Andrew Westbrook

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

22h-index3.1kcitations65works4.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies(34), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics(17), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies(9), Behavioral Health and Interventions(8), Mental Health Research Topics(8)

Publications65 total

The Trials and Aspirations of an Early Career Researcher Advisory Board
Journal of Neuroscience·2025Open Access
Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
Trends in Cognitive Sciences·2025· 2 cited
Why is Cognitive Effort Experienced as Costly?
2025Open Access
Why is Cognitive Effort Experienced as Costly?
2025Open Access
Aberrant E-I Balance and Brain Criticality in Major Depressive Disorder
2025Open Access
E/I ratio and net E+I strength are differentially affected across brain disorders
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The Interplay Between Tonic and Phasic Pupil Activity and Cognitive Flexibility and Stability
Psychophysiology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Striatal dopamine can enhance both fast working memory, and slow reinforcement learning, while reducing implicit effort cost sensitivity
Nature Communications·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Shielding working memory from distraction is more effortful than flexible updating
Scientific Reports·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
361. Bistability of Neuronal Oscillations Uncovers Dual E/I Dimensions Linked to Disorders
Biological Psychiatry·2025
Exaggerated frontoparietal control over cognitive effort-based decision-making in young women with anorexia nervosa
Molecular Psychiatry·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
The interplay between tonic and phasic pupil activity and cognitive flexibility and stability
2024Open Access
Including Early Career Researchers in Scientific Publishing
Journal of Neuroscience·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
An experimental manipulation of the value of effort
Nature Human Behaviour·2024· 30 cited
Striatal Dopamine Can Enhance Learning, Both Fast and Slow, and Also Make it Cheaper
2024· 11 citedOpen Access
The role of defeatist performance beliefs on cognitive effort-cost decision-making in schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Research·2023· 12 cited
Is it cognitive effort you measure? Comparing three task paradigms to the Need for Cognition scale
PLoS ONE·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Effects of current and past depressive episodes on behavioral performance and subjective experience during an N-back task
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Mental Effort Cost Learning is Retrospective
2022Open Access
Cognitive effort avoidance in veterans with suicide attempt histories
Acta Psychologica·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Roshan Cools(19), Ruben van den Bosch(13), Lieke Hofmans(12), Danae Papadopetraki(12), Todd S. Braver(11), Jessica I. Määttä(11), Robbert‐Jan Verkes(7), Monja I. Froböse(7), Michael J. Frank(5), Adam J. Culbreth(5), Bram B. Zandbelt(5), Deanna M. Barch(4), Bidhan Lamichhane(3), Jan Booij(3), Daria Kester(2), Arko Ghosh(2), Wing Chung Chang(2), Gregory P. Strauss(2), Angel On Ki Chu(2), Britt Lambregts(2)