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Scott A. Huettel

Scott A. Huettel

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Psychology

D-Index
78
Citations
24944
World Ranking
1577
National Ranking
942

Overview

Scott A. Huettel is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and specializes primarily in Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their research covers multiple subfields including General Decision Sciences, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Safety Research, and Applied Psychology.

Their work is closely associated with main topics such as Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies. Additional topics explored include Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Child and Animal Learning Development, and Behavioral Health and Interventions.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Economic Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Scott A. Huettel include:

  • Nicolette J. Sullivan
  • Rosa Li
  • Rachel Kranton
  • Lucas Kreiß
  • Kanghyun Kim

Some of the recent published papers reflecting their research focus are:

  • Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams, 2020, Nature
  • Deconstructing bias in social preferences reveals groupy and not-groupy behavior, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Healthful choices depend on the latency and rate of information accumulation, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Dorsolateral and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex track distinct properties of dynamic social behavior, 2020, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Resolving ambiguity: Broadening the consideration of risky decision making over adolescent development, 2021, Developmental Review

Best Publications

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Scott A. Huettel;Allen W. Song;Gregory McCarthy

  • 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

  • Precuneus is a functional core of the default-mode network.

    Amanda V. Utevsky;David V. Smith;Scott A. Huettel

  • Neural Signatures of Economic Preferences for Risk and Ambiguity

    Scott A. Huettel;C. Jill Stowe;Evan M. Gordon;Brent T. Warner

  • Risky business: the neuroeconomics of decision making under uncertainty

    Michael L Platt;Scott A Huettel

  • Males and females use different distal cues in a virtual environment navigation task.

    Noah J Sandstrom;Jordy Kaufman;Scott A. Huettel

  • Sleep deprivation elevates expectation of gains and attenuates response to losses following risky decisions

    Vinod Venkatraman;Vinod Venkatraman;Y. M. Lisa Chuah;Scott A. Huettel;Michael W. L. Chee;Michael W. L. Chee

  • Decisions under Uncertainty: Probabilistic Context Influences Activation of Prefrontal and Parietal Cortices

    Scott A. Huettel;Allen W. Song;Gregory McCarthy

  • Consumer Neuroscience: Applications, Challenges, and Possible Solutions

    Hilke Plassmann;Vinod Venkatraman;Scott Huettel;Carolyn Yoon

  • A nexus model of the temporal–parietal junction

    R. McKell Carter;Scott A. Huettel

  • Activation in mesolimbic and visuospatial neural circuits elicited by smoking cues: Evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging

    Deborah L. Due;Scott A. Huettel;Warren G. Hall;David C. Rubin

  • Diffusion tensor imaging of adult age differences in cerebral white matter: relation to response time.

    David J. Madden;Wythe L. Whiting;Scott A. Huettel;Leonard E. White

  • Effects of Aging on the Neural Correlates of Successful Item and Source Memory Encoding

    Nancy A. Dennis;Scott M. Hayes;Steven E. Prince;David J. Madden

  • The Effects of Aging upon the Hemodynamic Response Measured by Functional MRI

    Scott A. Huettel;Jeffrey D. Singerman;Gregory McCarthy;Gregory McCarthy

  • Perceiving patterns in random series: dynamic processing of sequence in prefrontal cortex

    Scott A. Huettel;Peter B. Mack;Gregory McCarthy

  • Distinct Value Signals in Anterior and Posterior Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

    David V. Smith;Benjamin Y. Hayden;Trong Kha Truong;Allen W. Song

  • Cerebral white matter integrity mediates adult age differences in cognitive performance

    David J. Madden;Julia Spaniol;Matthew C. Costello;Barbara Bucur

  • Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Drives Mesolimbic Dopaminergic Regions to Initiate Motivated Behavior

    I. C. Ballard;V. P. Murty;R. M. Carter;J. J. MacInnes

  • Neuromarketing: Ethical Implications of its Use and Potential Misuse

    Steven J. Stanton;Walter Sinnott-Armstrong;Scott A. Huettel

  • Adult age differences in the functional neuroanatomy of visual attention: A combined fMRI and DTI study

    David J. Madden;Julia Spaniol;Wythe L. Whiting;Barbara Bucur

  • Effects of Aging on the Neural Correlates of Successful Item and Source

    Nancy A. Dennis;Scott M. Hayes;Steven E. Prince;David J. Madden

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Platt
Michael L. Platt University of Pennsylvania
David J. Madden
David J. Madden Duke University
Roberto Cabeza
Roberto Cabeza Duke University
Christina S. Meade
Christina S. Meade Duke University
Kevin S. LaBar
Kevin S. LaBar Duke University
Gavan J. Fitzsimons
Gavan J. Fitzsimons Duke University
Elizabeth M. Brannon
Elizabeth M. Brannon University of Pennsylvania
Joseph W. Kable
Joseph W. Kable University of Pennsylvania
Marty G. Woldorff
Marty G. Woldorff Duke University

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