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P. Read Montague

P. Read Montague

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
27381
World Ranking
2950
National Ranking
1365

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
64
Citations
26668
World Ranking
1071
National Ranking
499

Overview

P. Read Montague is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and specializes in the intersecting fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their research contributions span several areas within these fields, focusing notably on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple subfields including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology

Montague's research topics cover a broad spectrum such as:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

They have authored several recent papers that demonstrate the range of their research interests. Notable publications include:

  • Sub-second Dopamine and Serotonin Signaling in Human Striatum during Perceptual Decision-Making, 2020, Neuron
  • Multidirectional Pathways between Attachment, Mentalizing, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology in the Context of Childhood Trauma, 2020, Psychopathology
  • The mediating role of attachment and mentalising in the relationship between childhood maltreatment, self-harm and suicidality, 2022, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography, 2023, Sensors
  • Dopamine and serotonin in human substantia nigra track social context and value signals during economic exchange, 2024, Nature Human Behaviour

Montague frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Among their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Terry Lohrenz
  • Peter Fonagy
  • Tobias Nolte
  • Kenneth T. Kishida
  • Jason P. White

Montague publishes regularly in specific academic venues with multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other publication venues where they have appeared include:

  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Neuron
  • Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making

    Antonio Rangel;Colin F Camerer;P. Read Montague

  • Neural Correlates of Behavioral Preference for Culturally Familiar Drinks

    Samuel M. McClure;Jian Li;Damon Tomlin;Kim S. Cypert

  • Getting to know you : Reputation and trust in a two-person economic exchange

    Brooks King-Casas;Brooks King-Casas;Damon Tomlin;Damon Tomlin;Cedric Anen;Cedric Anen;Colin F. Camerer;Colin F. Camerer

  • Neural economics and the biological substrates of valuation.

    P.Read Montague;Gregory S. Berns

  • Computational roles for dopamine in behavioural control

    P. Read Montague;Steven E. Hyman;Jonathan D. Cohen;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • Temporal Prediction Errors in a Passive Learning Task Activate Human Striatum

    Samuel M McClure;Gregory S Berns;P.Read Montague

  • Predictability modulates human brain response to reward.

    Gregory S. Berns;Samuel M. McClure;Giuseppe Pagnoni;P. Read Montague

  • Adult attachment predicts maternal brain and oxytocin response to infant cues.

    Lane Strathearn;Lane Strathearn;Peter Fonagy;Peter Fonagy;Janet Amico;P Read Montague

  • Hyperscanning: Simultaneous fMRI during Linked Social Interactions

    P. Read Montague;Gregory S. Berns;Jonathan D. Cohen;Samuel M. McClure

  • The Rupture and Repair of Cooperation in Borderline Personality Disorder

    Brooks King-Casas;Carla Sharp;Laura Lomax-Bream;Terry Lohrenz

  • Computational psychiatry: the brain as a phantastic organ

    Karl J Friston;Klaas Enno Stephan;Klaas Enno Stephan;Read Montague;Read Montague;Raymond J Dolan

  • The Neural Substrates of Reward Processing in Humans: The Modern Role of fMRI:

    Samuel M. Mcclure;Michele K. York;P. Read Montague

  • Activity in human ventral striatum locked to errors of reward prediction.

    Giuseppe Pagnoni;Caroline F. Zink;P. Read Montague;Gregory S. Berns

  • What's in a Smile? Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Cues

    Lane Strathearn;Jian Li;Peter Fonagy;Peter Fonagy;P. Read Montague

  • A computational substrate for incentive salience

    Samuel M. McClure;Nathaniel Douglass Daw;P. Read Montague

  • Vividness of mental imagery: Individual variability can be measured objectively

    Xu Cui;Cameron B. Jeter;Dongni Yang;P. Read Montague

  • Motor-sensory recalibration leads to an illusory reversal of action and sensation

    Chess Stetson;Xu Cui;P. Read Montague;David M. Eagleman;David M. Eagleman

  • IMAGING VALUATION MODELS IN HUMAN CHOICE

    P. Read Montague;Brooks King-Casas;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • When Things Are Better or Worse than Expected: The Medial Frontal Cortex and the Allocation of Processing Resources

    Geoffrey F. Potts;Laura E. Martin;Philip Burton;P. Read Montague

  • Neural signature of fictive learning signals in a sequential investment task.

    Terry Lohrenz;Kevin McCabe;Colin F. Camerer;P. Read Montague

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel M. McClure
Samuel M. McClure Arizona State University
Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy University College London
David M. Eagleman
David M. Eagleman Stanford University
Xiaosi Gu
Xiaosi Gu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jonathan D. Cohen
Jonathan D. Cohen Princeton University
Klaas E. Stephan
Klaas E. Stephan University of Zurich
Gregory S. Berns
Gregory S. Berns Emory University
Karl J. Friston
Karl J. Friston University College London
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College

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