selected preprints:

Persistent decision-making in mice, monkeys, and humans
Laurie, V. J., Shourkeshti A., Chen, C. S., Herman, A. B., Grissom, N. M., & Ebitz, R. B.

Pupil size predicts the onset of exploration in brain and behavior
Shourkeshti, A., Morocco, G., Jurewicz, K., Moore, T., & Ebitz, R. B.

"Value" emerges from imperfect memory
Ramírez-Ruiz, J., & Ebitz, R. B.

Dopamine and norepinephrine differentially mediate the exploration-exploitation tradeoff
Chen, C. S., Mueller, D., Knep, E., Ebitz, R. B., & Grissom, N. M.

Explore-exploit behaviors predict broad autism social phenotypes in general population
Knep, E., Yan, X., Chen, C. S., Jacob, S., Darrow, D. P., Ebitz, R. B.*, Grissom, N. M.*, Herman, A. B.*
(* contributed equally)

2024

Irrational choices via a curvilinear representational geometry for value
Jurewicz, K., Sleezer, B. J., Mehta, P. S., Hayden, B. Y., & Ebitz, R. B.
Nature Communications, accepted in press.

Learning attentional templates for value-based decision-making
Jahn, C. I., Markov, N. T., Morea, B., Daw, N., Ebitz, R. B., & Buschman, T. J.
Cell, accepted in press.

Semi-orthogonal subspaces for value mediate a tradeoff between binding and generalization
Johnston, W. J., Fine, J. M., Yoo, S. B. M., Ebitz, R. B., & Hayden, B. Y.
Nature Neuroscience, accepted in press.

2023

Hierarchical organization of rhesus macaque behavior
Voloh, B., Eisenreich, B., Maisson, D. J. N., Ebitz, R. B., Park, H. S., Hayden, B. Y., & Zimmermann, J.
Oxford Open Neuroscience 2.

Prolonged physiological stress is associated with a lower rate of exploratory learning that is compounded by depression
Kaske, E. A., Chen, C. S., Meyer, C., Yang, F., Ebitz, R. B., Grissom, N. M., Kapoor, A., Darrow, D. P., & Herman, A. B.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 8(7), 703-711.

2022

Tonic activity in lateral habenula neurons promotes disengagement from reward-seeking behavior
Post, R. J., Bulkin, D. A., Ebitz, R. B., Lee, V., Han, K., & Warden, M. R.
Current Biology 32 (20), 4325-4336.

2021

Sex differences in learning from exploration
Chen, C. S., Knep, E., Han, A., Ebitz, R. B., & Grissom, N. M.
Elife, 10, original preprint on bioRxiv

The population doctrine in cognitive neuroscience
Ebitz, R. B., & Hayden, B. Y.
Neuron, 109 (19), original preprint on arXiv.

Balancing exploration and exploitation with information and randomization
Wilson, R. C., Bonawitz, L., Costa, V. D., & Ebitz, R. B.
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 38, original preprint on psyArXiv.

2020

Rule adherence warps feature encoding in decision-making circuits (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., Tu, J. C., & Hayden, B. Y.
PLoS Biology, 18(11), original preprint on bioRxiv

Divergent strategies for learning in males and females (pdf)
Chen, C. S.*, Ebitz, R. B.*, Bindas, S. R., Redish, A. D., Hayden, B. Y., & Grissom, N. M.
(* contributed equally)
Current Biology, 31, original preprint on bioRxiv

2016-2019

Tonic exploration governs both flexibility and lapses (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., Sleezer, B. J., Jedema, H. P., Bradberry, C. W., & Hayden, B. Y.
PLoS Computational Biology, 15(11), original preprint on bioRxiv

Both a gauge and a filter: Cognitive modulations of pupil size (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B. & Moore, T.
Frontiers in Neurology, 9(1190)

Exploration disrupts choice predictive signals and alters population dynamics in prefrontal cortex (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., Albarran, E., & Moore, T.
Neuron, 97(2)

Selective modulation of the pupil light reflex by microstimulation of prefrontal cortex (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., & Moore, T.
Journal of Neuroscience, 37(19).

Dorsal anterior cingulate: a Rorschach test for cognitive neuroscience (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., & Hayden, B. Y.
Naure Neuroscience, 19(10).

2012-2015

Neuronal activity in primate dorsal anterior cingulate cortex signals task conflict and predicts adjustments in pupil-linked arousal (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., & Platt, M. L.
Neuron, 85(3).

Pupil size and social vigilance in rhesus macaques (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., Pearson, J., & Platt, M. L.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8(100).

An evolutionary perspective on the behavioral consequences of exogenous oxytocin application (pdf)
Ebitz, R.B. & Platt, M. L.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2(225).

Individual differences in social information gathering revealed through Bayesian hierarchical models
Pearson, J., Watson, K. K., Klein, J., Ebitz, R. B., & Platt, M. L.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7(165).

Oxytocin reduces social vigilance in rhesus macaques (pdf)
Ebitz, R. B., Watson, K. K., & Platt, M. L.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110 (28), 11630-5.

Inhaled oxytocin amplifies both vicarious reinforcement and self reinforcement in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Chang, S. W., Barter, J. W., Ebitz, R. B., Watson, K. K., & Platt, M.L.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 959-964.