Neural bases of self-control and adaptive behavior
NEUROSCIENCE Neural bases of self-control and adaptive behavior ABSTRACT Influential research suggests that exercising self-control depletes a...
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NEUROSCIENCE Insight and addiction ABSTRACT Previous studies have suggested impairments in insight in neuropsychiatric disorders. However it is...
Read moreInteroception and Decision-Making
NEUROSCIENCE Interoception and Decision-Making ABSTRACT Studies on the roles of emotion in decision-making have highlighted a powerful role for...
Read moreChoice of saccade endpoint under risk
NEUROSCIENCE Choice of saccade endpoint under risk ABSTRACT We ask whether human observers choose saccade endpoints that maximize expected gain...
Read moreInterrupting counterfactual representations in the lateral frontal pole
NEUROSCIENCE Interrupting counterfactual representations in the lateral frontal pole ABSTRACT I am collaborating with researchers at Oxford...
Read moreCostly information sampling
NEUROSCIENCE Costly information sampling ABSTRACT Theories of optimal information sampling assert that the decision to gather information should...
Read moreEnvisioning the Improbable: Judgment and Strategy in Heavy-Tailed Contexts
NEUROSCIENCE Envisioning the Improbable: Judgment and Strategy in Heavy-Tailed Contexts ABSTRACT This multi-method research seeks to increase...
Read moreMeasuring people’s internal model of motor error distribution
NEUROSCIENCE Measuring people’s internal model of motor error distribution ABSTRACT A good decision maker in perception and action (e.g. a good...
Read moreCan deep brain stimulation reduce preference for cocaine?
NEUROSCIENCE A Drosophila model for studying the neuronal bases of decision-making ABSTRACT I work in the NYU Biology department in Justin Blau’s...
Read moreRestoring Justice: Punishing on behalf of another, but not for oneself
NEUROSCIENCE Restoring Justice: Punishing on behalf of another, but not for oneself ABSTRACT Classic social psychology and experimental economic...
Read moreISDM Researchers Discover Neuroscience Link Between Sports, Weather, and Gambling
NEUROSCIENCE ISDM Researchers Discover Neuroscience Link Between Sports, Weather, and Gambling AUTHORS: A. Ross Otto, Stephen M. Fleming and...
Read moreStress and Gambling
NEUROSCIENCE Social Contagion ABSTRACT Decisions are often made around other people, even if the choices themselves don’t involve and are not...
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