
Departmental Papers (Psychology)
Psychology is the science of mind, brain, and behavior. The Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania is the oldest continuously functioning psychology department in North America and has a rich history. Today, the department's faculty apply rigorous methods to answer questions in a wide range of overlapping research areas.
Papers from 2018
The Effects of Acute Stress on the Calibration of Persistence, Karolina M. Lempert, Joseph T. McGuire, Danielle B. Hazeltine, Elizabeth A. Phelps, and Joseph W. Kable
Papers from 2017
Post-Conventional Moral Reasoning is Associated With Increased Ventral Striatal Activity at Rest and During Task, Zhuo Fang, Wi Hoon Jung, Marc Korczykowski, Lijuan Luo, Kristin Prehn, Sihua Xu, John A. Detre, Joseph W. Kable, Diana C. Robertson, and Hengyi Rao
No Effect of Commercial Cognitive Training on Brain Activity, Choice Behavior, or Cognitive Performance, Joseph W. Kable, Kathleen Caulfield, Mary K Falcone, Mairead H. McConnell, Leah Bernardo, Trishala Parthasarathi, Nicole Cooper, Rebecca Ashare, Janet Audrain-McGovern, Robert Hornik, Paul J. Diefenbach, Frank J. Lee, and Caryn Lerman
Cognitive Neuroscience Methods: An Introductory Overview for Social Scientists, Trishala Parthasarathi and Joseph W. Kable
The Vivid Present: Visualization Abilities Are Associated With Steep Discounting of Future Rewards, Trishala Parthasarathi, Mairead H. McConnell, Jeffrey Luery, and Joseph W. Kable
Papers from 2016
Diminished Effort on a Progressive Ratio Task in Both Unipolar and Bipolar Depression, Rachel Hershenberg, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Aylin Daldal, Natalie Katchmar, Tyler M. Moore, Joseph W. Kable, and Daniel H. Wolf
Deciding to Curtail Persistence, Joseph T. McGuire and Joseph W. Kable
Divergent Relationship of Depression Severity to Social Reward Responses Among Patients With Bipolar Versus Unipolar Depression, Anup Sharma, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Lillie Vandekar, Natalie Katchmar, Aylin Daldal, Kosha Ruparel, Mark A Elliott, Claudia Bladassano, Michael E. Thase, Raquel E. Gur, Joseph W. Kable, and Daniel H. Wolf
Resident Decision Making: Opioids in the Outpatient Setting, James E. Siegler, Joseph W. Kable, and Anjan Chatterjee
Papers from 2015
Normative Evidence Accumulation in Unpredictable Environments, Christopher M. Glaze, Joseph W. Kable, and Joshua I. Gold
Individual Differences in the Neural Signature of Subjective Value Among Older Adults, Kameko Halfmann, William Hedgcock, Joseph W. Kable, and Natalie L. Denburg
Medial Prefrontal Cortical Activity Reflects Dynamic Re-Evaluation During Voluntary Persistence, Joseph T. McGuire and Joseph W. Kable
Common and Unique Representations in pFC for Place Attractiveness, Teresa K Pegors, Joseph W. Kable, Anjan Chatterjee, and Russell A. Epstein
Papers from 2014
BOLD Subjective Value Signals Exhibit Robust Range Adaptation, Karin M. Cox and Joseph W. Kable
Functionally Dissociable Influences on Learning Rate in a Dynamic Environment, Joseph T. McGuire, Matthew R. Nassar, Joshua I. Gold, and Joseph W. Kable
Papers from 2013
Brain Activity in Valuation Regions While Thinking About the Future Predicts Individual Discount Rates, Nicole Cooper, Joseph W. Kable, Kyu Kim, and Gal Zauberman
Self-Regulation and School Success, Angela Lee Duckworth and Stephanie M. Carlson
An Opportunity Cost Model of Subjective Effort and Task Performance, Robert Kurzban, Angela Lee Duckworth, Joseph W. Kable, and Justus Myers
Rational Temporal Predictions Can Underlie Apparent Failures to Delay Gratification, Joseph T. McGuire and Joseph W. Kable
Papers from 2012
Temperament in the Classroom, Angela Lee Duckworth and Kelly M. Allred
Preference Reversals in Decision Making Under Risk Are Accompanied by Changes in Attention to Different Attributes, Betty E. Kim, Darryl Seligman, and Joseph W. Kable
Decision Makers Calibrate Behavioral Persistence on the Basis of Time-Interval Experience, Joseph T. McGuire and Joseph W. Kable
Normative Arguments From Experts and Peers Reduce Delay Discounting, Nicole Senecal, Teresa Wang, Elizabeth Thompson, and Joseph W. Kable
Papers from 2011
Social Influence on "Self"-Control, Joseph W. Kable
The Cognitive Neuroscience Toolkit for the Neuroeconomist: A Functional Overview, Joseph W. Kable
Personality Measurement and Assessment in Large Panel Surveys, Brent Roberts, Joshua J. Jackson, Angela Lee Duckworth, and Katherine Von Culin
Papers from 2009
The Neurobiology of Decision: Consensus and Controversy, Joseph W. Kable and Paul W. Glimcher
Papers from 2007
Neuroeconomic Studies of Impulsivity: Now or Just as Soon as Possible?, Paul W. Glimcher, Joseph W. Kable, and Kenway Louie
The Neural Correlated of Subjective Value During Intertemporal Choice, Joseph W. Kable and Paul W. Glimcher
Papers from 2006
Specificity of Action Representations in the Lateral Occipitotemporal Cortex, Joseph W. Kable and Anjan Chatterjee
Fractionating the Left Frontal Response to Tools: Dissociable Effects of Motor Experience and Lexical Competition, Irene P Kan, Joseph W. Kable, Amanda Van Scoyoc, Anjan Chatterjee, and Sharon L. Thompson-Schill
Papers from 2005
Conceptual Representations of Action in the Lateral Temporal Cortex, Joseph W. Kable, Irene P Kan, Ashley Wilson, Sharon L. Thompson-Schill, and Anjan Chatterjee
Papers from 2002
Neural Substrates of Action Event Knowledge, Joseph W. Kable, Jessica Lease-Spellmeyer, and Anjan Chatterjee