Samuel J. Gershman

Harvard University — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

72h-index20.7kcitations440works4.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Neural dynamics and brain function(119), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies(91), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(58), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics(49), Child and Animal Learning Development(36)

Publications440 total

Entorhinal Cortex Signals Dimensions of Past Experience That Can Be Generalized in a Novel Environment
Journal of Neuroscience·2026Open Access
Humans neglect complexity in predictive model selection
2026Open Access
Humans neglect complexity in predictive model selection
PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints)·2026Open Access
Training collaborators for effective division of labor
2025
Intuitions about trait responsibilities
2025
Emergence of rapid value inference through meta-reinforcement learning
2025Open Access
A Variational Manifold Embedding Framework for Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Reconciling time and prediction error theories of associative learning
Nature Communications·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Storing long-lived memories via molecular error correction: a minimal mathematical model of Crick’s memory switch
2025Open Access
Quantifying the Cost of Context Sensitivity in Decision‐Making
Topics in Cognitive Science·2025· 1 cited
Gradient Descent as Loss Landscape Navigation: a Normative Framework for Deriving Learning Rules
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Uncertainty-driven exploration during planning.
Decision·2025Open Access
Distributed range adaptation in human parietal encoding of numbers
2025Open Access
Uncertainty-Driven Exploration During Planning
2025Open Access
A signaling theory of self-handicapping
Cognition·2025· 3 cited
Belief Neglect: A Heuristic in Social Reasoning
2025Open Access
Action subsampling supports policy compression in large action spaces
PLoS Computational Biology·2025Open Access
Bayesian estimation yields anti-Weber variability
PNAS Nexus·2025Open Access
The successor representation in high-risk drinking and alcohol-related contexts
2025Open Access
Social group discovery, structure, and stereotype updating.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Yael Niv(8), Kenneth A. Norman(8), Nathaniel D. Daw(6), Matthew Botvinick(5), Joshua B. Tenenbaum(4), Naoshige Uchida(4), Peter Dayan(2), David M. Blei(2), Angela Radulescu(2), Ida Momennejad(2), Evan M. Russek(2), A. Ross Otto(2), Arthur B. Markman(2), Francisco Pereira(2), Samuel Ritter(2), Wouter Kool(2), Fiery Cushman(2), Clara Kwon Starkweather(2), Eric Schulz(2), Rahul Bhui(2)