna GK, Badre D. "Evidence for a Functional Hierarchy of Association Networks." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2018, pp. 1-17. |
| Bhandari, Apoorva, Gagne, Christopher, Badre, David. "Just above Chance: Is It Harder to Decode Information from Human Prefrontal Cortex Blood Oxygenation Level-dependent Signals?." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 30, no. 10, 2018, pp. 1473-1498. |
| Bhandari, Apoorva, Badre, David. "Learning and transfer of working memory gating policies." Cognition, vol. 172, 2018, pp. 89-100. |
| Badre, David, Nee, Derek Evan. "Frontal Cortex and the Hierarchical Control of Behavior." Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2017. |
| Collins AGE, Ciullo B, Frank MJ, Badre D. "Working Memory Load Strengthens Reward Prediction Errors." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 37, no. 16, 2017, pp. 4332-4342. |
| Bhandari, Apoorva, Badre, David. "A Nimble Working Memory." Neuron, vol. 91, no. 3, 2016, pp. 503-5. |
| Yeh, Fang-Cheng, Badre, David, Verstynen, Timothy. "Connectometry: A statistical approach harnessing the analytical potential of the local connectome." NeuroImage, vol. 125, 2016, pp. 162-171. |
| Barredo, Jennifer, Verstynen, Timothy D., Badre, David. "Organization of cortico-cortical pathways supporting memory retrieval across subregions of the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex." Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 116, no. 3, 2016, pp. 920-937. |
| Scimeca, Jason M., Katzman, Perri L., Badre, David. "Striatal prediction errors support dynamic control of declarative memory decisions." Nature Communications, vol. 7, 2016, pp. 13061. |
| Desrochers, Theresa M., Burk, Diana C., Badre, David, Sheinberg, David L. "The Monitoring and Control of Task Sequences in Human and Non-Human Primates." Front. Syst. Neurosci., vol. 9, 2016, pp. 185. |
| Unger K, Ackerman L, Chatham CH, Amso D, Badre D. "Working memory gating mechanisms explain developmental change in rule-guided behavior." Cognition, vol. 155, 2016, pp. 8-22. |
| Aron, Adam R., Cai, Weidong, Badre, David, Robbins, Trevor W. "Evidence Supports Specific Braking Function for Inferior PFC." Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 19, no. 12, 2015, pp. 711-712. |
| Frank, M. J., Gagne, C., Nyhus, E., Masters, S., Wiecki, T. V., Cavanagh, J. F., Badre, D. "fMRI and EEG predictors of dynamic decision parameters during human reinforcement learning." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 485-94. |
| Frank, Michael J., Badre, David. "How cognitive theory guides neuroscience." Cognition, vol. 135, 2015, pp. 14-20. |
| Badre D, Frank MJ, Moore CI. "Interactionist Neuroscience." Neuron, vol. 88, no. 5, 2015, pp. 855-860. |
| Chatham, Christopher H, Badre, David. "Multiple gates on working memory." Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, vol. 1, 2015, pp. 23-31. |
| Voytek, Bradley, Kayser, Andrew S, Badre, David, Fegen, David, Chang, Edward F, Crone, Nathan E, Parvizi, Josef, Knight, Robert T, D'Esposito, Mark. "Oscillatory dynamics coordinating human frontal networks in support of goal maintenance." Nature Neuroscience, vol. 18, no. 9, 2015, pp. 1318-1324. |
| Ranti, Carolyn, Chatham, Christopher H., Badre, David. "Parallel temporal dynamics in hierarchical cognitive control." Cognition, vol. 142, 2015, pp. 205-229. |
| Kang, Hakmook, Blume, Jeffrey, Ombao, Hernando, Badre, David. "Simultaneous control of error rates in fMRI data analysis." NeuroImage, vol. 123, 2015, pp. 102-113. |
| Desrochers, Theresa M., Chatham, Christopher H., Badre, David. "The Necessity of Rostrolateral Prefrontal Cortex for Higher-Level Sequential Behavior." Neuron, vol. 87, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1357-1368. |
| Chatham, Christopher H., Frank, Michael J., Badre, David. "Corticostriatal Output Gating during Selection from Working Memory." Neuron, vol. 81, no. 4, 2014, pp. 930-942. |
| Badre, David, Lebrecht, Sophie, Pagliaccio, David, Long, Nicole M., Scimeca, Jason M. "Ventral Striatum and the Evaluation of Memory Retrieval Strategies." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 26, no. 9, 2014, pp. 1928-1948. |
| Amso, Dima, Haas, Sara, McShane, Lauren, Badre, David. "Working memory updating and the development of rule-guided behavior." Cognition, vol. 133, no. 1, 2014, pp. 201-210. |
| Schwarze, Ulrike, Bingel, Ulrike, Badre, David, Sommer, Tobias. "Correction: Ventral Striatal Activity Correlates with Memory Confidence for Old- and New-Responses in a Difficult Recognition Test." PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 11, 2013. |
| Satpute, A. B., Badre, D., Ochsner, K. N. "Distinct Regions of Prefrontal Cortex Are Associated with the Controlled Retrieval and Selection of Social Information." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 24, no. 5, 2013, pp. 1269-1277. |
| Guo, Hua, Yidi, Arthur, Gomez, Steven R., Schnitzer, Mark J., Badre, David, Laidlaw, David H. "Toward a visual interface for brain connectivity analysis." CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems on - CHI EA '13, 2013. |
| Barredo, J., Oztekin, I., Badre, D. "Ventral Fronto-Temporal Pathway Supporting Cognitive Control of Episodic Memory Retrieval." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 25, no. 4, 2013, pp. 1004-1019. |
| Schwarze, Ulrike, Bingel, Ulrike, Badre, David, Sommer, Tobias. "Ventral Striatal Activity Correlates with Memory Confidence for Old- and New-Responses in a Difficult Recognition Test." PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 3, 2013, pp. e54324. |
| Chatham, Christopher H., Badre, David. "Working memory management and predicted utility." Front. Behav. Neurosci., vol. 7, 2013. |
| Desrochers, Theresa M., Badre, David. "Finding parallels in fronto-striatal organization." Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 16, no. 8, 2012, pp. 407-8. |
| Öztekin, Ilke, Güngör, Nur Zeynep, Badre, David. "Impact of aging on the dynamics of memory retrieval: A time-course analysis." Journal of Memory and Language, vol. 67, no. 2, 2012, pp. 285-294. |
| Badre D, Frank MJ. "Mechanisms of Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning in Cortico-Striatal Circuits 2: Evidence from fMRI." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 22, no. 3, 2012, pp. 527-36. |
| Frank, M. J., Badre, D. "Mechanisms of hierarchical reinforcement learning in corticostriatal circuits 1: computational analysis." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 22, no. 3, 2012, pp. 509-526. |
| Verstynen, T. D., Badre, D., Jarbo, K., Schneider, W. "Microstructural organizational patterns in the human corticostriatal system." Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 107, no. 11, 2012, pp. 2984-2995. |
| Badre, D. "Opening the gate to working memory." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 49, 2012, pp. 19878-19879. |
| Chatham, Christopher H., Badre, David. "Parts to principles: Anatomical origins of prefrontal organization." Cortex, vol. 48, no. 10, 2012, pp. 1373-1375. |
| Badre, David, Doll, Bradley B., Long, Nicole M., Frank, Michael J. "Rostrolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Individual Differences in Uncertainty-Driven Exploration." Neuron, vol. 73, no. 3, 2012, pp. 595-607. |
| Kang, Hakmook, Ombao, Hernando, Linkletter, Crystal, Long, Nicole, Badre, David. "Spatio-Spectral Mixed-Effects Model for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data." Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 107, no. 498, 2012, pp. 568-577. |
| Scimeca, Jason M., Badre, David. "Striatal Contributions to Declarative Memory Retrieval." Neuron, vol. 75, no. 3, 2012, pp. 380-392. |
| Badre, David. "Defining an Ontology of Cognitive Control Requires Attention to Component Interactions." Topics in Cognitive Science, vol. 3, no. 2, 2011, pp. 217-221. |
| Oztekin I, Badre D. "Distributed Patterns of Brain Activity that Lead to Forgetting." Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 5, 2011, pp. 86. |
| Badre, David, Kayser, Andrew S., D'Esposito, Mark. "Frontal Cortex and the Discovery of Abstract Action Rules." Neuron, vol. 66, no. 2, 2010, pp. 315-326. |
| Badre, David. "Is prefrontal cortex necessary for the storage and acquisition of relational concepts?." Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 1, no. 2, 2010, pp. 140-141. |
| Öztekin, Ilke, Long, Nicole M., Badre, David. "Optimizing design efficiency of free recall events for FMRI." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 22, no. 10, 2010, pp. 2238-50. |
| Long NM, Oztekin I, Badre D. "Separable prefrontal cortex contributions to free recall." Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 30, no. 33, 2010, pp. 10967-76. |
| Badre, David, Hoffman, Joshua, Cooney, Jeffrey W, D'Esposito, Mark. "Hierarchical cognitive control deficits following damage to the human frontal lobe." Nature Neuroscience, vol. 12, no. 4, 2009, pp. 515-522. |
| Badre, David, D'Esposito, Mark. "Is the rostro-caudal axis of the frontal lobe hierarchical?." Nature Reviews Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 9, 2009, pp. 659-669. |
| Race, E. A., Badre, D., Wagner, A. D. "Multiple Forms of Learning Yield Temporally Distinct Electrophysiological Repetition Effects." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 20, no. 7, 2009, pp. 1726-1738. |
| Badre, David. "Cognitive control, hierarchy, and the rostro–caudal organization of the frontal lobes." Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 12, no. 5, 2008, pp. 193-200. |
| Lebrecht, Sophie, Badre, David. "Emotional Regulation, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nucleus Accumbens." Neuron, vol. 59, no. 6, 2008, pp. 841-843. |
| Badre, David, D'Esposito, Mark. "Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence for a Hierarchical Organization of the Prefrontal Cortex." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 19, no. 12, 2007, pp. 2082-2099. |
| Badre, David, D'Esposito, Mark. "Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence for a Hierarchical Organization of the Prefrontal Cortex." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. Early Access, no. Early Access, 2007, pp. 080219115128817-18. |
| Badre, David, Wagner, Anthony D. "Left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the cognitive control of memory." Neuropsychologia, vol. 45, no. 13, 2007, pp. 2883-2901. |
| Badre, D., Wagner, A. D. "Computational and neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive flexibility." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 18, 2006, pp. 7186-7191. |
| Bunge SA, Wendelken C, Badre D, Wagner AD. "Analogical reasoning and prefrontal cortex: evidence for separable retrieval and integration mechanisms." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 15, no. 3, 2005, pp. 239-49. |
| Badre, David, Poldrack, Russell A., Paré-Blagoev, E. Juliana, Insler, Rachel Z., Wagner, Anthony D. "Dissociable Controlled Retrieval and Generalized Selection Mechanisms in Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex." Neuron, vol. 47, no. 6, 2005, pp. 907-918. |
| Badre, D. "Frontal Lobe Mechanisms that Resolve Proactive Interference." Cerebral Cortex, vol. 15, no. 12, 2005, pp. 2003-2012. |
| Badre D, Wagner AD. "Selection, integration, and conflict monitoring; assessing the nature and generality of prefrontal cognitive control mechanisms." Neuron, vol. 41, no. 3, 2004, pp. 473-87. |
| Gehring WJ, Bryck RL, Jonides J, Albin RL, Badre D. "The mind's eye, looking inward? In search of executive control in internal attention shifting." Psychophysiology, vol. 40, no. 4, 2003, pp. 572-85. |
| Badre D, Wagner AD. "Semantic retrieval, mnemonic control, and prefrontal cortex." Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience reviews, vol. 1, no. 3, 2002, pp. 206-18. |
| Hernandez L, Badre D, Noll D, Jonides J. "Temporal sensitivity of event-related fMRI." NeuroImage, vol. 17, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1018-26. |
How do we choose our actions given our goals, knowledge, and circumstances? Humans can avoid habitual tendencies and pick the right action for the right situation, an ability termed "cognitive control" or "executive function". Losing cognitive control, due to neurological or psychiatric condition, severely diminishes independence and quality of life. Our lab studies cognitive control of memory and action, using cognitive neuroscience methods that include structural and functional MRI, brain stimulation, EEG/ECoG, computational modeling, and testing of patient populations.
Book on the neuroscience of cognitive control
Badre, D. On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done. Princeton University Press. (November, 2020)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | PhD | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2000 | BS | University of Michigan |
2022 Brown University Midcareer Research Achievement Award
2021 Fellow, Associaton for Psychological Science
2020 Finalist for the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Mathematics for On Task, Association of American Publishers
2014 Young Investigator Award, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
2012-2018 James S. McDonnell Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition
2011-2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience
2008 Elected to the Memory Disorders Research Society
2005-2007 National Research Service Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
2004 Walle Nauta Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
2003-2005 NIH Institutional Predoctoral Fellowship in Visual Cognition
2002 McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship
2001 Glenn Foundation/AFAR Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging
2000 Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
2000-2003 National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
2020-2022 Chair, Cognition and Perception (CP) Study Section, NIH (now Human Complex Mental Function [HCMF])
2021 - present Editorial Advisory Board, Oxford Open Neuroscience
2017 - present Reviewing Editor, eLife
2016-2020 Standing Member, Cognition and Perception (CP) Study Section, NIH
2015 - 2017 Section Editor ("Executive Function and Cognitive Control"), Neuropsychologia
2015 - present Editorial board, Cognitive Science
2014 - 2020 Editorial board, Behavioral Neuroscience
2012 - present Editorial board, Psychological Science
2009 - 2014 Editorial board, Cognitive Neuroscience
2008 - present Memory Disorders Research Society
2009 - present American Psychological Society
2001 - present Society for Neuroscience
1999 - present Cognitive Neuroscience Society
| CLPS 0400 - Cognitive Neuroscience |
| CLPS 1480C - Cognitive Control Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex |
| CLPS 1480G - Working Memory |
| CLPS 1490 - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Theory and Practice |
| CLPS 2001 - Core Concepts in Cognitive and Psychological Sciences I |
