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Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
10116
World Ranking
8092
National Ranking
4334

Overview

Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology and neuroscience, with a particular focus on aging and gerontology, mental health, neural and behavioral psychology, and decision-making processes.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Psychology (23 publications)
  • Neuroscience (11 publications)

Within these fields, the subfields of study encompass:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience (10 publications)
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (7 publications)
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (6 publications)
  • Sociology and Political Science (5 publications)
  • Applied Psychology (5 publications)

The primary research topics covered by Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin include:

  • Aging and Gerontology Research (14 publications)
  • Mental Health Research Topics (10 publications)
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (10 publications)
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions (10 publications)
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (6 publications)
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts (6 publications)
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 publications)

Notable frequent coauthors in their work are:

  • Kendra Leigh Seaman (7 collaborations)
  • Jaime J. Castrellon (5 collaborations)
  • Alyssa Hannah Sinclair (5 collaborations)
  • Morgan Taylor (5 collaborations)
  • David H. Zald (4 collaborations)

Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin has published consistently in certain venues, which include:

  • Psychology and Aging (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B (2 publications)
  • Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition (2 publications)
  • Emotion (1 publication)

Some recent papers reflecting their research focus are:

  • "Emotion dynamics across adulthood in everyday life: Older adults are more emotionally stable and better at regulating desires." (2020, Emotion)
  • "Temporal discounting across adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis." (2022, Psychology and Aging)
  • "Pairing facts with imagined consequences improves pandemic-related risk perception" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Reasons for Receiving or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Among Adults - United States, November 1-December 10, 2022" (2023, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • "Dopaminergic modulation of reward discounting in healthy rats: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, Psychopharmacology)

Best Publications

  • Emotional experience improves with age: evidence based on over 10 years of experience sampling.

    Laura L. Carstensen;Bulent Turan;Susanne Scheibe;Nilam Ram

  • Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams

    Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Felix Holzmeister;Colin F. Camerer;Anna Dreber;Anna Dreber

  • Moment-to-moment brain signal variability: A next frontier in human brain mapping?

    Douglas D. Garrett;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Stuart W.S. MacDonald;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Age differences in risky choice: a meta-analysis

    Rui Mata;Anika K. Josef;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Ralph Hertwig

  • Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: Challenges and opportunities

    Todd S. Braver;Marie K. Krug;Kimberly S. Chiew;Wouter Kool

  • Anticipation of monetary gain but not loss in healthy older adults

    Gregory R Samanez-Larkin;Sasha E B Gibbs;Sasha E B Gibbs;Kabir Khanna;Lisbeth Nielsen

  • Don't stop thinking about tomorrow: Individual differences in future self-continuity account for saving.

    Hal Ersner-Hershfield;M. Tess Garton;Kacey Ballard;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

  • Decision making in the ageing brain: changes in affective and motivational circuits

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Brian Knutson

  • Stability and change in risk-taking propensity across the adult life span.

    Anika K. Josef;David Richter;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Gert G. Wagner

  • Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Camelia M. Kuhnen;Daniel J. Yoo;Brian Knutson

  • Reduced dopamine receptors and transporters but not synthesis capacity in normal aging adults: a meta-analysis.

    Teresa M. Karrer;Anika K. Josef;Rui Mata;Evan D. Morris

  • Individual Differences in Insular Sensitivity During Loss Anticipation Predict Avoidance Learning

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Nick G. Hollon;Laura L. Carstensen;Brian Knutson

  • Affective traits link to reliable neural markers of incentive anticipation

    Charlene C. Wu;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Kiefer Katovich;Brian Knutson

  • Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Mediates Adult Age Differences in Probabilistic Reward Learning

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Sara M. Levens;Lee M. Perry;Robert F. Dougherty

  • Group comparisons: imaging the aging brain

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Mark D’Esposito

  • Adult age differences in frontostriatal representation of prediction error but not reward outcome.

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Darrell A. Worthy;Rui Mata;Rui Mata;Samuel M. McClure

  • Replicating the positivity effect in picture memory in Koreans: evidence for cross-cultural generalizability.

    Yookyung Kwon;Susanne Scheibe;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Jeanne L. Tsai

  • Socioemotional Functioning and the Aging Brain

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Laura L. Carstensen

  • Age Differences in Striatal Delay Sensitivity during Intertemporal Choice in Healthy Adults.

    Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin;Rui Mata;Peter T. Radu;Ian C. Ballard

  • White-Matter Tract Connecting Anterior Insula to Nucleus Accumbens Correlates with Reduced Preference for Positively Skewed Gambles

    Josiah K. Leong;Franco Pestilli;Charlene C. Wu;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Knutson
Brian Knutson Stanford University
David H. Zald
David H. Zald Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rui Mata
Rui Mata University of Basel
Laura L. Carstensen
Laura L. Carstensen Stanford University
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University
Ralph Hertwig
Ralph Hertwig Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Corinna E. Löckenhoff
Corinna E. Löckenhoff Cornell University
Cheryl L. Grady
Cheryl L. Grady University of Toronto
Samuel M. McClure
Samuel M. McClure Arizona State University
Felix Hoffstaedter
Felix Hoffstaedter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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