He received his B.A. in psychobiology (from U.C. Santa Cruz) and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology (from Harvard University). He learned to use fMRI for human brain imaging as a post-doctoral fellow at Washington University in St Louis. Although trained as cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Gray’s work is highly interdisciplinary and relates to other areas in psychology, including self-control, higher cognition, and emotional intelligence. Before studying cognitive neuroscience, he practiced Zen meditation in the Soto tradition for two years at the San Francisco Zen Center.