Publications
2009
Knutson, B., Samanez-Larkin, G. R. (Forthcoming). Brain, decision, and debt. In Brubaker, R., Lawless, R. M., Tabb, C. (Eds.) A Debtor World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an Indebted Global Society, New York: Oxford University Press.
Haber, S. N., Knutson, B. (In Press). The reward circuit: Linking primate anatomy and human imaging. Neuropsychopharmacology. pdf
Kuhnen, C. M., Knutson., B. (In Press). The impact of anticipatory affect on beliefs, preferences, and financial risk taking. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Cooper, J. C., Hollon, N. G., Wimmer, G. E., Knutson., B. (In Press). Available alternative incentives modulate anticipatory nucleus accumbens activation. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience. pdf
Ersner-Hershfield, H., Garton, M. T., Ballard, K., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Knutson., B. (2009). Don't stop thinking about tomorrow: Individual differences in future self-continuity account for saving. Judgment and Decision Making, 4, 280-286. pdf
Beck, A., Schlagenhauf, F., Wustenberg, T., Hein, J., Kienast, T., Kahnt, T., Schmack, K., Hagele, C., Knutson, B., Heinz, A., Wrase, J. (2009). Ventral striatal activation during reward anticipation correlates with impulsivity in alcoholics. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 734-742. pdf sup
Hasler, G., Luckenbaugh, D. A., Snow, J., Meyers, N., Waldeck, T., Geraci, M., Roiser, J., Knutson, B., Charney, D. S., Drevets, W. C. (2009). Reward processing after catecholamine depletion in unmedicated remitted subjects with major depressive disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 201-205. pdf sup
Ballard, K., Knutson, B. (2009). Dissociable neural representations of future reward magnitude and delay during temporal discounting. NeuroImage, 45, 143-150. pdf
Ersner-Hershfield, H., Wimmer, G. E., Knutson, B. (2009). Saving for the future self: Neural measures of future self-continuity predict temporal discounting. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 85-92. pdf
2008
Grosenick, L., Greer, S., Knutson, B. (2008). Interpretable classifiers for FMRI improve prediction of purchases. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 16, 539-548. pdf
Knutson, B., Greer, S. M. (2008). Anticipatory affect: Neural correlates and consequences for choice. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 363, 3771-3786. pdf
Bjork, J. M., Knutson, B., Hommer D. W. (2008). Incentive-elicited striatal activation in adolescent children of alcoholics. Addiction, 103, 1308-1319. pdf
Knutson, B., Wimmer, G. E., Rick, S., Hollon, N. G., Prelec, D., Loewenstein, G. (2008). Neural antecedents of the endowment effect. Neuron, 58, 814-822. pdf sup
Knutson, B., Delgado, M. R., Phillips, P. E. M. (2008). Representation of subjective value in the striatum. In Glimcher, P. W., Camerer, C. F., Fehr, E., Poldrack, R. A. (Eds.) Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 389-406. pdf
Knutson, B., Wimmer, G. E., Kuhnen, C. M., Winkielman, P. (2008). Nucleus accumbens activation mediates the influence of reward cues on financial risk taking. NeuroReport, 19, 509-513. pdf
Nielsen, L., Knutson, B., Carstensen, L. L. (2008). Affect dynamics, affective forecasting, and aging. Emotion, 8, 318-330. pdf
Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Hollon, N. G., Carstensen, L. L., Knutson, B. (2008). Individual differences in insular sensitivity during loss anticipation predict avoidance learning. Psychological Science, 19, 320-323. pdf
Schlagenhauf, F., Juckel, G., Koslowski, M., Kahnt, T., Knutson, B., Dembler, T., Kienast, T., Gallinat, J., Wrase, J., Heinz, A. (2008) Reward system activation in schizophrenic patients switched from typical neuroleptics to olanzapine. Psychopharmacology, 196, 673-684. pdf sup
Knutson, B., Bhanji, J., Cooney, R. E., Atlas, L., Gotlib I. H. (2008). Neural responses to monetary incentives in major depression. Biological Psychiatry, 63, 686-692. pdf sup
Strohle, A., Stoy, M., Wrase, J., Schwarzer, S., Schlagenhauf, F., Huss, H., Hein, J., Nedderhut, A., Neumann, B., Gregor, A., Juckel, G., Knutson, B., Lehmkuhl, U., Bauer, M., Heinz, A. (2008). Reward anticipation and outcomes in adult males with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. NeuroImage, 39, 966-972. pdf
Cooper, J. C., Knutson, B. (2008). Valence and salience contribute to nucleus accumbens activation. NeuroImage, 39, 538-547. pdf
2007
Knutson, B., Bossaerts, P. (2007). Neural antecedents of financial decisions. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 8174-8177. pdf
Wrase, J., Kahnt, T., Schlagenhauf, F., Beck, A., Cohen, M. X., Knutson, B., Heinz, A. (2007). Different neural systems adjust motor behavior in response to reward and punishment. NeuroImage, 36, 1253-1262. pdf
Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Gibbs, S. E. B., Khanna, K., Nielsen, L., Carstensen, L. L., Knutson, B. (2007). Anticipation of monetary gain but not loss in healthy older adults. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 787-791. pdf sup
Knutson, B., Wimmer, G. E. (2007). Splitting the difference: How does the brain code reward episodes? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1104, 54-69. pdf
Knutson, B., Gibbs, S. E. B. (2007). Linking nucleus accumbens dopamine and blood oxygenation. Psychopharmacology, 191, 813-822. pdf
Wrase, J., Schlagenhauf, F., Kienast, T., Wustenberg, T., Bermpohl, F., Kahnt, T., Beck, A., Strohle, A., Juckel, G., Knutson, B., Heinz, A. (2007). Dysfunction of reward processing correlates with alcohol craving in detoxified alcoholics. NeuroImage, 35, 787-794. pdf
Winkielman, P., Knutson, B., Paulus, M., Trujillo, J. L. (2007). Affective influence on judgments and decisions: Moving towards core mechanisms. Review of General Psychology, 11, 179-192. pdf
Knutson, B., Wimmer, G. E. (2007). Reward: Neural circuitry for social valuation. In Harmon-Jones, E., Winkielman, P. (Eds.) Social Neuroscience, New York: Guilford Press, pp. 157-175. pdf
Knutson, B., Rick, S., Wimmer, G. E., Prelec, D., Loewenstein, G. (2007). Neural predictors of purchases. Neuron, 53, 147-157. pdf sup comment
Scheres, A., Milham, M. P., Knutson, B., Castellanos, F. X. (2007). Ventral striatal hyporesponsiveness during reward anticipation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 61, 720-724. pdf sup1 sup2
2006
Knutson, B. & Bhanji, J.(2006). Neural substrates for emotional traits? The case of extraversion. In Canli T (Ed.), Biology of Personality and Individual Differences, New York: Guilford, 116-132. pdf
Knutson, B. & Cooper, J. C. (2006). The lure of the unknown. Neuron, 51, 280-282. pdf
Juckel, G., Schlagenhauf, F., Koslowski, M., Filonov, D., Wustenberg, T., Villringer, A., Knutson, B., Kienast, T., Gallinat, J., Wrase, J., & Heinz, A. (2006). Dysfunction of ventral striatal reward prediction in schizophrenics on typical but not atypical neuroleptics. Psychopharmacology, 187, 222-228. pdf
Adcock, R. A., Thangavel, A., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Knutson, B., Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2006). Reward-motivated learning: Mesolimbic activation precedes memory formation. Neuron, 50, 507-517. pdf sup
Tsai, J. L., Knutson, B., & Fung, H. H. (2006). Cultural variation in affect valuation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 288-307. pdf qaire
Juckel, G., Schlagenhauf, F., Koslowski, M., Wustenberg, T., Villringer, A., Knutson, B., Wrase, J., & Heinz, A. (2006). Dysfunction of ventral striatal reward prediction in schizophrenia. NeuroImage, 29, 409-416. pdf
2005
Kuhnen, C. M., & Knutson, B. (2005). The neural basis of financial risk-taking. Neuron, 47, 763-770. pdf sup
Knutson, B. & Cooper, J. C. (2005). Functional magnetic resonance imaging of reward prediction. Current Opinion in Neurology, 18, 411-417. pdf
Knutson, B., Taylor, J., Kaufman, M., Peterson, R., & Glover, G. (2005). Distributed neural representation of expected value. Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 4806-4812. pdf cover
Knutson, B. & Peterson, R. (2005). Neurally reconstructing expected utility. Games and Economic Behavior. 52, 305-315. pdf
Knutson, B. & Adcock, R. A. (2005). Remembrance of rewards past. Neuron, 45, 331-332. pdf
2004
Knutson, B. (2004). Sweet revenge? Science, 305, 1246-1247. pdf
Knutson, B., Bjork, J. M., Fong, G. W., Hommer, D. W., Mattay, V. S., & Weinberger, D. R. (2004). Amphetamine modulates human incentive processing. Neuron, 43, 261-269. pdf
Momenan, R., Rawlings, R., Fong, G. W., Knutson, B., & Hommer, D. (2004). Voxel-based homogeneity probability maps of gray matter in groups: Assessing the reliability of functional effects. NeuroImage, 21, 801-817. pdf
Bjork, J. M., Knutson, B., Fong, G. W., Caggiano, D. M., Bennett, S. M., & Hommer, D. (2004). Incentive-elicited brain activation in adolescents: Similarities and differences from young adults. Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 1793-1802. pdf
2003
Knutson, B., Fong, G. W., Bennett, S. M., Adams, C. S., & Hommer, D. (2003). A region of mesial prefrontal cortex tracks monetarily rewarding outcomes: Characterization with rapid event-related FMRI. NeuroImage, 18, 263-272. pdf
Knutson, B. & Heinz, A. (2003). Psychobiology of personality disorders. In J. Panksepp (Ed.) Textbook of Biological Psychiatry (pp. 145-166). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss. pdf
2002
Knutson, B., Burgdorf, J., & Panksepp, J. (2002). Ultrasonic vocalizations as indices of affect in rats. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 961-977. pdf
Panksepp, J., Knutson, B., & Burgdorf, J. (2002). The role of brain emotional systems in addictions: A neuro-evolutionary perspective. Addiction, 97, 459-469. pdf
Winterer, G., Adams, C. M., Jones, D. W., & Knutson, B. (2002). Volition to action -- An event-related FMRI study. NeuroImage, 17, 851-858. pdf
2001
Knutson, B., Fong, G. W., Adams, C. S., & Hommer, D. (2001). Dissociation of reward anticipation versus outcome with event-related FMRI. NeuroReport, 12, 3683-3687. pdf
Knutson, B., Momenan, R., Rawlings, R., Fong, G. W., & Hommer, D (2001). Negative association of neuroticism with brain volume ratio in healthy humans. Biological Psychiatry, 50, 685-690. pdf
Knutson, B., Adams, C. S., Fong, G. W. & Hommer, D. (2001). Anticipation of monetary reward selectively recruits nucleus accumbens. Journal of Neuroscience, 21, RC159. pdf
Burgdorf, J., Knutson, B., & Panksepp, J. (2001). Nucleus accumbens amphetamine dose-dependently increases high-frequency ultrasonic vocalizations in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115, 940-944. pdf
Burgdorf, J., Knutson, B., Panksepp, J, & Shippenberg, T. (2001). Evaluation of rat ultrasonic vocalizations as predictors of the conditioned aversive effects of drugs. Psychopharmacology, 155, 35-42. pdf
2000
Burgdorf, J., Knutson, B., & Panksepp, J. (2000). Anticipation of rewarding brain stimulation evokes ultrasonic vocalizations in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 320-327. pdfKnutson, B., Westdorp, A., Kaiser, E., & Hommer, D. (2000). FMRI visualization of brain activity during a monetary incentive delay task. NeuroImage, 12, 20-27. pdf
Pre-2000
Knutson, B., Burgdorf, J., & Panksepp, J. (1999). High-frequency ultrasonic vocalizations index conditioned pharmacological reward in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 66, 639-643. pdf
Knutson, B.,Wolkowitz, O. M., Cole, S. W., Chan, T., Moore, E. A., Johnson, R. C., Terpstra, J., Turner, R. S., & Reus, V. I. (1998). Selective alteration of personality and social behavior by serotonergic intervention. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 373-379. pdf
Knutson, B., Burgdorf, J., & Panksepp, J. (1998). Anticipation of play elicits high-frequency ultrasonic vocalizations in young rats. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 112, 65-73. pdf
Panksepp, J., Knutson, B., & Pruitt, D. (1998). Toward a neuroscience of emotion: Epigenetic foundations of emotional development. In M. F. Mascolo & S. Griffin (Eds.), What develops in emotional development? (pp. 53-84). New York: Plenum.
Knutson, B., Cole, S., Wolkowitz, O., Reus, V., Chan, T., & Moore, E. (1997). Serotonergic intervention increases affiliative behavior in humans. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 807, 492-493.
Knutson, B. & Panksepp, J. (1997). Effects of serotonin depletion on the play of juvenile rats. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 807, 475-477.
Knutson, B., Panksepp, J., & Pruitt, D. (1996). Effects of fluoxetine on play dominance in juvenile rats. Aggressive Behavior, 22, 241-257.
Knutson, B. (1996). Facial expressions of emotion influence interpersonal trait inferences. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 20, 165-182. pdf