Justin Riddle PhD is an assistant professor at Florida State University in the department of psychology. Justin is a cognitive neuroscientist investigating the role of electrical activity in coordinating functional brain networks that support higher-order cognition. His work uses non-invasive recordings in human participants such as EEG and functional MRI. Justin’s work is novel because it leverages causal tools such as a transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation to move beyond correlation-based models. His work is contributing to a mechanistic understanding for how cognitive control is implemented by the prefrontal cortex and how these processes break down in psychiatric illness. Justin is passionate about understanding how the human brain works and is actively working to develop novel intervention for psychiatric illness using personalized brain stimulation.

Justin is funded by the NIMH with a K99/R00 pathway to independence award and a research grant from Emergence Benefactors LLC. He received postdoctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through a T32 training program (NIMH) under the mentorship of Flavio Frohlich & David Rubinow. His research was also funded by the non-profit Foundation of Hope. His graduate work was funded by the graduate research fellowship program (NSF). He got his Ph.D. in Psychology at UC Berkeley under the mentorship of Mark D’Esposito. He received his Bachelors in Computer Science and Cognitive Science at the University of California, Berkeley. While at UC Berkeley, Justin created a course on Quantum Consciousness with David Presti. Justin also maintains a YouTube channel on consciousness.