Welcome

The Dynamic Brain & Mind Lab (Kucyi Lab) is in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.

We study how the brain self-organizes its activity to give rise to the mind. We use approaches from network neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience. A major current focus centers on the brain basis of spontaneous thought and implications for mental health. The lab incorporates a variety of techniques in human neuroscience, including functional MRI (fMRI), intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG), and scalp EEG. Current projects involve simultaneous EEG-fMRI, real-time fMRI, experience sampling paradigms, and machine learning approaches to brain network analysis. 

Lab News

• January 2023: We have been awarded a new R21 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health: "Real-time fMRI for insular cortex brain state-triggered experience sampling."

• October 2022: The lab has been awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. This grant will support new research on brain network dynamics, mind-wandering, and neuromodulation.

• September 2022: The lab is so excited to join the Psychological & Brain Sciences department, the Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences program and the wider community at Drexel University!