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Publications

Burk, D., Averbeck, B. B., Consensus across limbic areas predicts motivational disengagement. Under review

Xuan, D., Burk, D., Bartolo, R., Li, X, Averbeck, B, Tang, H. Long-term learning induces plastic changes in frontostriatal circuits. Under review

Korom, M., Burk, D., Givens, T., M., Pine, D. S., Brotman, M. A., Haller, S. P., Averbeck, B. B., Leibenluft, E., & Kircanski, K. Reward prediction error signaling as a neurocomputational correlate of co-occurring anxiety and depression in youth. Under review

Korom, M., Burk, D., Givens, T., Massac, L., Miller, C. M., Lee, Y. D., Meigs, J., Xu, E. P., Bui, H. N. T., Cárdenas, S. I., Perhamus, G. R., Clayton, M., Pine, D. S., Brotman, M. A., Haller, S. P., Averbeck, B. B., Leibenluft, E., & Kircanski, K. Frustration induction alters reward prediction error encoding in pediatric irritability. Under review

Kronemer, S.I., Gobo, V.E., Teves, J.B., Burk, D.C., Shahsavarani, S., Walsh, C.R., Gonzalez-Castillo, J., Bandettini, P.A.. (2025). Cross-species real time detection of trends in pupil size fluctuation. Behavioral Research Methods. 57,9. // pdf

Burk, D. C., Taswell, C., Tang, H., & Averbeck, B. B. (2024). Computational mechanisms underlying motivation to earn symbolic reinforcers. J.Neurosci. 44(24), e1873232024 // pdf

Burk, D. C., & Averbeck, B. B. (2023). Environmental uncertainty and the advantage of impulsive choice strategies. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(1), e1010873. short video description // pdf

Janssen, M., LeWarne, C., Burk, D., & Averbeck, B. B. (2022). Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning, Sequential Behavior, and the Dorsal Frontostriatal System. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(8), 1307-1325.

Abend, R.*, Burk, D.*, Ruiz, S. G., Gold, A. L., Napoli, J. L., Britton, J. C., ... & Averbeck, B. B. (2022). Computational modeling of threat learning reveals links with anxiety and neuroanatomy in humans. ELife, 11, e66169. *these authors contributed equally // pdf

Burk, D. C., & Sheinberg, D. L. (2022). Neurons in inferior temporal cortex are sensitive to motion trajectory during degraded object recognition. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 3(3), tgac034. // pdf

Kircanski, K., Burk, D., Xu, E., Meigs, J., Pine, D., Brotman, M., ... & Leibenluft, E. (2021). Reinforcement Learning and Prediction Error in Pediatric Irritability. Neuropsychopharmacology. (Vol. 46, No. Suppl 1, pp. 291-291).

Desrochers, T. M., Burk, D. C., Badre, D., & Sheinberg, D. L. (2016). The monitoring and control of task sequences in human and non-human primates. Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 9, 185. // pdf

Burk, D., Ingram, J. N., Franklin, D. W., Shadlen, M. N., & Wolpert, D. M. (2014). Motor effort alters changes of mind in sensorimotor decision making. PloS one, 9(3), e92681. // pdf

Nasir, M., Ateya, D. A., Burk, D., Golden, J. P., & Ligler, F. S. (2010). Hydrodynamic focusing of conducting fluids for conductivity-based biosensors. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25(6), 1363-1369.

Last Updated: June 2026

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