2026preprint
bioRxiv
A cognitive map of subjective value space for human risky choice
we found that entorhinal and medial prefrontal cortex map options by what they’re worth to each person, not just by their objective odds and payoffs.
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preferences shape how the brain maps options
try the task yourself and see a rough sketch of your own map, then find out what we saw in the brain.
- 2025commentary
Neuron
Off task map-making: Give it a rest!
our commentary on a study of the brain at rest: we discuss how what the brain replays during a break could decide which future decisions get easier.
- 2024study
PLOS Computational Biology
Social conformity is a heuristic when individual risky decision-making is disrupted
people with insula or dACC damage relied more on copying others’ choices, and so did healthy adults whose own preferences explained their choices less well.
- 2023commentary
Current Biology
Cognitive maps: Constructing a route with your snout
our commentary on a study where people navigated by smell: we argue that a general mapping system works alongside specialized ones for each kind of information.
- 2020study
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Valuation of peers’ safe choices is associated with substance-naïveté in adolescents
teens who had never used substances put more value on peers’ safe choices, both in their decisions and in vmPFC, a brain region that tracks value.
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