Mahdieh is a student assistant at SCoI, working on Project 59 (Observational learning in developing humans and artificial agents). Currently pursuing a second MSc at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Humboldt University of Berlin), as a clinical psychologist she brings expertise in neuromodulation techniques such as EEG, NF, rTMS and tES. At SCoI, Mahdieh will utilize VR in research to explore social mechanisms of learning . Previously, she completed a first MSc in Psychology, focusing on the effects of opponents’ faces on social behavior using Game Theory models, and is now interested in machine learning to model EEG activation patterns in response to different social cues.