Viktoriya Babenko

Incentive valence differentially engages open- and closed-loop basal ganglia circuits during movement initiation

The paper investigates how incentive valence engages different basal ganglia circuits during movement initiation, finding distinct neural patterns for reward and threat conditions.

Neural Control of Autonomic Arousal During Threat Anticipation Revealed by High-Resolution Cardiac Contractility

This study uses TREV to measure cardiac contractility during threat anticipation and finds it correlates with neural activity and emotional responses better than skin conductance responses.

Cardiac-sympathetic state predicts action restraint, gated by demonstrated agency

The paper shows cardiac-sympathetic outflow predicts action restraint during a task, with effects modulated by reward and loss conditions and participant success.

Decision heuristics in contexts exploiting intrinsic skill

The paper investigates whether heuristic decision-making in action selection correlates with skill in action execution, finding that heuristic users show skill advantages in spatially relevant aspects.