Matthew Nassar, PhD Postdoctoral fellow
Research Interests
Publications & Manuscripts Nassar MR, Helmers J, Frank MJ. Chunking as a rational strategy for lossy data compression in visual working memory tasks. [accepted at Psychological Review; available on biorxiv: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/01/06/098939] *Krishnamurthy K, *Nassar M,
Sarode S, Gold J. (2017) Adaptive, arousal-related adjustments of perceptual
biases optimize perception in a dynamic environment. Nature Human Behaviour. preprint: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/10/26/083766 ] Nassar M, Bruckner R, Eppinger B. (2016) What do we GANE with age? Behavioral and brain sciences. [commentary on Mather, M., Clewett, D., Sasaki M., & Harley C.W. (2016) Norepinephrine ignites local hotspots of neuronal excitation: how arousal amplifies selectivity in perception and memory behavioral and brain sciences] Nassar M, Frank, MJ. (2016) Taming the beast: extracting generalizable knowledge from computational models of cognition. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 11:49-54 Nassar M, Bruckner R. Gold J, Li S, Heekeren H, Eppinger B. (2016) Age differences in learning emerge from an insufficient representation of uncertainty in older adults. Nature communications. Liu D, Zhang Y, Gharavi R, Park H, Lee J, Siddiqui S, Tellejohan R, Nassar M, Cutler R, Jiang H, Becker K, Mattson M. (2015). The Mitochondrial Uncoupler DNP Triggers Brain Cell mTOR Signaling Network Reprogramming and CREB Pathway Upregulation. Journal of Neurochemistry. *McGuire J, *Nassar M, Heasly B, Gold J, Kable J. Functionally dissociable influences on learning rate in a dynamic environment. Neuron 84, 870-881 (* = equal contribution) Wilson R, Nassar M, Gold J. (2013) A mixture of Delta-rules approximation to Bayesian inference in change-point problems. PLOS Computational Biology 9(7): e1003150. Nassar M, Gold J. (2013) A healthy fear of the unknown: perspectives on the interpretation of parameter fits from computational models in neuroscience. PLOS Computational Biology 9(4): e1003015. Nassar M, Rumsey K, Wilson R, Parikh K, Heasly B, Gold J. (2012) Rational regulation of learning dynamics by pupil-linked arousal systems. Nature Neuroscience 12:1040–1046. Nassar M, Wilson R, Heasly B, Gold J. (2010) An approximately Bayesian delta-rule model explains the dynamics of belief updating in a changing environment. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(37): 12366-12378. Wilson R, Nassar M, Gold J. (2010). Bayesian On-line Learning of the Hazard Rate in Change-Point Problems. Neural Computation. 22:2452–2476. Tang S, Arumugam T, Cutler R, Jo D, Magnus T, Chan S, Mughal M, Telljohann R, Nassar M, Ouyang X, Calderan A, Ruzza P, Guiotto A, Mattson M. (2007). Neuroprotective actions of a histidine analogue in models of ischemic stroke. J neurochem. 101(3):729-36. Johnson J, Summer W, Cutler R, Martin B, Hyun D, Dixit V, Pearson M, Nassar M, Tellejohan R, Maudsley S, Carson O, John S, Laub D, Mattson M. (2007). Alternate day calorie restriction improves clinical findings and reduces markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in overweight adults with moderate asthma. Free radic biol med. 42(5):665-74. *Authors contributed equally and listed alphabetically Contact Information Address: 190 Thayer Street Providence RI, 02906 Office: 153 Metcalf hall Email: |