
PUBLICATIONS
Van Geen, C., Lempert, K.M., Cohen, M.S., MacNear, K.A., Reckers, F.M., Zaneski, L.A., Wolk, D.A., Kable, J.W. (2025). The precision of hippocampal representations predicts incremental value-learning across the adult lifespan. BioArXiv preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647815v2
Van der Linden, S., Cohen, M.S. (2025). The neuroscience of misinformation: A research agenda. [NeuroView]. Neuron, 113, P2225-2229.
Han, L.T., Cohen, M.S., He, L.K., Green, L.M., Knowlton, B.J., Castel, A.D., & Rissman, J. (2023). Establishing a causal role for left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex in value-directed memory encoding with high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation. Neuropsychologia, 181, 108489.
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Lempert, K.M., Cohen, M.S., MacNear, K.A., Reckers, F.M., Zaneski, L.A., Wolk, D.A., Kable, J.W. (2022). Aging is associated with maladaptive episodic memory-guided social decision-making. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2208681119.
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Cohen, M.S., Cheng, L.Y., Paller, K.A., Reber, P.J. (2019). Separate memory-enhancing effects of reward and strategic encoding. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 1658-1673.
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Hennessee, J.P., Reggente, N., Cohen, M.S., Rissman, J., Castel, A.D., Knowlton, B.J. (2019). White matter integrity in brain structures supporting semantic processing is associated with value-directed remembering in older adults. Neuropsychologia, 129, 246-254.
Reggente, N., Cohen, M.S., Zheng, Z., Castel, A.D., Knowlton, B.J., Rissman, J. (2018). Memory recall for high reward value items correlates with individual differences in white matter pathways associated with reward processing and fronto-temporal communication. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 241.
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Cohen, M.S., Rissman, J., Hovhannisyan, M., Castel, A.D., Knowlton, B.J. (2017). Free recall test experience potentiates strategy-driven effects of value on memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43, 1581-1601.
Cohen, M.S., Rissman, J., Suthana, N.A., Castel, A.D., Knowlton, B.J. (2016). Effects of aging on value-directed modulation of semantic network activity during verbal learning. NeuroImage, 125, 1046-1062.
Green, A.E., Cohen, M.S., Raab, H., Yedibalian, C.G., Gray, J.R. (2015). Frontopolar activity and connectivity support dynamic conscious augmentation of creative state. Human Brain Mapping, 36, 923-934.
Cohen, M.S., Rissman, J., Suthana, N.A., Castel, A.D., & Knowlton, B.J. (2014). Value-based modulation of memory encoding involves strategic engagement of fronto-temporal semantic processing regions. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 578-592.
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Cohen, M.S., Yan, V.X., Halamish, V., Bjork, R.A. (2013). Do students think that difficult or valuable materials should be restudied sooner, rather than later?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39, 1682-1696.
Green, A.E., Cohen, M.S., Kim, J.U., & Gray, J.R. (2012). Put your thinking cap on: An explicit cue improves creative analogical reasoning. Intelligence, 40, 598-603.
Toppino, T.C. and Cohen, M.S. (2010). Metacognitive control and spaced practice: Clarifying what people do and why. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36, 1480-1491.
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Toppino, T.C., Cohen, M.S., Davis, M., Moors, A.C. (2009). Metacognitive control over distribution of practice: When is spacing preferred?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35, 1352-1358.
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Toppino, T.C. and Cohen, M.S. (2009). The testing effect and the retention interval: Questions and answers. Experimental Psychology, 56, 252-257.
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Unpublished manuscript:
Cohen, M.S., Friedman, M.C., Soderstrom, N.C., Castel, A.D., & Bjork, R.A. Dissociations between learners’ predicted and actual effects of level of processing and assigned point value on subsequent memory performance. Last edited 12/30/14. Uploaded to PsyArXiv 12/24/19. (https://psyarxiv.com/bkcxf )
Cao, Q., Cohen, M.S., Bakkour, A., Leong, Y.C., Decety, J. (2025). Moral conviction interacts with metacognitive ability in modulating neural activity during sociopolitical decision-making. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 25, 291-310.
Van Geen, C.*, Cohen, M.S.*, Lempert, K.M., MacNear, K.A., Reckers, F.M., Zaneski, L.A., Wolk, D.A., Kable, J.W. (2025). Neural correlates of age-related impairments in social decisions from episodic memory. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 20, nsaf032.
Cohen, M.S., Halewicz, V., Yildirim, E., Kable, J. W. (2024). Individual differences in vulnerability to misinformation when forming impressions of political candidates. PNAS Nexus, 3, pgae490.
Cohen, M.S., Leong, Y.C., Ruby, K., Pape, R., Decety, J. (2024). Intersubject correlations in reward and mentalizing brain circuits separately predict persuasiveness of two types of ISIS propaganda videos. Scientific Reports, 14, 14355.
Grandoit, E., Cohen, M.S., Reber, P.J. (2024). Reward enhancement of item-location associative memory spreads within semantic categories. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 1-16.
Kann, T., Berman, S., Cohen, M.S., Goldknopf, E., Gülser, M., Erlikhman, G., Trinh, K., Yokoyama, O.T., Zaidel, E. (2023). Linguistic empathy: Behavioral measures, neurophysiological correlates, and correlation with psychological empathy. Neuropsychologia, 191, 108650.
Cohen, M.S., Sachdeva, M., Duan, Z. (under review). Geographically aggregated psychological traits from linguistic analysis of Twitter data predict U.S. voter realignment since 2016. PsyArXiv preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uk7rf
Lempert, K.M., Cohen, M.S., MacNear, K., Reckers, F.M., Zaneski, L, Xie, L., Das, S.R., Yushkevich, P.A., Wolk, D.A., & Kable, J.W. (in press). Cortical thickness in perirhinal area BA35 predicts adaptive episodic memory-guided decision making in older adults. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences.​
Decety, J., Cohen, M.S., Cao, Q. (2025). The functional architecture of moral conviction – Integrating political psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Online access: https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70109
Cohen, M.S., Lempert, K.M., Wolk, D.A., Kable, J.W. (revision invited). Aging-related cognitive and personality changes among participants from six online recruitment platforms. Behavior Research Methods. PsyArXiv preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5s4ak
Cohen, M.S., & Decety, J. (2026). Social feedback mechanisms & misinformation: A neuroscience-based argument for algorithm regulation. Behavioral Science and Policy. Online access: https://doi.org/10.1177/23794607251403323
Cohen, M.S., Decety, J. (in prep). Effects of inoculation interventions on impressions of mock political candidates. PsyArXiv preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/asg5k