preprints
64. Fleming HA, Feng G, Rutledge R, Roiser J, Robinson OJ (preprint) Training successfully reduces the strength of Pavlovian biases. PsyArXiv. [Abstract]
63. Moutoussis M, Barnby JM, Durant A, Croal M, Rutledge R, Mason L (preprint) The role of serotonin and of perceived social differences in infering the motivation of others. BioRxiv. [Abstract]
62. Jopling E, et al. (preprint) Understanding resilience in emerging adults: an international, multi-site study. PsyArXiv. [Abstract]
61. Ibonie S, et al. (preprint) Bipolar spectrum risk and social network dimensions in emerging adults: two social sides? PsyArXiv. [Abstract]
2024
60. Hur JK, Heffner J, Feng GW, Joormann J, Rutledge RB (2024) Language sentiment predicts changes in depressive symptoms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 121, e2321321121. [Abstract] [PDF]
59. Feng G, Rutledge RB (2024) Surprising sounds bias risky decision making. Nature Communications 15, 8027. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
58. Allen KR, et al. (2024) Using games to understand the mind. Nature Human Behaviour 8, 1035-1043. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
2023
57. Bedder RL, Vaghi MM, Dolan RJ, Rutledge RB (2023) Risk taking for potential losses but not gains increases with time of day. Scientific Reports 13, 5534. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
56. Jangraw D, Keren H, Bedder RL, Rutledge RB, Pereira F, Thomas AG, Pine D, Zheng C, Nielson D, Stringaris A (2023) A highly replicable decline in mood during rest and simple tasks. Nature Human Behaviour 7, 596-610. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
55. Grossmann I, et al. (2023) Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change. Nature Human Behaviour 7, 484-501. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
2022
54. Kao CH, Feng GW, Hur JK, Jarvis H, Rutledge RB (2022) Computational models of subjective feelings in psychiatry. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105008. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
53. Zech H, et al. (2022) Measuring self-regulation in everyday life: reliability and validity of smartphone-based experiments in alcohol use disorder. Behavior Research Methods, 1-14. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
52. Yousif SR, McDougle SM, Rutledge RB (2022) A task-general model of human randomization. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 44. [PDF]
51. Nair A, Razi A, Gregory S, Rutledge RB, Rees G, Tabrizi SJ (2022) Imbalanced basal ganglia connectivity is associated with motor deficits and apathy in Huntington’s disease. Brain 145, 991-1000. [Abstract] [PDF] [MedRxiv]
2021
52. Rutledge RB (2021) Risky decision and happiness task: The Great Brain Experiment smartphone app. Dryad Dataset. [Data]
51. Nair A*, Niyogi RK*, Shang F, Tabrizi SJ, Rees G, Rutledge RB (2021) Opportunity cost determines action initiation latency and predicts apathy. Psychological Medicine, 1-10. [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
50. Chew B*, Blain B*, Dolan RJ, Rutledge RB (2021) A neurocomputational model for intrinsic reward. Journal of Neuroscience 41, 8963-8971. [Abstract] [PDF] [BioRxiv]
49. Gillan CM, Rutledge RB (2021) Smartphones and the neuroscience of mental health. Annual Review of Neuroscience 44, 129-151. [Abstract] [PDF]
48. Keren H, Zheng C, Jangraw DC, Chang K, Vitale A, Nielson D, Rutledge RB, Pereira F, Stringaris A (2021) Timing matters: the temporal representation of experience in subjective mood reports. eLife 10, e62051. [Abstract] [PDF] [BioRxiv]
47. Nair A, Johnson EB, Gregory S, Osborne-Crowley K, Zeun P, Scahill RI, Lowe J, Papoutsi M, Palminteri S, Rutledge RB, Rees G, Tabrizi SJ (2021) Aberrant striatal value representation in Huntington’s disease gene carriers 25 years before onset. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. [Abstract] [PDF]
2020
46. Blain B, Rutledge RB (2020) Momentary subjective well-being depends on learning and not reward. eLife 9, e57977 [Abstract] [PDF] [PsyArXiv]
45. Michely J, Rigoli F, Rutledge RB, Hauser TU, Dolan RJ (2020) Distinct processing of aversive experience in amygdala subregions. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 6, 291-300. [Abstract] [PDF]
44. Nair A, Rutledge RB, Mason L (2020) Under the hood: using computational psychiatry to make psychological therapies more mechanism-focused. Frontiers in Psychiatry 11, 140. [Abstract] [PDF]
43. Will GJ*, Moutoussis M*, Womack PM, Bullmore ET, Goodyer IM, Fonagy P, Jones PB, Rutledge RB, Dolan RJ (2020) Neurocomputational mechanisms underpinning aberrant social learning in young adults with low self-esteem. Translational Psychiatry 10, 96. [Abstract] [PDF]
2019
42. Chew B*, Hauser TU*, Papoutsi M, Magerkurth J, Dolan RJ, Rutledge RB (2019) Endogenous fluctuations in the dopaminergic midbrain drive choice variability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 116, 18732-18737. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
Press: UCL press release, BBC Health Check (UK), Daily Mail, Belfast Telegraph, Newsweek (USA), Science Daily, Irish News (Ireland), ABC (Spain)
41. Kappes A, Nussberger A-M, Siegel JZ, Rutledge RB, Crockett MJ (2019) Social uncertainty is heterogeneous and sometimes valuable. Nature Human Behaviour 3, 764. [Abstract] [PDF]
40. Rutledge RB, Chekroud AM, Huys QJM (2019) Machine learning and big data in psychiatry: toward clinical applications. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 55, 152-159. [Abstract] [PDF]
39. Liu Y, Li S, Lin W, Li W, Yan X, Wang X, Pan X, Rutledge RB, Ma Y (2019) Oxytocin modulates social value representations in the amygdala. Nature Neuroscience 22, 633-641. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
38. Webb R, Levy I, Lazzaro SC, Rutledge RB, Glimcher PW (2019) Neural random utility: relating cardinal neural observables to stochastic choice behaviour. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 12, 45-72. [Abstract] [PDF] [SSRN]
37. de Berker AO, Kurth-Nelson Z, Rutledge RB, Bestmann S, Dolan RJ (2019) Computing value from quality and quantity in human decision making. Journal of Neuroscience 39, 163-176. [Abstract] [PDF]
2018
36. Sokol-Hessner P, Rutledge RB (2018) The psychological and neural basis of loss aversion. Current Directions in Psychological Science. [Abstract] [PDF]
Press: APS Observer
35. Siegel JZ, Mathys C, Rutledge RB, Crockett MJ (2018) Beliefs about bad people are volatile. Nature Human Behaviour 2, 750-756. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental] [Behind the Paper]
Press: UCL press release, Telegraph (UK), Daily Mail, TIME (USA)
34. Chen X, Rutledge RB, Brown HR, Dolan RJ, Bestmann S, Galea JM (2018) Age-dependent Pavlovian biases influence motor decision-making. PLoS Computational Biology 14, e1006304. [Abstract] [PDF] [BioRxiv]
33. Moutoussis M, Rutledge RB, Prabhu G, Hrynkiewicz L, Ousdal OT, Guitart-Masip M, Fonagy P, Dolan RJ (2018) Neural activity and fundamental learning, motivated by momentary loss and reward, are intact in mild to moderate major depressive disorder. PLoS One 13, e0201451. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
2017
32. Mason L, Eldar E, Rutledge RB (2017) Mood instability and reward dysregulation - a neurocomputational model of bipolar disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 74, 1275-1276. [Abstract] [PDF]
31. Rutledge RB, Moutoussis M, Smittenaar P, Zeidman P, Taylor T, Hrynkiewicz L, Lam J, Skandali N, Siegel JZ, Ousdal OT, Prabhu G, Dayan P, Fonagy P, Dolan RJ. (2017) Association of neural and emotional impacts of reward prediction errors with major depression. JAMA Psychiatry 74, 1-8. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental] [Commentary]
30. Rutledge RB, Adams RA (2017) Computational psychiatry. In Computational Models of Brain and Behavior, Wiley-Blackwell. [PDF]
29. Will GJ, Rutledge RB, Moutoussis M, Dolan RJ (2017) Neural and computational processes underlying dynamic changes in self-esteem. eLife 6, e28098. [Abstract] [PDF]
2016
28. Rutledge RB*, de Berker AO*, Espenhahn S, Dayan P, Dolan RJ (2016) The social contingency of momentary subjective well-being. Nature Communications 7, 11825. [Abstract] [PDF]
Press: UCL press release, Daily Mail (UK), Wired UK, Discover (US), Focus (Italy), ABC (Spain), Business Standard (India), Times of India.
27. Rutledge RB, Smittenaar P, Zeidman P, Brown HR, Adams RA, Lindenberger U, Dayan P, Dolan RJ (2016) Risk taking for potential rewards decreases across the lifespan. Current Biology 26, 1-6. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental] [Commentary]
Press: UCL press release, Daily Mail (UK), Forbes (USA), Medical Daily, Science Daily, ABC (Spain), Times of India (India).
26. Eldar E*, Rutledge RB*, Dolan RJ, Niv Y (2016) Mood as a representation of momentum. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 20, 14-24. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
Press: UCL press release, Telegraph (UK), Wired UK, Daily Mail, Huffington Post (USA), Die Welt (Germany), Observador (Portugal), ABC News (Australia).
25. Rigoli F, Rutledge RB, Chew B, Ousdal OT, Dayan P, Dolan RJ (2016) Dopamine increases a value-independent gambling propensity. Neuropsychopharmacology 41, 2658-2667. [Abstract] [PDF]
24. Hunt LT, Rutledge RB, Malalasekera WMN, Kennerley SW, Dolan RJ (2016) Approach-induced biases in human information sampling. PLoS Biology 14, e2000638. [Abstract] [PDF] [BioRxiv]
23. de Berker AO*, Tirole M*, Rutledge RB, Cross GF, Dolan RJ, Bestmann S (2016) Acute stress selectively impairs learning to act. Scientific Reports 6, 29816. [Abstract] [PDF]
22. Stenner M-P*, Durschmid S*, Rutledge RB, Zaehle T, Schmitt FC, Kaufmann J, Voges J, Heinze H-J, Dolan RJ, Schoenfeld A (2016) Peri-movement decrease of alpha-/beta-oscillations in the human nucleus accumbens. Journal of Neurophysiology 116, 1663-1672. [Abstract] [PDF]
21. Hertz U, Kelly M, Rutledge RB, Winston J, Wright N, Dolan RJ, Bahrami B (2016) Oxytocin effect on collective decision making: a randomized placebo controlled study. PLoS ONE 11, e0153352. [Abstract] [PDF]
20. de Berker AO, Rutledge RB, Mathys C, Marshall L, Cross GF, Dolan RJ, Bestmann S (2016) Computations of uncertainty mediate acute stress responses in humans. Nature Communications 7, 10996. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
Press: UCL press release, The Guardian (UK), Telegraph, Daily Mail, Wired UK, The Times, TIME (USA), Forbes, Washington Post, NBC Today, Huffington Post, Discovery News, Lenta (Russia), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), Business Standard (India), Times of India, Japan Times (Japan), Daily Nation (Kenya), The New Age (South Africa), Beritagar (Indonesia), Bangkok Post (Thailand).
19. Rigoli F, Rutledge RB, Dayan P, Dolan RJ (2016) The influence of contextual reward statistics on risk preference. NeuroImage 128, 74-84. [Abstract] [PDF]
18. Lazzaro SC, Rutledge RB, Burghart DR, Glimcher PW (2016) The impact of menstrual cycle phase on economic choice and rationality. PLoS ONE 11, e0144080. [Abstract] [PDF]
2015
17. Rutledge RB, Skandali N, Dayan P, Dolan RJ (2015) Dopaminergic modulation of decision making and subjective well-being. Journal of Neuroscience 35, 9811-9822. [Abstract] [PDF]
Press: UCL press release, Journal of Neuroscience press release, The Independent (UK), Medical Daily (USA), Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Germany).
16. Stenner M-P*, Rutledge RB*, Zaehle T, Schmitt FC, Kopitziki K, Kowski AB, Voges J, Heinze H-J, Dolan RJ (2015) No unified reward prediction error signal in local field potentials from the human nucleus accumbens. Journal of Neurophysiology 114, 781-792. [Abstract] [PDF]
15. Smittenaar P, Rutledge RB, Zeidman P, Adams RA, Brown HR, Lewis G, Dolan RJ (2015) Proactive and reactive response inhibition across the lifespan. PLoS ONE 10, e0140383. [Abstract] [PDF]
14. Stenner M-P, Litvak V, Rutledge RB, Zaehle T, Schmitt FC, Voges J, Heinze H-J, Dolan RJ (2015) Cortical drive of low-frequency oscillations in the human nucleus accumbens during action selection. Journal of Neurophysiology 114, 29-39. [Abstract] [PDF]
13. McNab F, Zeidman P, Rutledge RB, Smittenaar P, Brown HR, Adams RA, Dolan RJ (2015) Age-related changes in working memory and the ability to ignore distraction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112, 6515-6518. [Abstract] [PDF]
Press: Daily Mail (UK), The Conversation.
2014
12. Rutledge RB, Skandali N, Dayan P, Dolan RJ (2014) A neural and computational model of momentary subjective well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111, 12252-12257. [Abstract] [PDF] [PDF+Supplemental]
Press: UCL press release, BBC News (UK), BBC Future, Telegraph, The Guardian, The Conversation, Time (USA), Discover, NBC Today, Businessweek, The Atlantic, Washington Post, New York Times, Forbes, NPR, Psychology Today, National Post (Canada), The Globe and Mail, Le Point (France), La Vanguardia (Spain), Corriere della Sera (Italy), La Tercera (Chile), El Economista (Mexico), Times of India (India), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), Le Temps (Switzerland). Our research was featured in Discover Magazine's top 100 science stories of 2014 (PDF) and Time Magazine's 100 New Scientific Discoveries of 2014 (PDF).
11. Vo K, Rutledge RB, Chatterjee A, Kable JW (2014) Dorsal striatum is necessary for stimulus-value but not action-value learning in humans. Brain 137, 3129-3135. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental] [Letter PDF] [Reply PDF]
10. de Berker AO, Rutledge RB (2014) A role for the human substantia nigra in reinforcement learning. Journal of Neuroscience 34, 12947-12949. [Article] [PDF]
9. Brown HR, Zeidman P, Smittenaar P, Adams RA, McNab F, Rutledge RB, Dolan RJ (2014) Crowdsourcing for cognitive science: the utility of smartphones. PLoS ONE 9, e100662. [Abstract] [PDF]
Press: Wellcome Trust press release, Wellcome Trust blog (2014), Wellcome Trust blog (2013), BBC News (UK), The Guardian, Time Out London, Science Translational Medicine. Our app, The Great Brain Experiment, was named best overall smartphone game in the Wall Street Journal (USA).
8. Hart AS*, Rutledge RB*, Glimcher PW, Phillips PEM (2014) Phasic dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens symmetrically encodes a reward prediction error term. Journal of Neuroscience 34, 698-704. [Abstract] [PDF]
Before 2014
7. Levy I*, Lazzaro SC*, Rutledge RB, Glimcher PW (2011) Choice from non-choice: predicting consumer preferences from blood oxygenation level-dependent signals obtained during passive viewing. Journal of Neuroscience 31, 118-125. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
6. Rutledge RB, Dean M, Caplin A, Glimcher PW (2010) Testing the reward prediction error hypothesis with an axiomatic model. Journal of Neuroscience 30, 13525-13536. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
5. Caplin A, Dean M, Glimcher PW, Rutledge RB (2010) Measuring beliefs and rewards: a neuroeconomic approach. Quarterly Journal of Economics 125, 923-960. [Abstract] [PDF]
4. Rutledge RB, Lazzaro SC, Lau B, Myers CE, Gluck MA, Glimcher PW (2009) Dopaminergic drugs modulate learning rates and perseveration in Parkinson's patients in a dynamic foraging task. Journal of Neuroscience 29, 15104-15114. [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplemental]
3. Kayser M, Brauer S, Cordaux R, Casto A, Lao O, Zhivotovsky LA, Moyse-Faurie C, Rutledge RB, Schiefenhoevel W, Gil D, Lin AA, Underhill PA, Oefner PJ, Trent RJ, Stoneking M (2006) Melanesian and Asian origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y-chromosome gradients across the Pacific. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23, 2234-2244. [Abstract] [PDF]
2. Hunt GR, Rutledge RB, Gray RD (2006) The right tool for the job: what strategy do wild New Caledonian crows use? Animal Cognition 9, 307-316. [Abstract] [PDF]
1. Rutledge R, Hunt GR (2004) Lateralized tool use in wild New Caledonian crows. Animal Behaviour 67, 327-332. [Abstract] [PDF]
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