2024
Representation of Anticipated Rewards and Punishments in the Human Brain.
Ben-Zion Z, Levy I. Representation of Anticipated Rewards and Punishments in the Human Brain. Annual Review Of Psychology 2024 PMID: 39418537, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-022324-042614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural representationReward valuePunishment valueRepresentation of reward valueValue-based decision-makingStress-related psychopathologySubjective reward valueCross-species studiesPunishment processingAnticipated rewardsReward typeBrain regionsSubjective valueMental illnessNeural encodingAnimal researchHuman brainRewardHuman studiesBrainPunishmentMethodological challengesPsychopathologyDecision-makingNeuroeconomicsManipulating the reliability of target-color information modulates value-driven attentional capture
Massa N, Crotty N, Levy I, Grubb M. Manipulating the reliability of target-color information modulates value-driven attentional capture. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 2024, 86: 1108-1119. PMID: 38538947, PMCID: PMC11093855, DOI: 10.3758/s13414-024-02878-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Distributed neural representation of saliency controlled value and category during anticipation of rewards and punishments
Zhang Z, Fanning J, Ehrlich DB, Chen W, Lee D, Levy I. Distributed neural representation of saliency controlled value and category during anticipation of rewards and punishments. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 1907. PMID: 29203854, PMCID: PMC5714958, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02080-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural representationAnticipation of rewardDecision-related informationCognitive neuroscienceOutcome anticipationValue signalsPotential confoundsCategory informationHuman brainNeural signalsSaliencyRewardValuation taskAnticipationMultiple aspectsStrong supportActivity patternsPunishmentVmPFCRepresentationNeuroscienceConfoundsExtensive literatureEncodingTask
2016
Neuroanatomy accounts for age-related changes in risk preferences
Grubb MA, Tymula A, Gilaie-Dotan S, Glimcher PW, Levy I. Neuroanatomy accounts for age-related changes in risk preferences. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 13822. PMID: 27959326, PMCID: PMC5159889, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight posterior parietal cortexGray matter volumeRisky rewardMatter volumeAge-related changesLess grey matter volumePosterior parietal cortexAge-related declineRisk preferencesNeural mechanismsRisky choiceParietal regionsParietal cortexSubstantial empirical evidenceOlder adultsHealthy agingYoung adultsRewardGray matter lossEmpirical evidencePotential outcomesHuman agingAdultsPreferencesNeuroanatomy