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Alana Jaskir

Brown UniversityORCID 0000-0003-3538-0827Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Michael J. FrankiD· 2 shared Alexander I. More· 1 shared Arif HamidiD· 1 shared Camila DemaestriiD· 1 shared Christopher I. MooreiD· 1 shared Dayshalis Ofray· 1 shared Jocelyn BretoniD· 1 shared Kevin G. BathiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintDec 8, 2025

Behavioral Opportunism and Altered Dopamine Dynamics in Mice Exposed to Early Life Adversity

Meghan E. Gallo, Arif Hamid, Alana Jaskir…·Kevin G. Bath

This study investigates how early life adversity in mice affects reward processing and behavior, finding altered dopamine dynamics and behavioral opportunism.

DOI 10.64898/2025.12.03.692237

mousebehavioral assay

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedMar 15, 2023

On the normative advantages of dopamine and striatal opponency for learning and choice

Alana Jaskir, Michael J. Frank

The paper introduces OpAL*, a model that demonstrates the normative advantages of dopamine and striatal opponency in learning and choice, particularly in sparse reward environments.

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