Antonio Rangel

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Affiliation: California Institute of Technology
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Value normalization in decision making: theory and evidence
    Antonio Rangel
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 228 77 Pasadena, CA 91125, United States
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 22:970-81. 2012
  2. ncbi Neural computations associated with goal-directed choice
    Antonio Rangel
    HSS and CNS, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, USA
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 20:262-70. 2010
  3. ncbi A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making
    Antonio Rangel
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences HSS and Computational and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    Nat Rev Neurosci 9:545-56. 2008
  4. ncbi Consciousness meets neuroeconomics: what is the value of stimulus awareness in decision making?
    Antonio Rangel
    HSS and CNS, California Institute of Technology, MC 228 77, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Neuron 59:525-7. 2008
  5. ncbi Value computations in ventral medial prefrontal cortex during charitable decision making incorporate input from regions involved in social cognition
    Todd A Hare
    Computation and Neural Systems and Humanities and Social Science Divisions, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 7700, USA
    J Neurosci 30:583-90. 2010
  6. ncbi Cognitive regulation during decision making shifts behavioral control between ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal value systems
    Cendri A Hutcherson
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 32:13543-54. 2012
  7. ncbi Focusing attention on the health aspects of foods changes value signals in vmPFC and improves dietary choice
    Todd A Hare
    Computation and Neural Systems Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 31:11077-87. 2011
  8. ncbi Social and monetary reward learning engage overlapping neural substrates
    Alice Lin
    California Institute of Technology, Computations and Neural Systems, MC 136 93 Pasadena, CA 91125 7700, USA
    Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 7:274-81. 2012
  9. ncbi Neural computations underlying action-based decision making in the human brain
    Klaus Wunderlich
    Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:17199-204. 2009
  10. ncbi The decision value computations in the vmPFC and striatum use a relative value code that is guided by visual attention
    Seung Lark Lim
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 31:13214-23. 2011

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Publications31

  1. ncbi Value normalization in decision making: theory and evidence
    Antonio Rangel
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 228 77 Pasadena, CA 91125, United States
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 22:970-81. 2012
    ..This review provides a simple framework for thinking about value normalization, and uses it to evaluate the existing experimental evidence...
  2. ncbi Neural computations associated with goal-directed choice
    Antonio Rangel
    HSS and CNS, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, USA
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 20:262-70. 2010
    ..We review some important findings, with an emphasis on computational models, human fMRI, and monkey neurophysiology studies...
  3. ncbi A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making
    Antonio Rangel
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences HSS and Computational and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    Nat Rev Neurosci 9:545-56. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Consciousness meets neuroeconomics: what is the value of stimulus awareness in decision making?
    Antonio Rangel
    HSS and CNS, California Institute of Technology, MC 228 77, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Neuron 59:525-7. 2008
    ..take an initial step toward addressing this question by showing that humans learn to make optimal choices in the absence of explicit knowledge about key parameters of the decision-making problem...
  5. ncbi Value computations in ventral medial prefrontal cortex during charitable decision making incorporate input from regions involved in social cognition
    Todd A Hare
    Computation and Neural Systems and Humanities and Social Science Divisions, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 7700, USA
    J Neurosci 30:583-90. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Cognitive regulation during decision making shifts behavioral control between ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal value systems
    Cendri A Hutcherson
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 32:13543-54. 2012
    ....
  7. ncbi Focusing attention on the health aspects of foods changes value signals in vmPFC and improves dietary choice
    Todd A Hare
    Computation and Neural Systems Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 31:11077-87. 2011
    ....
  8. ncbi Social and monetary reward learning engage overlapping neural substrates
    Alice Lin
    California Institute of Technology, Computations and Neural Systems, MC 136 93 Pasadena, CA 91125 7700, USA
    Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 7:274-81. 2012
    ..Taken together, the findings support the hypothesis that shared anatomical substrates are involved in the computation of both monetary and social rewards...
  9. ncbi Neural computations underlying action-based decision making in the human brain
    Klaus Wunderlich
    Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:17199-204. 2009
    ..Furthermore, we also found signals in the dorsomedial frontal cortex that resemble the output of a decision comparator, which implicates this region in the computation of the decision itself...
  10. ncbi The decision value computations in the vmPFC and striatum use a relative value code that is guided by visual attention
    Seung Lark Lim
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 31:13214-23. 2011
    ..These attention-modulated relative value signals might serve as the input of a comparator system that is used to make a choice...
  11. ncbi Transformation of stimulus value signals into motor commands during simple choice
    Todd A Hare
    Computation and Neural Systems Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:18120-5. 2011
    ..These results describe the network through which stimulus values are transformed into actions during a simple choice task...
  12. ncbi Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex decreases valuations during food choices
    Mickael Camus
    Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
    Eur J Neurosci 30:1980-8. 2009
    ..The results are consistent with the possibility that the DLPFC plays a causal role in the computation of values at the time of choice...
  13. ncbi Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system
    Todd A Hare
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Science 324:646-8. 2009
    ..It incorporated both taste and health in self-controllers but only taste in non-self-controllers. Activity in DLPFC increased when subjects exercised self-control and correlated with activity in vmPFC...
  14. ncbi Decision value computation in DLPFC and VMPFC adjusts to the available decision time
    Peter Sokol-Hessner
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Eur J Neurosci 35:1065-74. 2012
    ..These findings have important implications for models of decision value computation and choice...
  15. ncbi Using neural measures of economic value to solve the public goods free-rider problem
    Ian Krajbich
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Science 326:596-9. 2009
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  16. ncbi Visual fixations and the computation and comparison of value in simple choice
    Ian Krajbich
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
    Nat Neurosci 13:1292-8. 2010
    ..We found that the model can quantitatively explain complex relationships between fixation patterns and choices, as well as several fixation-driven decision biases...
  17. ncbi Multialternative drift-diffusion model predicts the relationship between visual fixations and choice in value-based decisions
    Ian Krajbich
    Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13852-7. 2011
    ..Our findings suggest that the brain uses similar computational processes to make binary and trinary choices...
  18. ncbi Optimal reward harvesting in complex perceptual environments
    Vidhya Navalpakkam
    Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:5232-7. 2010
    ..This suggests that individuals are able to harvest rewards optimally and dynamically under time pressure while seeking multiple targets embedded in perceptual clutter...
  19. ncbi Economic choices can be made using only stimulus values
    Klaus Wunderlich
    Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:15005-10. 2010
    ..These findings provide support for the hypothesis that the brain is capable of making choices in the space of goods without first transferring values into action space...
  20. ncbi The neural mechanisms underlying the influence of pavlovian cues on human decision making
    Signe Bray
    Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 28:5861-6. 2008
    ..The results of this study are relevant for understanding how marketing actions can affect consumer choice behavior as well as for how environmental cues can influence drug-seeking behavior in addiction...
  21. ncbi Dynamic construction of stimulus values in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
    Alison Harris
    Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e21074. 2011
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  22. ncbi MAOA-L carriers are better at making optimal financial decisions under risk
    Cary Frydman
    HSS, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Caltech 228 77, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 278:2053-9. 2011
    ..In contrast, we found no behavioural or computational differences among the 5-HTT and DRD4 polymorphisms...
  23. ncbi Evidence for a common representation of decision values for dissimilar goods in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex
    Vikram S Chib
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 29:12315-20. 2009
    ..Our results provide evidence that the brain encodes a "common currency" that allows for a shared valuation for different categories of goods...
  24. ncbi Impaired learning of social compared to monetary rewards in autism
    Alice Lin
    Computations and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA
    Front Neurosci 6:143. 2012
    ..The findings show a deficit in reward learning in ASD that is greater for social rewards than for monetary rewards, and support the hypothesis of a disproportionate impairment in social reward processing in ASD...
  25. ncbi Reduced social preferences in autism: evidence from charitable donations
    Alice Lin
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
    J Neurodev Disord 4:8. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  26. ncbi The attentional drift-diffusion model extends to simple purchasing decisions
    Ian Krajbich
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA
    Front Psychol 3:193. 2012
    ..This suggests that a similar computational process is used to make binary choices, trinary choices, and simple purchasing decisions...
  27. ncbi Orbitofrontal cortex encodes willingness to pay in everyday economic transactions
    Hilke Plassmann
    California Institute of Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, MC 228 77, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 27:9984-8. 2007
    ..Our results support the hypothesis that the medial orbitofrontal cortex encodes the value of goals in decision making...
  28. ncbi Empathic choice involves vmPFC value signals that are modulated by social processing implemented in IPL
    Vanessa Janowski
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 770, USA
    Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 8:201-8. 2013
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  29. ncbi Category-dependent and category-independent goal-value codes in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex
    Daniel McNamee
    Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin
    Nat Neurosci 16:479-85. 2013
    ..These results implicate the medial prefrontal cortex in the implementation of a common currency and suggest a ventral versus dorsal topographical organization of value signals in the vmPFC...
  30. ncbi Dissociating the role of the orbitofrontal cortex and the striatum in the computation of goal values and prediction errors
    Todd A Hare
    Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
    J Neurosci 28:5623-30. 2008
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  31. ncbi Marketing actions can modulate neural representations of experienced pleasantness
    Hilke Plassmann
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 228 77, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:1050-4. 2008
    ..The paper provides evidence for the ability of marketing actions to modulate neural correlates of experienced pleasantness and for the mechanisms through which the effect operates...