Adarsh K. Verma is a Research Associate at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), working with Dr. Srikanth Padmala, Associate Professor, IISc. His curiosity about why individuals engage in risky behaviours, particularly alcohol consumption despite awareness of its harmful consequences, has shaped his research trajectory. His current research examines how affective states modulate subcortical neural activity underlying alcohol approach biases, extending his doctoral research on the neurocognitive mechanisms of alcohol-related automatic tendencies. In broader terms, his work seeks to unravel why alcohol-related behaviours persist despite conscious intentions to resist them.
