Professor
Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellow
Department of Psychology (Clinical Science; Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology)
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion
Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellow
Department of Psychology (Clinical Science; Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology)
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion
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Office Hours
By appointment.
***For Fall 2025 entry, Dr. Chiu's lab has limited doctoral program openings and a preference for applicants to the Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology area (to balance the lab's current composition). Exceptions may be made for individuals with disadvantaged backgrounds and/or who have demonstrated exceptional motivation for research. Quantitative aptitude and programming experience will be considered favorably. Please include CV with inquiries.***
***For Fall 2025 entry, Dr. Chiu's lab has limited doctoral program openings and a preference for applicants to the Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology area (to balance the lab's current composition). Exceptions may be made for individuals with disadvantaged backgrounds and/or who have demonstrated exceptional motivation for research. Quantitative aptitude and programming experience will be considered favorably. Please include CV with inquiries.***
Office Address
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion
2 Riverside Circle
Roanoke, VA 24016
2 Riverside Circle
Roanoke, VA 24016
Office Phone
Accepting Students?
Accepting students in Clinical Science
Accepting students in Cognitive Neuroscience & Biopsychology
Curriculum Vitae
Short Bio
Current - Professor, Virginia Tech Department of Psychology and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VT Carilion
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
2006 PhD, Psychology (Clinical Science), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2005-2006 Clinical Psychology Internship, Adult Neuroscience Track, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
1998 AB, Psychology & Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
2006 PhD, Psychology (Clinical Science), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2005-2006 Clinical Psychology Internship, Adult Neuroscience Track, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
1998 AB, Psychology & Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Interests
- neuroscience of motivation and valuation, decision-making
- depression, substance use disorders, anxiety-related disorders
- computational psychiatry
- neuroscience-informed assessment and intervention
- interpersonal influences on decision-making
Select Publications
- Kim, D-Y, Lisinski, J, Caton, M, Casas, B, LaConte, S, Chiu, PH (2024) Regulation of craving for real-time fMRI neurofeedback based on individual classification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 379:20230094.
- Brown, VM, Lee, J, Wang, JM, Casas, B, Chiu, PH (2024) Reinforcement learning-informed queries guide behavioral change. Clinical Psychological Science. Online ahead of print.
- Brown, V, Zhu, L, Solway, A, Wang, JM, McCurry, KL, King-Casas, B, Chiu, PH (2021). Reinforcement learning disruptions in individuals with depression and sensitivity to symptom change following cognitive behavioral therapy. JAMA Psychiatry, 78, 1113-1122.
- Chung, D, Orloff, M, Lauharatanahirun, N, Chiu, PH, King-Casas, B (2020) Valuation of peers’ safe choices is associated with substance-naïveté in adolescents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 117, 31729-31737.
- McCurry KL, Frueh BC, Chiu PH, King-Casas B. (2020) Opponent effects of hyperarousal and re-experiencing on affective habituation in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 5, 203-212.
- Wang, JM, Zhu, L, Brown, VM, De La Garza II, R, Newton, T, King-Casas, B, Chiu, PH (2019) In cocaine dependence, neural prediction errors during loss avoidance are increased with cocaine deprivation and predict drug use. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4, 291-299.
- Brown, VM, Zhu, L, Wang, JM, Frueh, BC, King-Casas, B, Chiu, PH (2018). Associability-modulated loss learning is increased in posttraumatic stress disorder. eLife 2018; 7:e30150.
- Chung, D, Kadlec, K, Aimone, JA, McCurry, K, King-Casas, B, Chiu, PH (2017). Valuation in major depression is intact and stable in a non-learning environment. Scientific Reports, 7, 44374.
- Chung, D, Christopoulos, G, King-Casas, B, Ball, S, Chiu, PH (2015). Social signals of safety and risk confer utility and have asymmetric effects on observers’ choices. Nature Neuroscience, 18, 912 - 916.
- Williams, W, Graham, D, McCurry, K, Sanders, A, Eiseman, J, Chiu, PH, King-Casas, B (2014). Group psychotherapy’s impact on trust in veterans with PTSD: A pilot study. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 78, 335 - 348.
- Marsden, KE, Ma WJ, Deci EL, Ryan RM, Chiu PH (2014) Diminished neural responses predict enhanced intrinsic motivation and sensitivity to external incentive. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 15, 276 - 286.
- King-Casas, B & Chiu, PH (2012). Understanding interpersonal function in psychiatric illness through multiplayer economic games. Biological Psychiatry, 72, 119-125.
- Chiu, PH, Lohrenz, TM, Montague, PR (2008). Smokers’ brains compute but ignore a fictive error signal in a sequential investment task. Nature Neuroscience, 11, 514-520.
- Chiu, PH, Holmes, AJ, Pizzagalli, DA (2008). Dissociable recruitment of rostral anterior cingulate and inferior frontal cortex in emotional response inhibition. NeuroImage, 42, 988-997.
- Chiu, PH & Deldin, P (2007). Neural evidence for enhanced error detection in major depressive disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 608-616.