Propranolol and Loss Aversion
NEUROSCIENCE Propranolol and Loss Aversion ABSTRACT Previous work has suggested that arousal responses to gain and loss outcomes are related to...
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 moreNeural 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...
Read moreCognitive Control Mode Predicts Behavioral Expression of Model-Based Reinforcement-Learning
NEUROSCIENCE Cognitive Control Mode Predicts Behavioral Expression of Model-Based Reinforcement-Learning ABSTRACT A converging body of work...
Read moreSuboptimal decision criteria are predicted by subjectively weighted probabilities and rewards
NEUROSCIENCE Suboptimal decision criteria are predicted by subjectively weighted probabilities and rewards ABSTRACT Subjects performed a visual...
Read moreDecision Making under Stress: acute stress influences how we learn to trust others
NEUROSCIENCE Decision Making under Stress: acute stress influences how we learn to trust others ABSTRACT Stress—a ubiquitous part of everyday...
Read moreAcute Stress and Reinforcement Learning
NEUROSCIENCE Acute Stress and Reinforcement Learning ABSTRACT The physiological response evoked by short-lived stressful events, referred to as...
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 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 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 moreEffects of brain lesions on perceptual confidence
NEUROSCIENCE Effects of brain lesions on perceptual confidence ABSTRACT Insight in decision-making refers to the accurate appraisal of one’s...
Read moreNeural dynamics of decision confidence
NEUROSCIENCE Neural dynamics of decision confidence ABSTRACT Previous studies in non-human primates have revealed neural activity in the parietal...
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