Tyler received his BSc (Hons) Majors in Biology and Psychology from University of Prince Edward Island and his PhD in Neuroscience from Western University. His 
research interests have focused on how the prefrontal cortex facilitates cognition in non-pathological states and models of neuropsychiatric disease. Using techniques like fiber photometry and optogenetics, his previous work investigated how inhibitory neurons in the prefrontal cortex are recruited during tests of attention and working memory, the consequences of manipulating their activity for cognition, and their potential as therapeutic targets for alleviating cognitive impairments. His current project will focus on the intersections between valence processing, social cognition, and decision-making in efforts to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying these systems and how they become dysfunction in neuropsychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and depression.