A. Ross Otto

A. Ross Otto publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Ross Otto sits on this spectrum.

A. Ross Otto D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Ross Otto sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Working-memory capacity protects model-based learning from stress

  A. Ross Otto;Candace M. Raio;Alice Chiang;Elizabeth A. Phelps;Elizabeth A. Phelps;Elizabeth A. Phelps

  558
  Citations

• The Curse of Planning Dissecting Multiple Reinforcement-Learning Systems by Taxing the Central Executive

  A. Ross Otto;Samuel J. Gershman;Arthur B. Markman;Nathaniel D. Daw

  401
  Citations

• Retrospective revaluation in sequential decision making: a tale of two systems.

  Samuel J. Gershman;Arthur B. Markman;A. Ross Otto

  316
  Citations

• From Creatures of Habit to Goal-Directed Learners: Tracking the Developmental Emergence of Model-Based Reinforcement Learning

  Johannes H. Decker;A. Ross Otto;Nathaniel Douglass Daw;Catherine A. Hartley

  301
  Citations

• Model-based learning protects against forming habits

  Claire M. Gillan;Claire M. Gillan;A. Ross Otto;Elizabeth A. Phelps;Elizabeth A. Phelps;Nathaniel D. Daw

  281
  Citations

• Cognitive control predicts use of model-based reinforcement learning

  A. Ross Otto;Anya Skatova;Seth Madlon-Kay;Nathaniel D. Daw

  214
  Citations

• Heterogeneity of strategy use in the Iowa gambling task: A comparison of win-stay/lose-shift and reinforcement learning models

  Darrell A. Worthy;Melissa J. Hawthorne;A. Ross Otto

  161
  Citations

• Offline replay supports planning in human reinforcement learning.

  Ida Momennejad;A Ross Otto;Nathaniel D Daw;Kenneth A Norman

  138
  Citations

• The opportunity cost of time modulates cognitive effort

  A. Ross Otto;Nathaniel D. Daw

  137
  Citations

• The Influence of Depression Symptoms on Exploratory Decision-Making

  Nathaniel J. Blanco;A. Ross Otto;W. Todd Maddox;Christopher G. Beevers

  121
  Citations

• The Nature of Belief-Directed Exploratory Choice in Human Decision-Making

  W. Bradley Knox;A. Ross Otto;Peter H Stone;Bradley C Love

  91
  Citations

• Cognitive capacity limitations and Need for Cognition differentially predict reward-induced cognitive effort expenditure.

  Dasha A. Sandra;A. Ross Otto

  87
  Citations

• Reduced model-based decision-making in gambling disorder.

  Florent Wyckmans;A Ross Otto;Miriam Sebold;Miriam Sebold;Nathaniel Daw

  79
  Citations

• There are at least two kinds of probability matching: evidence from a secondary task.

  A. Ross Otto;Eric G. Taylor;Arthur B. Markman

  77
  Citations

• Working-Memory Load and Temporal Myopia in Dynamic Decision Making

  Darrell A. Worthy;A. Ross Otto;W. Todd Maddox

  73
  Citations

• Acute Psychosocial Stress Increases Cognitive-Effort Avoidance.

  Mario Bogdanov;Jonas P. Nitschke;Sophia LoParco;Jennifer A. Bartz

  66
  Citations

• Forced Choices Reveal a Trade-Off between Cognitive Effort and Physical Pain

  Todd A Vogel;Zachary M Savelson;A Ross Otto;Mathieu Roy

  63
  Citations

• Stress promotes generalization of older but not recent threat memories

  Joseph E. Dunsmoor;A. Ross Otto;Elizabeth A. Phelps;Elizabeth A. Phelps

  59
  Citations

• Temporal dynamics of real-world emotion are more strongly linked to prediction error than outcome.

  William J Villano;A Ross Otto;C E Chiemeka Ezie;Roderick Gillis

  54
  Citations

• Unexpected but Incidental Positive Outcomes Predict Real-World Gambling

  A. Ross Otto;Stephen M. Fleming;Stephen M. Fleming;Paul W. Glimcher;Paul W. Glimcher

  52
  Citations