Becket Ebitz

Thème (s)

• Les bases neuronales des processus cognitifs : la prise de décision, l’attention, l’apprentissage et la mémoire;
• Comment les processus cognitifs sont modifiés par les états internes : les croyances, l’incertitude et le niveau d’excitation.

Publications choisies

• Post, R. J., Bulkin, D. A., Ebitz, R. B., Lee, V., Han, K., Warden, M. R. (2022). “Tonic activity in lateral habenula neurons promotes disengagement from reward-seeking behavior.” Current Biology, in press.
• Ebitz, R. B. & Hayden, B. Y. (2021). “The population doctrine revolution in cognitive neuroscience.” Neuron 109(19), 3055-3068.
• Chen, C. S., Knep, E., Han, A., Ebitz, R. B., & Grissom, N. M. (2021). “Sex differences in learning from exploration.” Elife 10.
• Wilson, R. C., Bonawitz, E., Costa, V. D., & Ebitz, R. B. (2020). Balancing exploration and exploitation with information and randomization. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 38, 49-56;
• Ebitz, R. B., Tu, J. C., & Hayden, B. Y. (2020). Rules warp feature encoding in decision-making circuits. PLoS Biology, 18(11), e3000951;
• Ebitz, R. B., Sleezer, B. J., Jedema, H. P., Bradberry, C. W., & Hayden, B. Y. (2019). Tonic exploration governs both flexibility and lapses. PLoS Computational Biology, 15(11), e1007475;
• Ebitz, R. B., Albarran, E., & Moore, T. (2018). Exploration disrupts choice-predictive signals and alters dynamics in prefrontal cortex. Neuron, 97(2), 450-461;
• Ebitz, R. B., & Platt, M. L. (2015). Neuronal activity in primate dorsal anterior cingulate cortex signals task conflict and predicts adjustments in pupil-linked arousal. Neuron, 85(3), 628-640.