Publications

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Coordinated human prefrontal dynamics sustain task-state representations during learning
C. Maher, S. Qasim, G. Tostaeva, L. Nunez Martinez, S. Ghatan, F. Panov, A. Radulescu, I. Saez
openRxiv  ·  05 May 2026  ·  doi:10.64898/2026.05.03.722562
attention-learning
A Resource-Rational Account of Human Eye Movements During Immersive Visual Search
Angela Radulescu, Bas van Opheusden, Frederick Callaway, Thomas L. Griffiths, James M. Hillis
Open Mind  ·  01 Jan 2026  ·  doi:10.1162/OPMI.a.322
naturalistic-rl
Dynamic self-efficacy as a computational mechanism of mania emergence
Jing Li, Angela Radulescu
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (46)  ·  01 Jul 2024  ·  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78m0779f
bd-phenotyping

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2026

Coordinated human prefrontal dynamics sustain task-state representations during learning
C. Maher, S. Qasim, G. Tostaeva, L. Nunez Martinez, S. Ghatan, F. Panov, A. Radulescu, I. Saez
openRxiv  ·  05 May 2026  ·  doi:10.64898/2026.05.03.722562
attention-learning
The roots of rationality
Rahul Bhui, Kevin Matthew Dorst, Oriel FeldmanHall, Stephen Fleming, Jacqueline Gottlieb, Catherine Hartley, Tomas Lejarraga, Johannes Müller-Trede, Angela Radulescu, Alexandra Rosati
PsyArXiv  ·  12 Apr 2026  ·  https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/k3etu_v1
Learning to Attend Through Value-Based Hypothesis Testing
C. Maher, I. Saez, A. Radulescu
openRxiv  ·  12 Mar 2026  ·  doi:10.64898/2026.03.11.710688
attention-learning
A Resource-Rational Account of Human Eye Movements During Immersive Visual Search
Angela Radulescu, Bas van Opheusden, Frederick Callaway, Thomas L. Griffiths, James M. Hillis
Open Mind  ·  01 Jan 2026  ·  doi:10.1162/OPMI.a.322
naturalistic-rl

2025

VTA network dominance in depression confers distinct psychopathological states through blunted neural tracking of reward prediction errors
Laurel Morris, Jacqueline Beltran, Mu Li, Yael Jacob, Grace Butler, Marishka Mehta, James Murrough, Angela Radulescu
Research Square  ·  09 Sep 2025  ·  doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7166201/v1
Rewards transiently and automatically enhance sustained attention.
Juliana E. Trach, Megan T. deBettencourt, Angela Radulescu, Samuel D. McDougle
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General  ·  01 Apr 2025  ·  doi:10.1037/xge0001727
attention-learning

2024

Unveiling value functions in social cognition with multi-agent inverse reinforcement learning
Yusi Chen, Yuan Cheng, Myungji Kwak, Angela Radulescu, Herbert Zheng Wu
openRxiv  ·  12 Oct 2024  ·  doi:10.1101/2024.10.09.617461
Emotional Overshadowing: Pleasant and Unpleasant Cues Overshadow Neutral Cues in Human Associative Learning
Jianming Zhu, Angela Radulescu, Daniel Bennett
Affective Science  ·  01 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.1007/s42761-024-00270-0
bd-phenotyping
Dynamic self-efficacy as a computational mechanism of mania emergence
Jing Li, Angela Radulescu
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (46)  ·  01 Jul 2024  ·  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78m0779f
bd-phenotyping
Naturalistic reinforcement learning
Toby Wise, Kara Emery, Angela Radulescu
Trends in Cognitive Sciences  ·  01 Feb 2024  ·  doi:10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.016
naturalistic-rl

2023

Affect-congruent attention modulates generalized reward expectations
Daniel Bennett, Angela Radulescu, Sam Zorowitz, Valkyrie Felso, Yael Niv
PLOS Computational Biology  ·  21 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011707
bd-phenotyping

2022

Name that state: How language affects human reinforcement learning
Angela Radulescu, Wai Keen Vong, Todd M. Gureckis
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (44)  ·  01 Jul 2022  ·  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/43q3n00p

2021

Human Representation Learning
Angela Radulescu, Yeon Soon Shin, Yael Niv
Annual Review of Neuroscience  ·  08 Jul 2021  ·  doi:10.1146/annurev-neuro-092920-120559

2019

Intact Reinforcement Learning But Impaired Attentional Control During Multidimensional Probabilistic Learning in Older Adults
Reka Daniel, Angela Radulescu, Yael Niv
The Journal of Neuroscience  ·  11 Dec 2019  ·  doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0254-19.2019
A particle filtering account of selective attention during learning
Angela Radulescu, Yael Niv, Nathaniel Daw
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN) 2019  ·  01 Sep 2019  ·  https://2019.ccneuro.org/proceedings/0000481.pdf
attention-learning
State representation in mental illness
Angela Radulescu, Yael Niv
Current Opinion in Neurobiology  ·  01 Apr 2019  ·  doi:10.1016/j.conb.2019.03.011
bd-phenotyping
Holistic Reinforcement Learning: The Role of Structure and Attention
Angela Radulescu, Yael Niv, Ian Ballard
Trends in Cognitive Sciences  ·  01 Apr 2019  ·  doi:10.1016/j.tics.2019.01.010
attention-learning

2017

Dynamic Interaction between Reinforcement Learning and Attention in Multidimensional Environments
Yuan Chang Leong, Angela Radulescu, Reka Daniel, Vivian DeWoskin, Yael Niv
Neuron  ·  01 Jan 2017  ·  doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.040
attention-learning

2016

DYT1 dystonia increases risk taking in humans
David Arkadir, Angela Radulescu, Deborah Raymond, Naomi Lubarr, Susan B Bressman, Pietro Mazzoni, Yael Niv
eLife  ·  01 Jun 2016  ·  doi:10.7554/eLife.14155
The effects of aging on the interaction between reinforcement learning and attention.
Angela Radulescu, Reka Daniel, Yael Niv
Psychology and Aging  ·  01 Jan 2016  ·  doi:10.1037/pag0000112

2015

Reinforcement Learning in Multidimensional Environments Relies on Attention Mechanisms
Yael Niv, Reka Daniel, Andra Geana, Samuel J. Gershman, Yuan Chang Leong, Angela Radulescu, Robert C. Wilson
The Journal of Neuroscience  ·  27 May 2015  ·  doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2978-14.2015
attention-learning

2014

Statistical Computations Underlying the Dynamics of Memory Updating
Samuel J. Gershman, Angela Radulescu, Kenneth A. Norman, Yael Niv
PLoS Computational Biology  ·  06 Nov 2014  ·  doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003939