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David L. Barack

Duke UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7131-4638Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Abigail Hedden· 1 shared Akram BakkouriD· 1 shared Michael L. PlattiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintSep 21, 2026

Older Adults Forage Broadly for Information Despite Cost

Abigail Hedden, David L. Barack, Akram Bakkour

This study shows older adults prioritize information seeking over reward in a complex task, leading to slower learning but no long-term performance deficits.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.14.751536

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NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewedFeb 3, 2021

Neuronal activity in the posterior cingulate cortex signals environmental information and predicts behavioral variability during routine foraging

David L. Barack, Michael L. Platt

The paper shows that PCC neurons track environmental information and predict choice variability during routine foraging in monkeys.

17 citations

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