Associate Professor
School of Medicine and Public Health l Department of Psychiatry
Hometown: Fond du Lac
Dr. Koenigs is a UW neuroscientist who studies how our brains generate our personalities. In particular, Dr. Koenigs studies how dysfunction in certain brain circuits can give rise to problems controlling emotion, decision-making, and social behavior. His studies involve brain-damaged patients, patients with anxiety disorders, as well as psychopathic criminals.
Talks:
- Inside the Psychopathic Mind: What Brain Science is Revealing About Criminal Behavior
- Revising Neurocircuitry Models of Mood and Anxiety Disorders 3
- The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Emotion and Social Behavior: Evidence from Brain Science and Implications for Law
- The Neurobiological Basis of Violence