Associate Professor

Director: Reinhart Laboratory

Research Interests

Our lab studies the representations and computations underlying human cognition, using behavioral methods, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, noninvasive neuromodulation, and computational modeling to identify mechanistic principles and causally test theoretical predictions. While our primary focus is foundational neuroscience in healthy adults, we extend these same representational frameworks to aging and neuropsychiatric conditions to understand circuit dysfunction, discover biomarkers, and inform principled intervention strategies.

Selected Publications

  • Grover S, Wen W, Reinhart RMG (in press) Compensatory amplification: enhancing the brain’s built-in resilience. Nature Neuroscience
  • Lin C, Wen W, Cheng X, Schallies S, Grover S, Reinhart RMG (2025) Salient experiences enhance mundane memories through graded prioritization. Science Advances 11(39):eady1704.
  • Wen W, Grover S, Hazel D, Berning P, Baumgardt F, Viswanathan V, Tween O, Reinhart RMG (2024) Beta-band neural variability reveals age-related dissociations in human working memory maintenance and deletion. PLOS Biology 22(9):e3002784.
  • Cheng X, Grover S, Wen W, Sankaranarayanan S, Fragetta J, Davies S, Soto D, Reinhart RMG (2022). Dissociable rhythmic mechanisms enhance memory for conscious and nonconscious perceptual contents. PNAS 119(44):e2211147119.
  • Reinhart RMG (2022). Synchronizing neural rhythms. Science 377(6606):588-589.
  • Grover S, Wen W, Viswanathan V, Gill CT, Reinhart RMG (2022). Long-lasting, dissociable improvements in working memory and long-term memory in older adults with repetitive neuromodulation. Nature Neuroscience 25(9):1237-1246.
  • Grover S, Nguyen JA, Viswanathan V, Reinhart RMG (2021). High-frequency neuromodulation improves obsessive-compulsive behavior. Nature Medicine 27(2):232-238.
  • Deng Y, Reinhart RMG, Choi I, Shinn-Cunningham B (2019). Causal links between parietal alpha activity and spatial auditory attention.eLife 8:e51184.
  • Reinhart RMG and Nguyen JA (2019). Working memory revived in older adults by synchronizing rhythmic brain circuits. Nature Neuroscience 22(5):820-827.
  • Reinhart RMG (2017). Disruption and rescue of interareal theta phase coupling and adaptive behavior. PNAS 114(43):11542-11547.
  • Reinhart RMG, Xiao W, McClenahan L, Woodman GF (2016). Electrical stimulation of visual cortex can immediately improve spatial vision. Current Biology 26(14):1867-1872.
  • Reinhart RMG, Zhu J, Park S, Woodman GF (2015). Synchronizing theta oscillations with direct-current stimulation strengthens adaptive control in the human brain. PNAS 112(30):9448-53.
  • Reinhart RMG and Woodman GF (2015). Enhancing long-term memory with stimulation tunes visual attention in one trial. PNAS 112(2):625-30.

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