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Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Inga Korolczuk
Medical University of Lublin
2
Matthew F. Panichello
Stanford University
3
Charles Findling
École Normale Supérieure
4
Romy Frömer
Allen Institute for Brain Science
5
Timo Flesch
University of Oxford
6
Byung Cheol Lee
University of Houston
7
Pedro Bordalo
University of Oxford
8
Federico Magni
Nanyang Technological University
9
Andrei Khilkevich
Sainsbury Laboratory
10
Maria K. Eckstein
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Human Behaviour (2024) [128 citations, W4401518309]
Nature Human Behaviour|2024
128 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2024) [100 citations, W4402454714]
Nature|2024
100 cit.
3
Publication in Nature (2025) [51 citations, W4413946611]
Nature|2025
51 cit.
4
Imagining the Future: Memory, Simulation, and Beliefs
The Review of Economic Studies|2024
42 cit.
5
Intermittent rate coding and cue-specific ensembles support working memory
Nature|2024
34 cit.
6
Common neural choice signals can emerge artefactually amid multiple distinct value signals
Nature Human Behaviour|2024
30 cit.
7
Long-Term Expectations and Aggregate Fluctuations
NBER Macroeconomics Annual|2024
17 cit.
8
Publication in Science Advances (2024) [10 citations, W4403918171]
Science Advances|2024
10 cit.
9
Publication in PLoS ONE (2025) [3 citations, W4408281725]
PLoS ONE|2025
3 cit.
10
Publication in The Review of Economic Studies (2025) [3 citations, W4410616666]
The Review of Economic Studies|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Alain Dagher
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
2
Blaise Dubois
Running Injury Clinic
3
Freek van Ede
University of Oxford
4
Amitai Shenhav
Allen Institute for Brain Science
5
Ning Hao
East China Normal University
6
Rachel N. Denison
Boston University
7
E. E. Sjak-Shie
Leiden University
8
Benedetto De Martino
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
9
Ian Krajbich
California Institute of Technology
10
Doreen M. Olvet
Northwell Health

Papers

1
Functional but not obligatory link between microsaccades and neural modulation by covert spatial attention
Nature Communications|2022
157 cit.
2
A dynamic computational model of gaze and choice in multi-attribute decisions.
Psychological Review|2022
80 cit.
3
Transient beta activity and cortico-muscular connectivity during sustained motor behaviour
Progress in Neurobiology|2022
59 cit.
4
High-value decisions are fast and accurate, inconsistent with diminishing value sensitivity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
57 cit.
5
Visual temporal attention from perception to computation
Nature Reviews Psychology|2024
43 cit.
6
The hyper-brain neural couplings distinguishing high-creative group dynamics: an fNIRS hyperscanning study
Cerebral Cortex|2022
42 cit.
7
Humans can navigate complex graph structures acquired during latent learning
Cognition|2022
42 cit.
8
Microsaccades transiently lateralise EEG alpha activity
Progress in Neurobiology|2023
40 cit.
9
Learning when effort matters: neural dynamics underlying updating and adaptation to changes in performance efficacy
Cerebral Cortex|2022
38 cit.
10
Orthogonal neural encoding of targets and distractors supports multivariate cognitive control
Nature Human Behaviour|2024
38 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Raymond J. Dolan
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
2
Jonathan D. Cohen
Princeton University
3
Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
4
Peter J. Lang
MBF Bioscience (United States)
5
António R. Damásio
University of Southern California
6
Trevor W. Robbins
University of Cambridge
7
Randall W Engle
Georgia Institute of Technology
8
Mark D’Esposito
University of California, Berkeley
9
Steven J. Luck
University of California, Davis
10
John D. E. Gabrieli
McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Papers

1
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
Nature|2021
45.2k cit.
2
Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
Nature|2015
30k cit.
3
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
Nature|2016
15.8k cit.
4
Measuring emotion: The self-assessment manikin and the semantic differential
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry|1994
9.4k cit.
5
Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge
Nature|2017
9.2k cit.
6
Conflict monitoring and cognitive control.
Psychological Review|2001
7.1k cit.
7
An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment
Science|2001
4.6k cit.
8
The capacity of visual working memory for features and conjunctions
Nature|1997
4.2k cit.
9
Deciding Advantageously Before Knowing the Advantageous Strategy
Science|1997
3.5k cit.
10
A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play
Science|2018
3.5k cit.

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