Brian Knutson

34.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
172 papers, 24.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Knutson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Knutson has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 24.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 38 papers in General Decision Sciences and 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Brian Knutson's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (80 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (51 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (38 papers). Brian Knutson is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (80 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (51 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (38 papers). Brian Knutson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Brian Knutson's co-authors include Suzanne N. Haber, Daniel W. Hommer, Grace Fong, Charles M. Adams, Jaak Panksepp, Jeffrey Burgdorf, Jeffrey C. Cooper, Gregory R. Samanez‐Larkin, G. Elliott Wimmer and Jeanne L. Tsai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian Knutson

166 papers receiving 23.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Reward Circuit: Linking Primate Anatomy and Human Ima... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2009 2001 2000 2001 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Knutson United States 71 14.3k 5.2k 4.8k 4.7k 3.7k 172 24.5k
Hanna Damásio United States 66 19.4k 1.4× 6.4k 1.2× 2.6k 0.5× 5.6k 1.2× 4.4k 1.2× 161 29.9k
John P. O’Doherty United States 85 27.1k 1.9× 7.9k 1.5× 5.3k 1.1× 6.5k 1.4× 3.3k 0.9× 180 38.1k
Ben Seymour United Kingdom 51 11.2k 0.8× 3.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 3.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 108 16.8k
Elizabeth A. Phelps United States 84 21.1k 1.5× 8.1k 1.6× 4.1k 0.9× 6.6k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 202 31.0k
Daniel Tranel United States 101 29.3k 2.1× 9.6k 1.9× 3.3k 0.7× 9.4k 2.0× 7.0k 1.9× 426 42.4k
Cameron S. Carter United States 80 34.1k 2.4× 9.5k 1.8× 3.5k 0.7× 3.9k 0.8× 7.9k 2.1× 236 42.8k
Matthew F. S. Rushworth United Kingdom 100 27.1k 1.9× 3.6k 0.7× 3.5k 0.7× 4.9k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 223 34.5k
Luke Clark United Kingdom 84 8.9k 0.6× 4.1k 0.8× 4.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.3× 6.0k 1.6× 261 20.6k
B.J. Casey United States 66 11.7k 0.8× 5.2k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 3.5k 0.8× 4.5k 1.2× 145 23.3k
Nathaniel D. Daw United States 71 15.5k 1.1× 3.8k 0.7× 4.9k 1.0× 2.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 169 21.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Knutson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Knutson

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All Works

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Scholz, Christin, Hang‐Yee Chan, Maarten A.S. Boksem, et al.. (2025). Brain activity explains message effectiveness: A mega-analysis of 16 neuroimaging studies. PNAS Nexus. 4(11). pgaf287–pgaf287.
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Mortazavi, Leili, et al.. (2025). Deconstructing neural predictors of risky choice. PNAS Nexus. 4(7). pgaf204–pgaf204.
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Genevsky, Alexander, et al.. (2025). The impact of affective congruence on charitable giving. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 20(1).
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Tisdall, Loreen, Josiah K. Leong, Renato Frey, et al.. (2024). Structural projections to the nucleus accumbens link to impulsive components of human risk preference. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 1–15. 4 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, J. Wesley, Martin Reimann, Brian Knutson, & Joel Huber. (2023). Commentaries on “Reconsidering the path for neural and physiological methods in consumer psychology”. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 34(1). 214–221.
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Knutson, Brian, et al.. (2022). Disentangling the Skeins of Brain. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 35(3). 383–387. 2 indexed citations
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Hsu, Wei-Ting, et al.. (2021). Social media users produce more affect that supports cultural values, but are more influenced by affect that violates cultural values.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 121(5). 969–983. 27 indexed citations
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Genevsky, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Culturally valued facial expressions enhance loan request success.. Emotion. 20(7). 1137–1153. 8 indexed citations
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Johnson, Sheri L., Hershel Mehta, Terence A. Ketter, Ian H. Gotlib, & Brian Knutson. (2019). Neural responses to monetary incentives in bipolar disorder. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 102018–102018. 30 indexed citations
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Genevsky, Alexander, Carolyn Yoon, & Brian Knutson. (2017). When brain beats behavior: Neuroforecasting crowdfunding outcomes. EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Ferenczi, Emily, Kelly A. Zalocusky, Conor Liston, et al.. (2015). Prefrontal cortical regulation of brainwide circuit dynamics and reward-related behavior. Science. 351(6268). aac9698–aac9698. 386 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stoy, Meline, Florian Schlagenhauf, Philipp Sterzer, et al.. (2011). Hyporeactivity of ventral striatum towards incentive stimuli in unmedicated depressed patients normalizes after treatment with escitalopram. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 26(5). 677–688. 200 indexed citations
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Samanez‐Larkin, Gregory R., Anthony D. Wagner, & Brian Knutson. (2011). Expected Value Information Improves Financial Risk Taking Across the Adult Life Span. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Samanez‐Larkin, Gregory R., et al.. (2010). Individual Differences in Insular Sensitivity During Loss Anticipation Predict Avoidance Learning. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Kuhnen, Camelia M. & Brian Knutson. (2008). The Influence of Affect on Beliefs, Preferences and Financial Decisions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations
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Knutson, Brian. (2008). Nucleus accumbens activation mediates the influence of reward cues on financial risk taking. 161 indexed citations
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Knutson, Brian, Jamil P. Bhanji, Rebecca Cooney, Lauren Y. Atlas, & Ian H. Gotlib. (2007). Neural Responses to Monetary Incentives in Major Depression. Biological Psychiatry. 63(7). 686–692. 394 indexed citations
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Knutson, Brian & Sasha E. B. Gibbs. (2007). Linking nucleus accumbens dopamine and blood oxygenation. Psychopharmacology. 191(3). 813–822. 274 indexed citations
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Knutson, Brian, Jonathan Taylor, Matthew T. Kaufman, Richard L. Peterson, & Gary H. Glover. (2005). Distributed Neural Representation of Expected Value. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Burgdorf, Jeffrey, Brian Knutson, & Jaak Panksepp. (2000). Anticipation of rewarding electrical brain stimulation evokes ultrasonic vocalization in rats.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 114(2). 320–327. 191 indexed citations

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