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Nathaniel J. Blanco

Psychology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2011

Publications

33

Citations

783

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Nathaniel J. Blanco's research examines decision-making and exploratory behavior, including how people (from children to older adults) balance exploring new options versus exploiting known ones, and how factors like framing, aging, and brain-based (dopamine-related) processes influence these choices. The work also touches on learning and memory, and more recently includes applied work on screening tools for pediatric seizures.

Exploration vs. exploitation in decision-makingCognitive aging and decision-makingDopamine and neural basis of behaviorLearning and category formationApplied clinical screening tools

Publication output was moderate and variable from 2017-2020, then slowed considerably from 2021 onward, with several years showing zero or one publication.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications5202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication22232024: 1 publication24252026: 1 publication26
Publishes in
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library)×3
  • Cognitive Science×2
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory×1
  • Developmental Science×1
  • Developmental Psychology×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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