Josiah K. Leong

Josiah K. Leong studies how the physical wiring of the human brain relates to behavior, using brain imaging techniques to map white-matter pathways (the connective tracts between brain regions) and their links to reward, motivation, impulsivity, and risk-taking. Much of the work focuses on circuits involving the nucleus accumbens (a reward-related brain area) and how stress and brain structure predict outcomes like substance use and relapse. Studies often track these patterns across adolescence into young adulthood.

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the past decade, averaging around three per year with modest year-to-year fluctuations.

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