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Li Yan McCurdy

Yale University
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Anatomical coupling between distinct metacognitive systems for memory and visual perception

LY McCurdy, B Maniscalco, J Metcalfe… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
A recent study found that, across individuals, gray matter volume in the frontal polar region
was correlated with visual metacognition capacity (ie, how well one's confidence ratings …

Confidence leak in perceptual decision making

D Rahnev, A Koizumi, LY McCurdy… - Psychological …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
… Koizumi, and LY McCurdy. D. Rahnev analyzed and interpreted the data under the … Koizumi,
LY McCurdy, and M. D’Esposito provided critical revisions. All authors approved the final …

[PDF][PDF] Neural architecture of hunger-dependent multisensory decision making in C. elegans

DD Ghosh, T Sanders, S Hong, LY McCurdy, DL Chase… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Little is known about how animals integrate multiple sensory inputs in natural environments
to balance avoidance of danger with approach to things of value. Furthermore, the …

Smartphone Apps for Problem Gambling: a Review of Content and Quality

LY McCurdy, JM Loya, VR Hart-Derrick… - Current Addiction …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose of Review Problem gambling can have profound consequences for affected
individuals, yet only a small proportion of people with problem gambling seek treatment. Mobile …

[HTML][HTML] A neuronal ensemble encoding adaptive choice during sensory conflict in Drosophila

PF Sareen, LY McCurdy, MN Nitabach - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Feeding decisions are fundamental to survival, and decision making is often disrupted in
disease. Here, we show that neural activity in a small population of neurons projecting to the fan…

[HTML][HTML] Dopaminergic mechanism underlying reward-encoding of punishment omission during reversal learning in Drosophila

LY McCurdy, P Sareen, PA Davoudian… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Animals form and update learned associations between otherwise neutral sensory cues and
aversive outcomes (ie, punishment) to predict and avoid danger in changing environments. …

Limited cognitive resources explain a trade-off between perceptual and metacognitive vigilance

B Maniscalco, LY McCurdy, B Odegaard… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Why do experimenters give subjects short breaks in long behavioral experiments? Whereas
previous studies suggest it is difficult to maintain attention and vigilance over long periods of …

An incentive circuit for memory dynamics in the mushroom body of Drosophila melanogaster

E Gkanias, LY McCurdy, MN Nitabach, B Webb - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Insects adapt their response to stimuli, such as odours, according to their pairing with
positive or negative reinforcements, such as sugar or shock. Recent electrophysiological and …

Presynaptic GABA receptors mediate temporal contrast enhancement in Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons and modulate odor-driven behavioral kinetics

D Raccuglia, LY McCurdy, M Demir, S Gorur-Shandilya… - Eneuro, 2016 - eneuro.org
Contrast enhancement mediated by lateral inhibition within the nervous system enhances
the detection of salient features of visual and auditory stimuli, such as spatial and temporal …

Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances

LY McCurdy, SW Yip, PD Worhunsky, S Kim… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Li Yan McCurdy a b c , Sarah W. Yip c d , Patrick D. … Li
Yan McCurdy: Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. Sarah …