Call for Posters from the Brain Imaging Center at the Icahn School of Medicine The Brain Imaging Center (BIC) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will be hosting its 3rd Annual Symposium on Wednesday, October 19th and release...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Cognitive Control Mode Predicts Behavioral Expression of Model-Based Reinforcement-Learning ABSTRACT A converging body of work suggests that cognitive control operates via two distinct operating modes – proactive control and reactive...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Neural dynamics of decision confidence ABSTRACT Previous studies in non-human primates have revealed neural activity in the parietal and prefrontal cortex that correlates with the animal’s confidence after a decision has been made...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Neural bases of self-control and adaptive behavior ABSTRACT Influential research suggests that exercising self-control depletes a limited cognitive resource, of unclear identity. But a slack in performance needs not invoke resource...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Saving the masses: The impact of perceived efficacy on charitable giving to single vs. multiple beneficiaries AUTHORS: Professor Vicki Morwitz and Professor Eesha Sharma ABSTRACT People are more generous toward...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE The neural coding of value information ABSTRACT The neural coding of value information is critical to the decision process, guiding the choice between potential options and bridging the gap between sensation and action. We have...
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More infoNEUROSCIENCE Decision-Making Across the Life Span ABSTRACT Characterizing behavioral changes in decision-making across the life span and understanding why they occur has significant implications for behavioral problems associated with poor...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Projection Bias ABSTRACT Projection bias is exemplified by the “shopping while hungry” phenomenon, in which people overbuy at the supermarket when they’re hungry, incorrectly anticipating the kinds and amount of food they’ll want...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Foraging, serial decision making and the opportunity cost of time ABSTRACT We have an ongoing series of studies that use a patch-foraging paradigm from ecology in order to investigate how individuals make serial (stop/search)...
More infoNEUROSCIENCE Reference-dependence in intertemporal choice ABSTRACT In our current study, we measure emotional arousal while individuals make decisions between smaller, immediate monetary rewards and later, larger rewards. We find that both...
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