Samuel M. McClure

16.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
75 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Samuel M. McClure is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel M. McClure has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in General Decision Sciences and 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Samuel M. McClure's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (52 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (22 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers). Samuel M. McClure is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (52 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (22 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers). Samuel M. McClure collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Samuel M. McClure's co-authors include Jonathan D. Cohen, George Loewenstein, David Laibson, P. Read Montague, Gregory S. Berns, P. Read Montague, Angela J. Yu, Wouter van den Bos, Kimberlee D’Ardenne and Keith M. Marzilli Ericson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Samuel M. McClure

74 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

Separate Neural Systems V... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2004 2004 2007 2007 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Separate Neural Systems Value Immediate and Delayed Monetary Rewards
    2004 2.2k citations Samuel M. McClure, George Loewenstein et al. profile →
  2. Neural Correlates of Behavioral Preference for Culturally Familiar Drinks
    2004 811 citations Samuel M. McClure, Jian Li et al. Neuron profile →
  3. Should I stay or should I go? How the human brain manages the trade-off between exploitation and exploration
    2007 738 citations Jonathan D. Cohen, Samuel M. McClure et al. profile →
  4. Time Discounting for Primary Rewards
    2007 718 citations Samuel M. McClure, George Loewenstein et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  5. Temporal Prediction Errors in a Passive Learning Task Activate Human Striatum
    2003 702 citations Samuel M. McClure, Gregory S. Berns et al. Neuron profile →
  6. Predictability Modulates Human Brain Response to Reward
    2001 534 citations Gregory S. Berns, Samuel M. McClure et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  7. The Wick in the Candle of Learning
    2009 520 citations George Loewenstein, Samuel M. McClure et al. profile →
  8. BOLD Responses Reflecting Dopaminergic Signals in the Human Ventral Tegmental Area
    2008 515 citations Kimberlee D’Ardenne, Samuel M. McClure et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samuel M. McClure United States 42 6.4k 2.4k 2.4k 1.6k 1.2k 75 10.9k
Paul W. Glimcher United States 52 9.9k 1.6× 3.2k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 125 13.9k
Scott A. Huettel United States 58 7.7k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 796 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 168 11.7k
Joseph W. Kable United States 36 5.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 591 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 105 7.9k
Antonio Rangel United States 55 9.3k 1.5× 4.2k 1.7× 2.6k 1.1× 865 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 84 15.7k
Philippe N. Tobler Switzerland 42 5.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 1.2× 992 0.8× 173 9.2k
John Monterosso United States 44 2.7k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 863 0.7× 120 7.6k
Mauricio R. Delgado United States 56 9.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.5× 3.2k 1.4× 2.2k 1.4× 2.2k 1.9× 109 13.3k
Ben Seymour United Kingdom 51 11.2k 1.8× 1.8k 0.7× 3.4k 1.4× 2.3k 1.4× 3.6k 3.0× 108 16.8k
Gregory S. Berns United States 41 5.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.4× 95 9.1k
P. Read Montague United States 48 11.0k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 3.0k 1.3× 4.0k 2.5× 2.9k 2.4× 123 17.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robison, Matthew K., et al.. (2024). The influence of transcranial direct current stimulation to the trigeminal nerve on attention and arousal. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 24(5). 860–880. 1 indexed citations
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Craft, William H., et al.. (2022). Delay discounting in adults with and without chronic pain: Differentiation across commodity and sign.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 31(3). 745–755. 4 indexed citations
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Snider, Sarah E., et al.. (2021). Reinforcer pathology in cocaine use disorder: Temporal window determines cocaine valuation. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 225. 108795–108795. 8 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Prerona, Ana‐Maria Iosif, J. Faye Dixon, et al.. (2021). Neural basis of working memory in ADHD: Load versus complexity. NeuroImage Clinical. 30. 102662–102662. 16 indexed citations
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Patock‐Peckham, Julie A., Kimberlee D’Ardenne, Frank J. Infurna, et al.. (2020). Dimensions of childhood trauma and their direct and indirect links to PTSD, impaired control over drinking, and alcohol-related-problems. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 12. 100304–100304. 16 indexed citations
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Ballard, Ian C. & Samuel M. McClure. (2019). Joint modeling of reaction times and choice improves parameter identifiability in reinforcement learning models. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 317. 37–44. 29 indexed citations
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Aydogan, Gökhan, et al.. (2018). Overcoming Bias: Cognitive Control Reduces Susceptibility to Framing Effects in Evaluating Musical Performance. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6229–6229. 19 indexed citations
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Ballard, Ian C., et al.. (2017). Beyond Reward Prediction Errors: Human Striatum Updates Rule Values During Learning. Cerebral Cortex. 28(11). 3965–3975. 24 indexed citations
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Ballard, Ian C., et al.. (2017). Mere Exposure: Preference Change for Novel Drinks Reflected in Human Ventral Tegmental Area. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 29(5). 793–804. 8 indexed citations
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Samanez‐Larkin, Gregory R., Darrell A. Worthy, Rui Mata, Samuel M. McClure, & Brian Knutson. (2014). Adult age differences in frontostriatal representation of prediction error but not reward outcome. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 14(2). 672–682. 74 indexed citations
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Bos, Wouter van den & Samuel M. McClure. (2012). TOWARDS A GENERAL MODEL OF TEMPORAL DISCOUNTING. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 99(1). 58–73. 96 indexed citations
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Samanez‐Larkin, Gregory R., et al.. (2011). Age Differences in Striatal Delay Sensitivity During Intertemporal Choice in Healthy Adults. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Bos, Wouter van den, Jian Li, Tatiana Lau, et al.. (2008). The value of victory: social origins of the winner’s curse in common value auctions. Judgment and Decision Making. 3(7). 483–492. 47 indexed citations
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Bogacz, Rafał, Samuel M. McClure, Jian Li, Jonathan D. Cohen, & P. Read Montague. (2007). Short-term memory traces for action bias in human reinforcement learning. Brain Research. 1153. 111–121. 62 indexed citations
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Harris, Lasana T., Samuel M. McClure, Wouter van den Bos, Jonathan D. Cohen, & Susan T. Fiske. (2007). Regions of the MPFC differentially tuned to social and nonsocial affective evaluation. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 7(4). 309–316. 80 indexed citations
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Sanfey, Alan G., George Loewenstein, Samuel M. McClure, & Jonathan D. Cohen. (2006). Neuroeconomics: cross-currents in research on decision-making. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 10(3). 108–116. 356 indexed citations
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McClure, Samuel M., Mark S. Gilzenrat, & Jonathan D. Cohen. (2005). An exploration-exploitation model based on norepinepherine and dopamine activity. Neural Information Processing Systems. 18. 867–874. 42 indexed citations
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McClure, Samuel M., et al.. (2004). Neural Correlates of Behavioral Preference for Culturally Familiar Drinks. Neuron. 44(2). 379–387. 811 indexed citations breakdown →
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McClure, Samuel M., Gregory S. Berns, & P. Read Montague. (2003). Temporal Prediction Errors in a Passive Learning Task Activate Human Striatum. Neuron. 38(2). 339–346. 702 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berns, Gregory S., Samuel M. McClure, Giuseppe Pagnoni, & P. Read Montague. (2001). Predictability Modulates Human Brain Response to Reward. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(8). 2793–2798. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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