Brian Knutson

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Brian Knutson is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Stanford University and director of the . His research focuses on the neural basis of emotion, and has been covered in multiple news sources.[1][2]

Education[]

He earned a dual bachelor's degree in psychology and comparative religion from Trinity University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University in 1993.

Publications[]

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles which have received over 20,000 citations.[1] His most cited work, "Anticipation of Increasing Monetary Reward Selectively Recruits Nucleus Accumbens", was published in Journal of Neuroscience in 2001.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Tierney, John (2007-01-16). "The Voices in My Head Say 'Buy It!' Why Argue?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  2. ^ "Spending your way into a world of pain". The Vancouver Sun. 2007-01-15. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-12.

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