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2023

B. Eum, S. Dolbier, A. Rangel. Peripheral visual information halves attentional choice biases. Psychological Science, 2023, 34(9):984-998.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231184878 » pdf » data and code (3.5 GB) »




2021

F. Callaway, A. Rangel, T. Griffiths. Fixation patterns in simple choice reflect optimal information sampling. PLOS Computational Biology, 2021, 17(3).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008863 » pdf » appendix » data and code (223 KB) »




2017

G. Tavares, P. Perona, A. Rangel. The Attentional Drift Diffusion Model of simple perceptual decision-making. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017, 11.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00468 » pdf » supplementary materials » data and code (48 MB) »




2016

V. B. McGinty, A. Rangel, W. T. Newsome. Orbitofrontal Cortex Value Signals Depend on Fixation Location during Free Viewing. Neuron, 2016, 90(6):1299-1311.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.045 »

I. Krajbich, C. Camerer, A. Rangel. Exploring the Scope of Neurometrically Informed Mechanism Design. Games and Economic Behavior, 2016, 101:49-62.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2016.05.001 » link »




2015

C. A. Hutcherson, B. Bushong, A. Rangel. A neurocomputational model of altruistic choice and its implications. Neuron, 2015, 87(2):451-462.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.06.031 »

C. A. Hutcherson, L. Montaser-Kouhsari, J. Woodward, A. Rangel. Emotional and utilitarian appraisals of moral dilemmas are encoded in separate areas and integrated in ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 2015, 35(36):12593-12605.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.3402-14.2015 » pdf »

N. Sullivan, C. Hutcherson, A. Harris, A. Rangel. Dietary self-control is related to the speed with which health and taste attributes are processed. Psychological Science, 2015, 26(2):122-134.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614559543 » link » multimedia »




2014

J. Gottlieb, M. Hayhoe, O. Hikosaka, A. Rangel. Attention, reward, and information seeking. Journal of Neuroscience, 2014, 34(46):15497-15504.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.3270-14.2014 » pdf »

A. Smith, B. D. Bernheim, C. F. Camerer, A. Rangel. Neural activity reveals preferences without choices. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2014, 6(2):1-36.
https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.6.2.1 » pdf »

J. A. Clithero, A. Rangel. Informatic parcellation of the network involved in the computation of subjective value. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2014, 9(9):1289-1302.
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst106 » pdf »

C. Frydman, N. Barberis, C. Camerer, P. Bossaerts, A. Rangel. Using neural data to test a theory of investor behavior: an application to realization utility. Journal of Finance, 2014, 69(2):907-946.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12126 » pdf »

C. Frydman, A. Rangel. Debiasing the disposition effect by reducing the saliency of information about a stock's purchase price. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 107:541-552.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.01.017 » link »

T. A. Hare, S. Hakimi, A. Rangel. Activity in dlPFC and its effective connectivity to vmPFC are associated with temporal discounting. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014, 8:50.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2014.00050 » pdf »




2013

E. D. Boorman, J. P. O'Doherty, R. Adolphs, A. Rangel. The behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying the tracking of expertise. Neuron, 2013, 80(6):1558-1571.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.024 » pdf »

G. Fisher, A. Rangel. Symmetry in cold-to-hot and hot-to-cold valuation gaps. Psychological Science, 2013, 25(1):120-127.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613502362 »

A. Harris, T. Hare, A. Rangel. Temporally dissociable mechanisms of self-control: Early attentional filtering versus late modulation. Journal of Neuroscience, 2013, 33(48):18917-18931.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.5816-12.2013 » pdf »

V. Janowski, C. Camerer, A. Rangel. Empathic choice involves vmPFC value signals that are modulated by social processing implemented in IPL. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2013, 8(2):201-208.
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsr086 » pdf »

S.-L. Lim, J. P. O'Doherty, A. Rangel. Stimulus value signals in ventromedial PFC reflect the integration of attribute value signals computed in fusiform gyrus and posterior superior temporal gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience, 2013, 33(20):8729-8741.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4809-12.2013 » pdf »

D. McNamee, A. Rangel, J. P. O'Doherty. Category-dependent and category-independent goal-value codes in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 2013, 16(4):479-485.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3337 »

A. Rangel. Regulation of dietary choice by the decision-making circuitry. Nature Neuroscience, 2013, 16(2):1717-1724.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3561 »

A. Rangel, J. A. Clithero. The computation of stimulus values in simple choice. Neuroeconomics: Decision-Making and the Brain, 2nd ed., edited by Paul Glimcher and Ernst Fehr, Academic Press, 2013.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-416008-8.00008-5 » link »




2012

C. A. Hutcherson, H. Plassmann, J. J. Gross, A. Rangel. Cognitive regulation during decision making shifts behavioral control between ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal value systems. Journal of Neuroscience, 2012, 32(39):13543:13554.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.6387-11.2012 » pdf »

I. Krajbich, D. Lu, C. Camerer, A. Rangel. The attentional drift-diffusion model extends to simple purchasing decisions. Frontiers in Psychology, 2012, 3:193.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00193 » pdf »

A. Lin, K. Tsai, A. Rangel, R. Adolphs. Reduced social preferences in autism: evidence from charitable donations. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2012, 4(8):1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-4-8 » pdf »

A. Lin, R. Adolphs, A. Rangel. Social and monetary reward learning engage overlapping neural substrates. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2012, 7(3):274-281.
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsr006 » pdf »

A. Lin, A. Rangel, R. Adolphs. Impaired learning of social compared to monetary rewards in autism. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2012, 6(143).
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2012.00143 » pdf »

M. Milosavljevic, V. Navalpakkam, C. Koch, A. Rangel. Relative visual saliency differences induce sizable bias in consumer choice. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2012, 22(1):67-74.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2011.10.002 »

A. Rangel, J. A. Clithero. Value normalization in decision-making: theory and evidence. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2012, 22(6):970-981.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2012.07.011 » link »

P. Sokol-Hessner, C. Hutcherson, T. Hare, A. Rangel. Decision value computation in DLPFC and VMPFC adjusts to the available decision time. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2012, 35(7):1065-1074.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08076.x » link »




2011

E. Fehr, A. Rangel. Neuroeconomic foundations of economic choice - Recent advances. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25(4):3-30.
https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.25.4.3 » pdf »

C. Frydman, C. Camerer, P. Bossaerts, A. Rangel. MAOA-L carriers are better at making optimal financial decisions under risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2011, 278(1714):2053-2059.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2304 »

T. A. Hare, J. Malmaud, A. Rangel. Focusing attention on the health aspects of foods changes value signals in vmPFC and improves dietary choice. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, 31(30):11077-11087.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.6383-10.2011 » pdf »

T. A. Hare, W. Schultz, C. F. Camerer, J. P. O'Doherty, A. Rangel. Transformation of stimulus value signals into motor commands during simple choice. PNAS, 2011, 108(44):18120-18125.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1109322108 » pdf »

A. Harris, R. Adolphs, C. Camerer, A. Rangel. Dynamic construction of stimulus values in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. PLOS One, 2011, 6(6):e21074.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021074 » pdf »

R. L. Jenison, A. Rangel, H. Oya, H. Kawasaki, M. A. Howard. Value encoding in single neurons in the human amygdala during decision making. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, 31(1):331:338.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4461-10.2011 » pdf »

M. Kang, A. Rangel, M. Camus, C. F. Camerer. Hypothetical and real choice differentially activate common valuation areas. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, 31(2):461-468.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1583-10.2011 » pdf »

I. Krajbich, A. Rangel. Multialternative drift-diffusion model predicts the relationship between visual fixations and choice in value-based decisions. PNAS, 2011, 108(33):13852-13857.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1101328108 » pdf »

S.-L. Lim, J. P. O'Doherty, A. Rangel. The decision value computations in the vmPFC and striatum use a relative value code that is guided by visual attention. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, 31(37):13214-13223.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1246-11.2011 » pdf »

M. Milosavljevic, C. Koch, A. Rangel. Consumers can make decisions in as little as a third of a second. Judgment and Decision Making, 2011, 6(6):520-530.
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M. Milosavljevic, E. Madsen, C. Koch, A. Rangel. Fast saccades toward numbers: Simple numberl comparisons can be made in as little as 230 ms. Journal of Vision, 2011, 11(4):1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1167/11.4.4 » pdf »

E. Reutskaja, R. Nagel, C. F. Camerer, A. Rangel. Search dynamics in consumer choice under time pressure: An eye-tracking study. American Economic Review, 2011, 101(2):900-906.
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.2.900 » pdf »




2010

B. Bushong, L. M. King, C. F. Camerer, A. Rangel. Pavlovian processes in consumer choice: The physical presence of a good increases willingness-to-pay. American Economic Review, 2010, 100(4):1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.4.1556 » pdf »

T. A. Hare, C. F. Camerer, D. T. Knoepfle, J. P. O'Doherty, A. Rangel. Value computations in ventral medial prefrontal cortex during charitable decision making incorporate input from regions involved in social cognition. Journal of Neuroscience, 2010, 30(2):583-590.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4089-09.2010 » pdf »

I. Krajbich, C. Armel, A. Rangel. Visual fixations and the computation and comparison of value in simple choice. Nature Neuroscience, 2010, 13(10):1292-1298.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2635 »

A. Litt, H. Plassmann, B. Shiv, A. Rangel. Dissociating valuation and saliency signals during decision-making. Cerebral Cortex, 2010, 21(1):95-102.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq065 »

M. Milosavljevic, J. Malmaud, A. Huth, C. Koch, A. Rangel. The Drift Diffusion Model can account for the accuracy and reaction time of value-based choices under high and low time pressure. Judgment and Decision Making, 2010, 5(6):437-449.
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H. Plassmann, J. P. O'Doherty, A. Rangel. Appetitive and aversive goal values are encoded in the medial orbitofrontal cortex at the time of decision making. Journal of Neuroscience, 2010, 30(32):10799-10808.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0788-10.2010 » pdf »

A. Rangel, T. Hare. Neural computations associated with goal-directed choice. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2010, 20(2):262-270.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2010.03.001 » pdf »

E. Tricomi, A. Rangel, C. F. Camerer, J. P. O'Doherty. Neural evidence for inequality-averse social preferences. Nature, 2010, 463(7284):1089-1091.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08785 »

K. Wunderlich, A. Rangel, J. P. O'Doherty. Economic choices can be made using only stimulus values. PNAS, 2010, 107(34):15005-15010.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1002258107 » pdf »




2009

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. Beyond Revealed Preference: Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Economics. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(1):51-104.
https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2009.124.1.51 » link »

M. Camus, N. Halelamien, H. Plassmann, S. Shimojo, J. O'Doherty, C. Camerer, A. Rangel. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex decreases valuations during food choices. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 30(10):1980-1988.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06991.x »

V. S. Chib, A. Rangel, S. Shimojo, J. P. O'Doherty. Evidence for a common representation of decision values for dissimilar goods in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 29(39):12315-12320.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2575-09.2009 » pdf »

T. A. Hare, C. F. Camerer, A. Rangel. Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system. Science, 2009, 324(5927):646-648.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1168450 » pdf »

I. Krajbich, C. Camerer, J. Ledyard, A. Rangel. Using neural measures of economic value to solve the public goods free-rider problem. Science, 2009, 326(5952):596-599.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1177302 » pdf »

A. Rangel. The neuroeconomics of simple goal-directed choice. The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th ed., edited by Michael S. Gazzaniga, MIT Press, 2009.
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B. Weber, A. Rangel, M. Wibral, A. Falk. The medial prefrontal cortex exhibits money illusion. PNAS, 2009, 106(13):5025-5028.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901490106 » pdf »

K. Wunderlich, A. Rangel, J. P. O'Doherty. Neural computations underlying action-based decision making in the human brain. PNAS, 2009, 106(40):17199-17204.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901077106 » pdf »




2008

K. C. Armel, A. Beaumel, A. Rangel. Biasing simple choices by manipulating relative visual attention. Judgment and Decision Making, 2008, 3(5):396-403.
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K. C. Armel, A. Rangel. The impact of computation time and experience on decision values. American Economic Review, 2008, 98(2):163-168.
doi:10.1257/aer.98.2.163 » pdf »

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics. The Foundations of Positive and Normative Economics: A Handbook, edited by Andrew Caplin and Andrew Schotter, Oxford University Press, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328318.001.0001 link »

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. Behavioral Public Economics. New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed., edited by Steven Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_2074-1 » link »

S. Bray, A. Rangel, S. Shimojo, B. Balleine, J. P. O'Doherty. The neural mechanisms underlying the influence of Pavlovian cues on human decision-making. Journal of Neuroscience, 2008, 28(22):5861-5866.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0897-08.2008 » pdf »

T. A. Hare, J. O'Doherty, C. F. Camerer, W. Schultz, A. Rangel. Dissociating the role of the orbitofrontal cortex and the striatum in the computation of goal values and prediction errors. Journal of Neuroscience, 2008, 28(22):5623-5630.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1309-08.2008 » pdf »

H. Plassmann, J. O'Doherty, B. Shiv, A. Rangel. Marketing actions can modulate neural representations of experienced pleasantness. PNAS, 2008, 105(3):1050-1054.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706929105 » pdf »

A. Rangel, C. Camerer, P. R. Montague. A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008, 9(7):545-556.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2357 »

A. Rangel. The computation and comparison of value in goal-directed choice. Neuroeconomics: Decision-Making and the Brain, edited by Paul Glimcher, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, and Russell Poldrack, Academic Press, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374176-9.00028-2 » link »

M. L. Spezio, A. Rangel, R. M. Alvarez, J. P. O'Doherty, K. Mattes, A. Todorov, H. Kim, R. Adolphs. A neural basis for the effect of candidate appearance on election outcomes. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2008, 3(4):344-352.
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsn040 » pdf »




2007

H. Plassmann, J. O'Doherty, A. Rangel. Orbitofrontal cortex encodes willingness to pay in everyday economic transactions. Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 27(37):9984-9988.
https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2131-07.2007 » pdf »

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. Toward Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics. American Economic Review, 2007, 97(2):464-470.
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.97.2.464 » pdf »

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. Behavioral Public Economics: Welfare and Policy Analysis With Non-standard Decision-Makers. Behavioral Economics and its Applications, edited by Peter Diamond and Hannu Vartiainen, Princeton University Press, 2007.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400829149 link »




pre-2007

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel, L. Rayo. The Power of the Last Word in Legislative Policy Making. Econometrica, 2006, 74(5):1161-1190.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00701.x » pdf »

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. From Neuroscience to Public Policy: A New Economic View of Addiction. Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2006.
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A. Rangel. How to Protect Future Generations Using Tax-Base Restrictions. American Economic Review, 2005, 95(1):314-346.
https://doi.org/10.1257/0002828053828527 » pdf »

B. D. Bernheim, A. Rangel. Addiction and Cue-Triggered Decision Processes. American Economic Review, 2004, 94(5):1558-1590.
https://doi.org/10.1257/0002828043052222 » pdf » appendix »

A. Rangel. Forward and Backward Intergenerational Goods: Why is Social Security Good for the Environment?. American Economic Review, 2003, 93(3):813-834.
https://doi.org/10.1257/000282803322157106 » pdf »

E. Cantillon, A. Rangel. A Graphical Analysis fo Some Basic Results in Social Choice. Social Choice and Welfare, 2002, 19(3):587-611.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s003550100139 »

A. Rangel, R. Zeckhauser. Can Markets and Political Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?. Risk Aspects of Investment Based Social Security Reform, edited by John Campbell and Martin Feldstein, Chicago University Press, 2001.
https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226092560.001.0001 link »

E. Helpman, A. Rangel. Adjusting to a New Technology: Experience and Training. Journal of Economic Growth, 1999, 4(4):359-383.
https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009888907797 »

J. O. Ledyard, D. Porter, A. Rangel. Experiments Testing Multiobject Allocation Mechanisms. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 1997, 6(3):639-675.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1430-9134.1997.00639.x » link »

J. O. Ledyard, D. Porter, A. Rangel. Using Computerized Exchange Systems to Solve an Allocation Problem in Project Management. Journal of Organizational Computing, 1994, 4(3):271-296.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10919399409540228 »