My work aims to pursue three main goals: 1) Examine the impact of self-control and emotion on motivation and reward in day-to-day life, 2) Uncover the neural representations of these processes using advanced neuroimaging methods such as multivariate pattern analysis, and structural and functional connectivity analyses, and 3) Elucidate potential biomarkers that characterize individual differences in reward and motivation and may underlie risky or otherwise unhealthy behaviors. Below, I expand on the two primary lines or research I am pursuing.