publications

Burk, D. C., Taswell, C., Tang, H., & Averbeck, B. B. (2024). Computational mechanisms underlying motivation to earn symbolic reinforcers. J.Neurosci. 44(24), e1873232024 // pdf

Kronemer, S.I., Gobo, V.E., Teves, J.B., Burk, D.C., Shahsavarani, S., Walsh, C.R., Gonzalez-Castillo, J., Bandettini, P.A.. (2024). Cross-species real time detection of trends in pupil size fluctuation. Behavioral Research Methods. 57,9. // pdf

Burk, D. C., & Averbeck, B. B. (2023). Environmental uncertainty and the advantage of impulsive choice strategies. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(1), e1010873. short video description // pdf

Janssen, M., LeWarne, C., Burk, D., & Averbeck, B. B. (2022). Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning, Sequential Behavior, and the Dorsal Frontostriatal System. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(8), 1307-1325.

Abend, R.*, Burk, D.*, Ruiz, S. G., Gold, A. L., Napoli, J. L., Britton, J. C., ... & Averbeck, B. B. (2022). Computational modeling of threat learning reveals links with anxiety and neuroanatomy in humans. ELife, 11, e66169. *these authors contributed equally // pdf

Burk, D. C., & Sheinberg, D. L. (2022). Neurons in inferior temporal cortex are sensitive to motion trajectory during degraded object recognition. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 3(3), tgac034. // pdf

Kircanski, K., Burk, D., Xu, E., Meigs, J., Pine, D., Brotman, M., ... & Leibenluft, E. (2021). Reinforcement Learning and Prediction Error in Pediatric Irritability. Neuropsychopharmacology. (Vol. 46, No. Suppl 1, pp. 291-291).

Desrochers, T. M., Burk, D. C., Badre, D., & Sheinberg, D. L. (2016). The monitoring and control of task sequences in human and non-human primates. Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 9, 185. // pdf

Burk, D., Ingram, J. N., Franklin, D. W., Shadlen, M. N., & Wolpert, D. M. (2014). Motor effort alters changes of mind in sensorimotor decision making. PloS one, 9(3), e92681. // pdf

Nasir, M., Ateya, D. A., Burk, D., Golden, J. P., & Ligler, F. S. (2010). Hydrodynamic focusing of conducting fluids for conductivity-based biosensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25(6), 1363-1369.