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Representative publications

Shenhav, A. (2024). The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 28(12):1089-1104. [Article]

Leng, X., Frömer, R., Summe, T., & Shenhav, A. (2024). Mutual inclusivity improves decision-making by smoothing out choice's competitive edge. Nature Human Behaviour. [Article]

Grahek I., Musslick S., & Shenhav A. (2020). A computational perspective on the roles of affect in cognitive control. International Journal of Psychophysiology 151: 25-34. [Article, Code].

Shenhav, A. & Karmarkar, U.R. (2019). Dissociable components of the reward circuit are involved in appraisal versus choice. Scientific Reports 9(1958): 1-12. [Article; Supplementary Data]

Shenhav, A., Dean Wolf, C.K., & Karmarkar, U.R. (2018). The evil of banality: When choosing between the mundane feels like choosing between the worst. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 147(12): 1892-1904. [Article; Supplementary Data]

Shenhav, A. & Buckner, R.L. (2014). Neural correlates of dueling affective reactions to win-win choices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(30): 10978-10983. [Article; Press Release]

All publications

Shenhav, A. (2024). The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 28(12):1089-1104. [Article]

Xu, A., Frömer, R., Wolff, W., Shenhav, A. Do you ever get tired of being wrong? The unique impact of feedback on subjective experiences of effort-based decision-making. [Preprint]

Zhang, Y., Leng, X., & Shenhav, A. (2024). Make or break: The influence of expected challenges and rewards on the motivation and experience associated with cognitive effort exertion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 36 (12): 2863–2885. [Article]

Leng, X., Frömer, R., Summe, T., & Shenhav, A. (2024). Mutual inclusivity improves decision-making by smoothing out choice's competitive edge. Nature Human Behaviour. [Article]

Frömer, R., Nassar, M.R., Ehinger, B.V., & Shenhav, A. (2024). Common neural choice signals emerge artefactually amidst multiple distinct value signals. Nature Human Behaviour 8:2194–2208 . [Article]

Kim, J., Frömer, R., Leng, X., & Shenhav, A. (2022). Confidently conflicted: The impact of value confidence on choice varies with choice context. In Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making. Providence, RI. [Paper].

Leng, X., Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2022). A theoretical and experimental investigation of the role of mutual inhibition in shaping choice. In Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making. Providence, RI. [Paper].

Frömer, R. & Shenhav, A. Spatiotemporally distinct neural mechanisms underlie our reactions to and comparison between value-based options. [Preprint]

Grahek I., Musslick S., & Shenhav A. (2020). A computational perspective on the roles of affect in cognitive control. International Journal of Psychophysiology 151: 25-34. [Article, Code].

Shenhav, A. & Karmarkar, U.R. (2019). Dissociable components of the reward circuit are involved in appraisal versus choice. Scientific Reports 9(1958): 1-12. [Article; Supplementary Data]

Shenhav, A., Dean Wolf, C.K., & Karmarkar, U.R. (2018). The evil of banality: When choosing between the mundane feels like choosing between the worst. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 147(12): 1892-1904. [Article; Supplementary Data]

Shenhav, A. & Buckner, R.L. (2014). Neural correlates of dueling affective reactions to win-win choices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(30): 10978-10983. [Article; Press Release]

Shenhav, A. & Greene, J.D. (2014). Integrative moral judgment: Dissociating the roles of the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 34(13): 4741-4749. [Article]

Shenhav, A. & Mendes, W.B. (2014). Aiming for the stomach and hitting the heart: dissociable triggers and sources for disgust reactions. Emotion 14(2): 301-309. [Article] 

Shenhav, A., Barrett, L.F., & Bar, M. (2013). Affective value and associative processing share a cortical substrate. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 13: 46-59. [Article; Supplementary Data]

Brunye, T. T., Gagnon, S. A., Paczynski, M., Shenhav, A., Mahoney, C. R., & Taylor, H. A. (2013). Happiness by association: generating broad associations promotes positive affect. Cognition 127 (1): 93-98. [Article]