Publications
Human factors in triaging forensic Items: Casework pressures and ambiguity aversion. [PDF] Almazrouei, M. A., Dror, I. E., Morgan, R. M., Dan, O., Paterson, M., & Levy, I. Science & Justice. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2025.02.001
Modeling decision-making under uncertainty with qualitative outcomes. [PDF] Korem, N., Duek, O., Jia, R., Wertheimer, E., Metviner, S., Grubb, M., & Levy, I. PLOS Computational Biology, 21(3), (2025). e1012440. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012440
Moderate stability of risk and ambiguity attitudes across quantitative and qualitative decisions. [PDF] Dan, O., Xu, C.Y., Jia, R., Wertheimer, E.K., Chawla, M., Fuhrmann Alpert, G., Fried, T. and Levy, I. Scientific Reports, 15(1), (2025). 3119. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87644-x
2025
2024
Amygdala Cannabinoid 1 Receptor, Pain Response, and Emotional Numbing in Trauma-Exposed Individuals [PDF] Korem, N., Hillmer, A. T., D’Souza, D. C., Nia, A. B., Levy, I., Pietrzak, R. H., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. JAMA Network Open (2024) doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.32387
Post-treatment alterations in white matter integrity in PTSD: Effects on symptoms and functional connectivity a secondary analysis of an RCT [PDF] Korem, N., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T.R., Gordon, C., Amen, S., Levy, I. and Harpaz-Rotem, I. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111864
Cerebellar Contributions to Traumatic Autobiographical Memory in People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PDF] Blithikioti, Chrysanthi, Or Duek, Charles Gordon, John H. Krystal, Ifat Levy, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, Daniela Schiller, and Ofer Perl. The Cerebellum (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-024-01731-9
Affective motivations for substance misuse differentially relate to consideration of multiple costs during effortful decision making. [PDF] Ruiz, S. G., Levy, I., & Baskin-Sommers, A. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science (2024). https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000931
Manipulating the reliability of target-color information modulates value-driven attentional capture [PDF] Massa, N. B., Crotty, N., Levy, I., & Grubb, M. A. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics (2024) https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02878-7
Emotional state transitions in trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder [PDF] Korem, N., Duek, O., Spiller, T., Ben-Zion, Z., Levy, I., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. JAMA network open (2024) doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6813
Effects of a dissociative drug on fronto-limbic resting-state functional connectivity in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled pilot study [PDF] Danböck, S.K., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Amen, S.L., Kelmendi, B., Wilhelm, F.H., Levy, I. and Harpaz-Rotem, I. Psychopharmacology (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06479-4
Unpacking workplace stress and forensic expert decision-making: From theory to practice [PDF] AlmazrouKorem, N., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T.R., Gordon, C., Amen, S., Levy, I. and Harpaz-Rotem, I., 2024.ei, M., Kukucka, J., Morgan, R., Levy, I. Forensic Science International: Synergy (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2024.100473.
Emotional State Transitions in Trauma-Exposed Individuals With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PDF] Korem, N., Duek, O., Spiller, T., Ben-Zion, Z., Levy, I., Harpaz-Rotem, I. JAMA Network Open (2024) doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6813
Structural Neuroimaging of Hippocampus and Amygdala Subregions in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Scoping Review [PDF] Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Fine, N., Katz, S., et al. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.07.001.
Manipulating the reliability of target-color information modulates value-driven attentional capture [PDF] Massa, N., Crotty, N., Levy, I., & Grubb, M. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics (2024) doi: 10.3758/s13414-024-02878-7.
Effects of a dissociative drug on fronto-limbic resting-state functional connectivity in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled pilot study. [PDF] Danböck S., Duek O., Ben-Zion Z., Korem N., Amen S., Kelmendi B., Wilhelm F., Levy I., Harpaz-Rotem I. Psychopharmacology (Berl). (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06479-4
2023
Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD [PDF] Perl, O., Duek, O., Kulkarni, K.R., Gordon, C., Krystal, J.H., Levy, I., Harpaz-Rotem, I. and Schiller, D. Nature neuroscience (2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01483-5
Uncertainty in learning and decision-making: Introduction to the special issue [PDF] Levy, I., & Schiller, D. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience (2023) https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01111-6
The composition of the choice set modulates probability weighting in risky decisions [PDF] Grubb, M. A., Li, Y., Larisch, R., Hartmann, J., Gottlieb, J., & Levy, I. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience (2023) https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01062-y
Structural Neuroimaging of Hippocampus and Amygdala Subregions in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Scoping Review. [PDF] Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Fine, N., Katz, S., Siddhanta, M., et al. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.07.001.
Long term structural and functional neural changes following a single infusion of ketamine in PTSD. [PDF] Harpaz-Rotem, I., Duek, O., Korem, N., Li, Y., Kelmendi, B., Amen, S., Gordon, C., Milne, M., Krystal, J., & Levy, I. Neuropsychopharmacology (2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01606-3
Neural Valuation of rewards and punishments in posttraumatic stress disorder: a computational approach. [PDF] Jia, R., Ruderman, L., Pietrzak, R.H. et al. Translational Psychiatry (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02388-4
Evaluating the evidence for neuroimaging-based biotypes of psychiatric vulnerability in the acute aftermath of trauma. [PDF] Ben-Zion, Z., Spiller, T. R., Keynan, J. N., Admon, R., Levy, I., Liberzon, I., Shalev, A. Y. Hendler, T., & Harpaz-Rotem, I. The American Journal of Psychiatry. Jan 11 2023. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220271
2022
Individual Decision-Making Underlying the Tragedy of the Commons. [PDF] Chawla, M., Piva, M., Ahmed, S., Jia, R., Levy, I., W. C. Chang, S. bioRxiv 2022 Nov 29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.29.518377
Emotional numbing in PTSD is associated with lower amygdala reactivity to pain. [PDF] Korem, N., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z. et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. Aug 2022. PMID: 35945274
2021
A Neuroeconomics Approach to Obesity. [PDF] Dan O, Wertheimer EK, Levy I. Biological Psychiatry. 2022 May 15;91(10):860-868. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.09.019. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID: 34861975; PMCID: PMC8960474.
The Reward System and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Does Trauma Affect the Way We Interact With Positive Stimuli? [PDF] Seidemann R, Duek O, Jia R, Levy I, Harpaz-Rotem I. Chronic Stress. 2021 Feb 25 PMID: 33718742.
Evidence for a minimal role of stimulus awareness in reversal of threat learning. [PDF] Homan P, Lau HL, Levy I, Raio CM, Bach DR, Carmel D, Schiller D. Learn Mem. 2021 Feb 16. PMID: 33593928
2020
Neural Computations of Threat [PDF]
Levy I., Schiller D.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2020 Dec 28. PMID: 33384214
Cortical Volume Abnormalities in Porttraumatic Stress Disorder: an ENIGMA-Psychiatric Genomics Consortium PTSD Workgroup Mega-Analysis [PDF]
Wang X., et al.
Molecular Psychiatry. 2020 Dec 07. PMID: 33288872
Age-Related Changes in the Neural Processes of Reward-Directed Action and Inhibition of Action [PDF]
Le T. M., Chao H., Levy I., Li CS. R.
Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Jun 10. PMID: 32587547
Learning about the Ellsberg Paradox reduces, but does not abolish, ambiguity aversion [PDF]
Jia R., Furlong E., Gao S., Santos L. R., & Levy I.
PLoS One. 2020; 2020 Mar 4. PMID: 32130214.
The Effects of Age on Reward Magnitude Processing in the Monetary Incentive Delay Task [PDF]
Dhingra I, Zhang S, Zhornitsky S, Le TM, Wang W, Chao HH, Levy I, Li CR.
Neuroimage. 2020 Feb 15; 2019 Nov 16. PMID: 31743790.
The Effects of Age on Cerebral Responses to Self-Initiated Actions During Social Interactions: An Exploratory Study [PDF]
Wang W, Zhornitsky S, Chao HH, Levy I, Joormann J, Li CR.
Behav Brain Res. 2020 Jan 27; 2019 Oct 20. PMID: 31644928.
2019
The Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex Computes Task-Invariant Relative Subjective Value for Self and Other [PDF]
Piva M, Velnoskey K, Jia R, Nair A, Levy I, Chang SW.
Elife. 2019 Jun 13; 2019 Jun 13. PMID: 31192786.
Neural random utility: Relating cardinal neural observables to stochastic choice behavior [PDF]
Webb R, Levy I, Lazzaro S, Robb R, Glimcher P.
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics. 2019.
Neural Computations of Threat in the Aftermath of Combat Trauma [PDF]
Homan P, Levy I, Feltham E, Gordon C, Hu J, Li J, Pietrzak RH, Southwick S, Krystal JH, Harpaz-Rotem I, Schiller D.
Nat Neurosci. 2019 Mar; 2019 Jan 21. PMID: 30664770.
Assessing Consumer Demand with Noisy Neural Measurements [PDF]
Webb R, Mehta N, Levy I.
Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3178148. 2019 Feb 10.
2018
Affective flexibility without perceptual awareness [PDF]
Homan P, Lau H L, Levy I, Raio C M, Bach D R, Carmel D, Schiller D.
bioRxiv. 2018 Jan 1.
Contrasting Contributions of Anhedonia to Obsessive-Compulsive, Hoarding, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders [PDF]
Pushkarskaya H, Sobowale K, Henick D, Tolin DF, Anticevic A, Pearlson GD, Levy I, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pittenger C.
J Psychiatr Res. 2019 Feb; 2018 Dec 1. PMID: 30572276.
Information Utility in the Human Brain [PDF]
Levy I.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jul 31; 2018 Jul 6. PMID: 29980646.
Locus Coeruleus Hyperactivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Answers and Questions [PDF]
Krystal JH, Abdallah CG, Pietrzak RH, Averill LA, Harpaz-Rotem I, Levy I, Kelmendi B, Southwick SM.
Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 1. PMID: 29277190.
Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multisite ENIGMA-PGC Study: Subcortical Volumetry Results From Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Consortia [PDF]
Logue MW, et al.
Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 1; 2017 Sep 20. PMID: 29217296.
Unbending Mind: Individuals With Hoarding Disorder Do Not Modify Decision Strategy in Response to Feedback Under Risk [PDF]
Pushkarskaya H, Tolin DF, Henick D, Levy I, Pittenger C.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Jan; 2017 Nov 2. PMID: 29154203.
2017
Distributed Neural Representation of Saliency Controlled Value and Category During Anticipation of Rewards and Punishments [PDF]
Zhang Z, Fanning J, Ehrlich DB, Chen W, Lee D, Levy I.
Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 4; 2017 Dec 4. PMID: 29203854.
Value-based Decision Making Under Uncertainty in Hoarding and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders [PDF]
Pushkarskaya H, Tolin D, Ruderman L, Henick D, Kelly JM, Pittenger C, Levy I.
Psychiatry Res. 2017 Dec; 2017 Aug 24. PMID: 28864119.
The Behavioral Economics of Anxiety [PDF]
Levy I.
Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Jun 15. PMID: 28554389.
2016
Neuroanatomical Substrates for Risk Behavior [PDF]
Levy I.
Neuroscientist. 2017 Jun; 2016 Oct 9. PMID: 30208788.
Neuroanatomy Accounts for Age-Related Changes in Risk Preferences [PDF]
Grubb MA, Tymula A, Gilaie-Dotan S, Glimcher PW, Levy I.
Nat Commun. 2016 Dec 13; 2016 Dec 13. PMID: 27959326.
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Aversion to Ambiguous Losses in Combat Veterans [PDF]
Ruderman L, Ehrlich DB, Roy A, Pietrzak RH, Harpaz-Rotem I, Levy I.
Depress Anxiety. 2016 Jul; 2016 Mar 21. PMID: 27000639.
Dissociating Value Representation and Inhibition of Inappropriate Affective Response During Reversal Learning in the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex [PDF]
Zhang Z, Mendelsohn A, Manson KF, Schiller D, Levy I.
eNeuro. 2015 Nov-Dec; 2016 Jan 4. PMID: 26730406.
2015
Neural Correlates of Decision-Making Under Ambiguity and Conflict [PDF]
Pushkarskaya H, Tolin D, Ruderman L, Kirshenbaum A, Kelly JM, Pittenger C, Levy I.J
Psychiatr Res. 2015 Oct; 2015 Aug 12. PMID: 26343609.
Neural Markers of Individual Differences in Decision-Making [PDF]
Kable JW, Levy I.
Curr Opin Behav Sci. 2015 Oct; 2015 Aug 20. PMID: 28413814.
Decision-making Under Uncertainty in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [PDF]
Pushkarskaya H, Tolin D, Ruderman L, Kirshenbaum A, Kelly JM, Pittenger C, Levy I.
J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Oct; 2015 Aug 12. PMID: 26343609.
Testing the Disgust Conditioning Theory of Food-Avoidance in Adolescents With Recent Onset Anorexia Nervosa [PDF]
Hildebrandt T, Grotzinger A, Reddan M, Greif R, Levy I, Goodman W, Schiller D.
Behav Res Ther. 2015 Aug; 2015 Jun 20. PMID: 26131915.
Amygdala-hippocampal Volume and the Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Pietrzak RH, Averill LA, Abdallah CG, Neumeister A, Krystal JH, Levy I, Harpaz-Rotem I.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Apr. PMID: 25692480.
"Selling" Value: The Influence of Language on Willingness-To-Accept [PDF]
Manson KF, Levy I.
PLoS One. 2015; 2015 Mar 30. PMID: 25822825.
2014
Neuroanatomy Predicts Individual Risk Attitudes [PDF]
Gilaie-Dotan S, Tymula A, Cooper N, Kable JW, Glimcher PW, Levy I.
J Neurosci. 2014 Sep 10. PMID: 25209279.
Impaired Associative Learning With Food Rewards in Obese Women [PDF]
Zhang Z, Manson KF, Schiller D, Levy I.
Curr Biol. 2014 Aug 4; 2014 Jul 17. PMID: 25042588.
2013
Like Cognitive Function, Decision Making Across the Life Span Shows Profound Age-Related Changes [PDF]
Tymula A, Rosenberg Belmaker LA, Ruderman L, Glimcher PW, Levy I.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 15; 2013 Sep 30. PMID: 24082105.
2012
Adolescents' Risk-Taking Behavior Is Driven by Tolerance to Ambiguity [PDF]
Tymula A, Rosenberg Belmaker LA, Roy AK, Ruderman L, Manson K, Glimcher PW, Levy I.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 16; 2012 Oct 1. PMID: 23027965.
Measuring the Subjective Value of Risky and Ambiguous Options Using Experimental Economics and Functional MRI Methods [PDF]
Levy I, Rosenberg Belmaker L, Manson K, Tymula A, Glimcher PW.
J Vis Exp. 2012 Sep 19; 2012 Sep 19. PMID: 23022992.
2011
Choice From Non-Choice: Predicting Consumer Preferences From Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Signals Obtained During Passive Viewing [PDF]
Levy I, Lazzaro SC, Rutledge RB, Glimcher PW.
J Neurosci. 2011 Jan 5. PMID: 21209196.
2010
Neural Representation of Subjective Value Under Risk and Ambiguity [PDF]
Levy I, Snell J, Nelson AJ, Rustichini A, Glimcher PW.
J Neurophysiol. 2010 Feb; 2009 Dec 23. PMID: 20032238.
2008
From Fear to Safety and Back: Reversal of Fear in the Human Brain [PDF]
Schiller D, Levy I, Niv Y, LeDoux JE, Phelps EA.
J Neurosci. 2008 Nov 5. PMID: 18987188.
2007
Specificity of Human Cortical Areas for Reaches and Saccades [PDF]
Levy I, Schluppeck D, Heeger DJ, Glimcher PW.
J Neurosci. 2007 Apr 25. PMID: 17460081.
2006
Widespread Functional Connectivity and fMRI Fluctuations in Human Visual Cortex in the Absence of Visual Stimulation [PDF]
Nir Y, Hasson U, Levy I, Yeshurun Y, Malach R.
Neuroimage. 2006 May 1; 2006 Jan 18. PMID: 16413791.
2004
One Picture Is Worth at Least a Million Neurons [PDF]
Levy I, Hasson U, Malach R.
Curr Biol. 2004 Jun 8. PMID: 15182673.
Functional Analysis of the Periphery Effect in Human Building Related Areas [PDF]
Levy I, Hasson U, Harel M, Malach R.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2004 May. PMID: 15083523.
Intersubject Synchronization of Cortical Activity During Natural Vision [PDF]
Hasson U, Nir Y, Levy I, Fuhrmann G, Malach R.
Science. 2004 Mar 12. PMID: 15016991.
2003
Spatial vs. Object Specific Attention in High-Order Visual Areas [PDF]
Avidan G, Levy I, Hendler T, Zohary E, Malach R.
Neuroimage. 2003 Jun. PMID: 12814581.
Large-scale Mirror-Symmetry Organization of Human Occipito-Temporal Object Areas [PDF]
Hasson U, Harel M, Levy I, Malach R.
Neuron. 2003 Mar 27. PMID: 12670430.
2002
Eccentricity Bias as an Organizing Principle for Human High-Order Object Areas [PDF]
Hasson U, Levy I, Behrmann M, Hendler T, Malach R.
Neuron. 2002 Apr 25. PMID: 11988177.
The Topography of High-Order Human Object Areas [PDF]
Malach R, Levy I, Hasson U.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2002 Apr 1. PMID: 11912041.
2001
Center-periphery Organization of Human Object Areas [PDF]
Levy I, Hasson U, Avidan G, Hendler T, Malach R.
Nat Neurosci. 2001 May. PMID: 11319563.