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Amitai Shenhav

Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Associate Professor of Brain Science

Brown University

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Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

Amitai Shenhav is currently serving as a Cognitive, Linguistic, And Psychological Sciences Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Associate Professor of Brain Science at Brown University.

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Amitai Shenhav

Brown University

Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Associate Professor of Brain Science

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cognitive science psychology behavioral sciences neuroscience cognitive neuroscience behavioral neuroscience decision science cognitive control decision theory behavioral decision making cognitive psychology motivation decision analysis human behavior cognition affective neuroscience foraging neuropsychology human decision process systems neuroscience human cognition sequential decision making psychological science reward systems experimental decision making choice theory value-based decision-making animal cognition animal behavior brain function brain science neural science choice models individual differences applied psychology cognitive electrophysiology adaptive learning mental effort ventromedial prefrontal cortex cognitive control allocation neural correlates intertemporal choice effort matters psychology of religion applied social psychology conflict resolution neuroethics neuropsychopharmacology human-computer interaction knowledge discovery applied cognitive psychology biological psychology clinical neuroscience positive psychology expectation formation brain modeling comparative psychology psychophysics punishment spatial cognition happiness mathematical psychology model analysis consumer choice task performance neuroeconomics mechanisms of action brain stimulation brain circuitry integrative theory expected value effort paradox divine intuition anterior cingulate engagement choice difficulty social world decision making attention neuroimaging brain organization executive function developmental cognitive neuroscience

Notable Scholarly Works

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Common Neural Choice Signals Can Emerge Artefactually Amid Multiple Distinct Value Signals. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Romy FrömerMatthew R NassarBenedikt V EhingerAmitai Shenhav

sequential decision makinghuman behaviorhuman decision processpsychologyneural computationbehavioral decision makingcognitive sciencebehavioral neurosciencebehavioral sciences

Make or Break: The Influence of Expected Challenges and Rewards on the Motivation and Experience Associated With Cognitive Effort Exertion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2024)

Yue ZhangXiamin LengAmitai Shenhav

cognitive neurosciencecognitive psychologymotivationcognitive effort exertionpsychologyeducational psychologyresiliencereward systemscognitive sciencereward hackinghuman performancebehavioral sciences

Motivational Context Determines the Impact of Aversive Outcomes on Mental Effort Allocation. Cognition (2024)

Mahalia Prater FaheyD M YeeXiamin LengMaisy TarlowAmitai Shenhav

motivationpsychologymental effort allocationmotivational contextcognitive scienceaversive outcomesbehavioral sciences

Mutual Inclusivity Improves Decision-Making by Smoothing out Choice’s Competitive Edge. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Xiamin LengRomy FrömerThomas SummeAmitai Shenhav

competitive edgechoice theorychoice modelsdecision theorymutual inclusivitybehavioral sciences

Orthogonal Neural Encoding of Targets and Distractors Supports Multivariate Cognitive Control. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Harrison RitzAmitai Shenhav

cognitive neurosciencecognitive controlorthogonal neural encodingneuropsychologypsychologycognitive scienceneuroscience

The Affective Gradient Hypothesis: An Affect-Centered Account of Motivated Behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2024)

Amitai Shenhav

behavioral insightsnarrativeexperimental social psychologyexperimental psychologypsychometricscognitionbehavioral decision makingbehavioral sciencessocial cognitionemotional selfregulationcognitive sciencecognitive psychologyhuman behaviorpsychologyemotion recognitionaffective neuroscienceaffective gradient hypothesisaffect-centered accounteconomic psychologyattitude theorymotivated behavior

Common Neural Choice Signals Emerge Artifactually Amidst Multiple Distinct Value Signals. (2023)

Romy FroemerMatthew R. NassarBenedikt V. EhingerAmitai Shenhav

cognitive neuroscienceneuroscience

Control Adjustment Costs Limit Goal Flexibility: Empirical Evidence and a Computational Account. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Ivan GrahekXiamin LengSebastian MusslickAmitai Shenhav

control adjustment costsmotivationbiostatisticsempirical evidencegoal flexibilitycomputational accountneuroscience

Do You Ever Get Tired of Being Wrong? the Unique Impact of Feedback on Subjective Experiences of Effort-Based Decision-Making. (2023)

Anna XuRomy FrömerWanja WolffAmitai Shenhav

decision analysiseffort-based decision-makingpersuasionsubjective experiencesbiasdecision sciencemoral psychologypsychologyhuman decision processattitude theoryrationalitydecision theorybehavioral decision makingcognitive sciencehuman errorbehavioral sciences

Humans Reconfigure Target and Distractor Processing to Address Distinct Task Demands.. Psychological Review (2023)

Harrison RitzAmitai Shenhav

cognitive neurosciencecognitive psychologyneuropsychologypsychological sciencehuman behaviorpsychologydistractor processinghuman cognitioncognitive scienceapplied cognitive psychologybehavioral neurosciencehuman performancebehavioral sciences

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Amitai Shenhav

Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Associate Professor of Brain Science

Brown University

Affiliations

Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Amitai Shenhav

Brown University

Associate Professor of Cognitive Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Associate Professor of Brain Science

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Common Neural Choice Signals Can Emerge Artefactually Amid Multiple Distinct Value Signals. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Romy FrömerMatthew R NassarBenedikt V EhingerAmitai Shenhav

sequential decision makinghuman behaviorhuman decision processpsychologyneural computationbehavioral decision makingcognitive sciencebehavioral neurosciencebehavioral sciences

Make or Break: The Influence of Expected Challenges and Rewards on the Motivation and Experience Associated With Cognitive Effort Exertion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2024)

Yue ZhangXiamin LengAmitai Shenhav

Motivational Context Determines the Impact of Aversive Outcomes on Mental Effort Allocation. Cognition (2024)

Mahalia Prater FaheyD M YeeXiamin LengMaisy TarlowAmitai Shenhav

motivationpsychologymental effort allocationmotivational contextcognitive scienceaversive outcomesbehavioral sciences

Mutual Inclusivity Improves Decision-Making by Smoothing out Choice’s Competitive Edge. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Xiamin LengRomy FrömerThomas SummeAmitai Shenhav

competitive edgechoice theorychoice modelsdecision theorymutual inclusivitybehavioral sciences

Orthogonal Neural Encoding of Targets and Distractors Supports Multivariate Cognitive Control. Nature Human Behaviour (2024)

Harrison RitzAmitai Shenhav

cognitive neurosciencecognitive controlorthogonal neural encodingneuropsychologypsychologycognitive scienceneuroscience

The Affective Gradient Hypothesis: An Affect-Centered Account of Motivated Behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2024)

Amitai Shenhav

Common Neural Choice Signals Emerge Artifactually Amidst Multiple Distinct Value Signals. (2023)

Romy FroemerMatthew R. NassarBenedikt V. EhingerAmitai Shenhav

cognitive neuroscienceneuroscience

Control Adjustment Costs Limit Goal Flexibility: Empirical Evidence and a Computational Account. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Ivan GrahekXiamin LengSebastian MusslickAmitai Shenhav

control adjustment costsmotivationbiostatisticsempirical evidencegoal flexibilitycomputational accountneuroscience

Do You Ever Get Tired of Being Wrong? the Unique Impact of Feedback on Subjective Experiences of Effort-Based Decision-Making. (2023)

Anna XuRomy FrömerWanja WolffAmitai Shenhav

Humans Reconfigure Target and Distractor Processing to Address Distinct Task Demands.. Psychological Review (2023)

Harrison RitzAmitai Shenhav

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