Michael J. Frank Source Confirmed

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Researcher

John Brown University

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michael_frank@brown.edu

97 h-index 456 pubs 38,425 cited

Research Areas

Mental Health Research Topics Neural dynamics and brain function Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Parental Involvement in Education

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Michael J. Frank is a researcher at John Brown University whose work integrates neural and behavioral psychology with computational approaches to better understand mental health. He investigates neural dynamics and brain function, with a particular focus on how neurotransmitter receptors influence behavior. Frank's research also incorporates functional brain connectivity studies and explores the role of parental involvement in education. His work has recently examined the dynamics of dopamine and its role in credit assignment, as well as computational methods for understanding brain-behavior relationships in the context of major depressive disorder. Frank's scholarly interests lie in the intersection of computational psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, and the nuanced interplay between brain circuitry and behavior.

Metrics

  • h-index: 97
  • Publications: 456
  • Citations: 38,425

Selected Publications

  • Adaptive chunking improves effective working memory capacity in a prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia circuit (2025) DOI
  • Adaptive chunking improves effective working memory capacity in a prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia circuit (2024) DOI
  • The challenge of learning adaptive mental behavior. (2024) DOI
  • Beyond Drift Diffusion Models: Fitting a Broad Class of Decision and Reinforcement Learning Models with HDDM (2022) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Alexander Fengler John Brown University 4 shared publications Rachel Rac-Lubashevsky John Brown University 2 shared publications Wael F. Asaad John Brown University 2 shared publications Guillaume J. Pagnier John Brown University 2 shared publications Nadja R. Ging-Jehli John Brown University 2 shared publications Aneri V Soni John Brown University 2 shared publications Christopher I. Moore John Brown University 1 shared publication Andra Geana John Brown University 1 shared publication

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