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Overview

Joshua W. Brown is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience. The scholar's work also spans neurology, artificial intelligence, general decision sciences, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed substantially to the understanding of neural dynamics and brain function, producing 24 publications on this topic. Additional areas of study include neural and behavioral psychology with 16 publications, memory and neural mechanisms with 10, functional brain connectivity studies with 10, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies with 8, decision-making and behavioral economics with 6, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior with 6.

Joshua W. Brown's recent publications illustrate the diversity and depth of their research scope:

  • Neural evidence of switch processes during semantic and phonetic foraging in human memory, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Temporal interference electrical neurostimulation at 20 Hz beat frequency leads to increased fMRI BOLD activation in orbitofrontal cortex in humans, 2024, Brain Stimulation
  • Neural correlates of visual attention during risky decision evidence integration, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Does Chronic Cannabis Use Impact Risky Decision-Making: An Examination of fMRI Activation and Effective Connectivity?, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • The PRO model accounts for the anterior cingulate cortex role in risky decision-making and monitoring, 2022, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Their frequent collaborators include Huzi Cheng, J. Purcell, Brian F. O'Donnell, Priyamvada Modak, and Nancy B. Lundin, indicating ongoing partnerships in multidisciplinary research efforts.

Joshua W. Brown's publications appear most often in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have nine publications. Other notable venues include Schizophrenia Bulletin with two publications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brain Stimulation, and NeuroImage.

Best Publications

  • Medial prefrontal cortex as an action-outcome predictor

    William H Alexander;Joshua W Brown

  • Learned Predictions of Error Likelihood in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    Joshua W. Brown;Todd S. Braver

  • A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task

    Frederick Verbruggen;Adam R. Aron;Guido Ph Band;Christian Beste

  • Performance Monitoring by the Anterior Cingulate Cortex During Saccade Countermanding

    Shigehiko Ito;Veit Stuphorn;Joshua W. Brown;Jeffrey D. Schall

  • A Meta-analysis of Executive Components of Working Memory

    Derek Evan Nee;Joshua W. Brown;Mary K. Askren;Mary K. Askren;Marc G. Berman

  • Computational perspectives on dopamine function in prefrontal cortex.

    Jonathan D Cohen;Todd S Braver;Joshua W Brown

  • HOW THE BASAL GANGLIA USE PARALLEL EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY LEARNING PATHWAYS TO SELECTIVELY RESPOND TO UNEXPECTED REWARDING CUES

    Joshua Brown;Daniel Bullock;Stephen Grossberg

  • Monitoring and Control of Action by the Frontal Lobes

    Jeffrey D. Schall;Veit Stuphorn;Joshua W. Brown

  • How laminar frontal cortex and basal ganglia circuits interact to control planned and reactive saccades

    Joshua W. Brown;Daniel Bullock;Stephen Grossberg

  • A computational model of fractionated conflict-control mechanisms in task-switching.

    Joshua W. Brown;Jeremy R. Reynolds;Todd S. Braver

  • Computational Models of Performance Monitoring and Cognitive Control

    William H. Alexander;Joshua W. Brown

  • A Model-Based fMRI Analysis with Hierarchical Bayesian Parameter Estimation

    Woo-Young Ahn;Adam Krawitz;Woojae Kim;Jerome R. Busemeyer

  • Risk prediction and aversion by anterior cingulate cortex

    Joshua W. Brown;Todd S. Braver

  • Influence of history on saccade countermanding performance in humans and macaque monkeys

    Erik E. Emeric;Joshua W. Brown;Leanne Boucher;Roger H.S. Carpenter

  • Error effects in anterior cingulate cortex reverse when error likelihood is high.

    Ryan K. Jessup;Jerome R. Busemeyer;Joshua W. Brown

  • Role of Supplementary Eye Field in Saccade Initiation: Executive, Not Direct, Control

    Veit Stuphorn;Veit Stuphorn;Joshua W. Brown;Joshua W. Brown;Jeffrey D. Schall

  • Functional heterogeneity of conflict, error, task-switching, and unexpectedness effects within medial prefrontal cortex

    Derek Evan Nee;Sabine Kastner;Joshua W. Brown

  • Predictive decision making driven by multiple time-linked reward representations in the anterior cingulate cortex

    Marco K. Wittmann;Nils Kolling;Rei Akaishi;Rei Akaishi;Bolton K. H. Chau;Bolton K. H. Chau

  • Does gratitude writing improve the mental health of psychotherapy clients? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial.

    Y. Joel Wong;Jesse J. Owen;Nicole T. Gabana;Joshua W. Brown

  • From conflict management to reward-based decision making: actors and critics in primate medial frontal cortex.

    Massimo Silvetti;William Alexander;Tom Verguts;Joshua W. Brown

  • Performance Monitoring Local Field Potentials in the Medial Frontal Cortex of Primates: Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    Erik E. Emeric;Joshua W. Brown;Joshua W. Brown;Melanie Leslie;Pierre Pouget

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Schall
Jeffrey D. Schall Vanderbilt University
Todd S. Braver
Todd S. Braver Washington University in St. Louis
Derek Evan Nee
Derek Evan Nee Florida State University
Peter R. Finn
Peter R. Finn Indiana University
Jerome R. Busemeyer
Jerome R. Busemeyer Indiana University
Gordon D. Logan
Gordon D. Logan Vanderbilt University
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Martin Paré
Martin Paré Queen's University
Russell Schachar
Russell Schachar University of Toronto
Ellen Leibenluft
Ellen Leibenluft National Institutes of Health

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