Angela Yu

Title(s)	Associate Adjunct Professor, Cognitive Science
School	Vc-academic Affairs
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

CRCNS: Neurocomputational Study of Reward-Related Decision-Making & Uncertainty
NIH R01DA050373Sep 30, 2019 - Aug 31, 2022
Role: Principal Investigator

A neurocognitive and computational study of inhibitory control in substance use
NIH R03DA030440Jul 1, 2011 - Jun 30, 2013
Role: Principal Investigator

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Publications

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Distinct motivations to seek out information in healthy individuals and problem gamblers. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 07 26; 11(1):408. Dezza IC, Noel X, Cleeremans A, Yu AJ. PMID: 34312367; PMCID: PMC8313706.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 2 Fields:
Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans
Revisiting the Role of Uncertainty-Driven Exploration in a (Perceived) Non-Stationary World. Cogsci. 2021 Jul; 43:2045-2051. Guo D, Yu AJ. PMID: 34368809; PMCID: PMC8341546.

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From likely to likable: The role of statistical typicality in human social assessment of faces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 24; 117(47):29371-29380. Ryali CK, Goffin S, Winkielman P, Yu AJ. PMID: 33229540; PMCID: PMC7703555.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 11 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Devaluation of Unchosen Options: A Bayesian Account of the Provenance and Maintenance of Overly Optimistic Expectations. Cogsci. 2020 Jul-Aug; 42:1682-1688. Zhou CY, Guo D, Yu AJ. PMID: 34355220; PMCID: PMC8336429.

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Leveraging Computer Vision Face Representation to Understand Human Face Representation. Cogsci. 2020 Jul-Aug; 42:1080-1086. Ryali CK, Wang X, Yu AJ. PMID: 34355219; PMCID: PMC8336428.

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Bayesian computational markers of relapse in methamphetamine dependence. Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 22:101794. Harlé KM, Yu AJ, Paulus MP. PMID: 30928810; PMCID: PMC6444286.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 8 Fields:
Dia Diagnostic Imaging Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Demystifying excessively volatile human learning: A Bayesian persistent prior and a neural approximation. Adv Neural Inf Process Syst. 2018 Dec; 31:2781-2790. Ryali CK, Reddy G, Yu AJ. PMID: 34366637; PMCID: PMC8341474.

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Motor Preparation Disrupts Proactive Control in the Stop Signal Task. Front Hum Neurosci. 2018; 12:151. Wang W, Hu S, Ide JS, Zhornitsky S, Zhang S, Yu AJ, Li CR. PMID: 29780308; PMCID: PMC5945807.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 12
Publisher Correction: Learning the value of information and reward over time when solving exploration-exploitation problems. Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 06; 8(1):4312. Cogliati Dezza I, Yu AJ, Cleeremans A, Alexander W. PMID: 29511318; PMCID: PMC5840379.

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Sci Science
Learning the value of information and reward over time when solving exploration-exploitation problems. Sci Rep. 2017 12 05; 7(1):16919. Cogliati Dezza I, Yu AJ, Cleeremans A, Alexander W. PMID: 29209058; PMCID: PMC5717252.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 15 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Anhedonia and anxiety underlying depressive symptomatology have distinct effects on reward-based decision-making. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186473. Harlé KM, Guo D, Zhang S, Paulus MP, Yu AJ. PMID: 29059254; PMCID: PMC5653291.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 9 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Reduced Neural Recruitment for Bayesian Adjustment of Inhibitory Control in Methamphetamine Dependence. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2016 Sep; 1(5):448-459. Harlé KM, Zhang S, Ma N, Yu AJ, Paulus MP. PMID: 28966988; PMCID: PMC5621759.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 11 Fields:
Dia Diagnostic Imaging Neu Neurology Psy Psychiatry
Inseparability of Go and Stop in Inhibitory Control: Go Stimulus Discriminability Affects Stopping Behavior. Front Neurosci. 2016; 10:54. Ma N, Yu AJ. PMID: 27047324; PMCID: PMC4801867.

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Altered Statistical Learning and Decision-Making in Methamphetamine Dependence: Evidence from a Two-Armed Bandit Task. Front Psychol. 2015; 6:1910. Harlé KM, Zhang S, Schiff M, Mackey S, Paulus MP, Yu AJ. PMID: 26733906; PMCID: PMC4683191.

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Bayesian neural adjustment of inhibitory control predicts emergence of problem stimulant use. Brain. 2015 Nov; 138(Pt 11):3413-26. Harlé KM, Stewart JL, Zhang S, Tapert SF, Yu AJ, Paulus MP. PMID: 26336910; PMCID: PMC4731415.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 12 Fields:
Bra Brain Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Statistical learning and adaptive decision-making underlie human response time variability in inhibitory control. Front Psychol. 2015; 6:1046. Ma N, Yu AJ. PMID: 26321966; PMCID: PMC4531239.

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Impaired Bayesian learning for cognitive control in cocaine dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jun 01; 151:220-7. Ide JS, Hu S, Zhang S, Yu AJ, Li CS. PMID: 25869543; PMCID: PMC4447553.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 15 Fields:
Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Translation:Humans
Cost-sensitive Bayesian control policy in human active sensing. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; 8:955. Ahmad S, Huang H, Yu AJ. PMID: 25520640; PMCID: PMC4253738.

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Altered neural processing of the need to stop in young adults at risk for stimulant dependence. J Neurosci. 2014 Mar 26; 34(13):4567-80. Harlé KM, Shenoy P, Stewart JL, Tapert SF, Yu AJ, Paulus MP. PMID: 24672002; PMCID: PMC3965782.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 26 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Bayesian prediction and evaluation in the anterior cingulate cortex. J Neurosci. 2013 Jan 30; 33(5):2039-47. Ide JS, Shenoy P, Yu AJ, Li CS. PMID: 23365241; PMCID: PMC3711643.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 100 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Emotion and decision-making: affect-driven belief systems in anxiety and depression. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Sep; 16(9):476-83. Paulus MP, Yu AJ. PMID: 22898207; PMCID: PMC3446252.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 74 Fields:
Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Change is in the eye of the beholder. Nat Neurosci. 2012 Jun 26; 15(7):933-5. Yu AJ. PMID: 22735513.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 9 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Rational decision-making in inhibitory control. Front Hum Neurosci. 2011; 5:48. Shenoy P, Yu AJ. PMID: 21647306; PMCID: PMC3103997.

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Dynamics of attentional selection under conflict: toward a rational Bayesian account. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2009 Jun; 35(3):700-17. Yu AJ, Dayan P, Cohen JD. PMID: 19485686; PMCID: PMC3432507.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 39 Fields:
Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Sequential effects: Superstition or rational behavior? Adv Neural Inf Process Syst. 2008; 21:1873-1880. Yu AJ, Cohen JD. PMID: 26412953; PMCID: PMC4580342.

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Adaptive behavior: humans act as Bayesian learners. Curr Biol. 2007 Nov 20; 17(22):R977-80. Yu AJ. PMID: 18029257.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 8 Fields:
Bio Biology
Translation:Humans Animals
Should I stay or should I go? How the human brain manages the trade-off between exploitation and exploration. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 May 29; 362(1481):933-42. Cohen JD, McClure SM, Yu AJ. PMID: 17395573; PMCID: PMC2430007.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 295 Fields:
Bio Biology
Translation:Humans
Phasic norepinephrine: a neural interrupt signal for unexpected events. Network. 2006 Dec; 17(4):335-50. Dayan P, Yu AJ. PMID: 17162459.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 127 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
Uncertainty, neuromodulation, and attention. Neuron. 2005 May 19; 46(4):681-92. Yu AJ, Dayan P. PMID: 15944135.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 643 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans Animals
Biophysiologically plausible implementations of the maximum operation. Neural Comput. 2002 Dec; 14(12):2857-81. Yu AJ, Giese MA, Poggio TA. PMID: 12487795.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 15 Fields:
Med Medical Informatics
Translation:Humans Animals