Publications

Empirical Findings

Coordinated representation for naturalistic memory encoding and retrieval in hippocampal neural subspaces
Kwon DS, Kim JW, Yoo SBM#, Shim WM#
Nature Communications (2025) html pdf

A Computational Mechanism of Cue-Stimulus Integration for Pain in the Brain
Kim JW, Kim SH, Yoo SBM#, Woo CW#
Science Advances (2024) html pdf

Semi-orthogonal subspaces for value mediate a tradeoff between binding and generalization
JW Johnston*, JM Fine*, SBM Yoo, RB Ebitz, BY Hayden
Nature Neuroscience (2024) html pdf

Hypothalamic neuronal activation in non-human primates drives naturalistic goal-directed eating behavior
LJ Ha*, HG Yeo*, YG Kim*, I Baek*, E Baeg*, YH Lee, J Won, Y Jung, J Park,  CY Jeon, K Kim, J Min, Y Song, JH Park, KR Nam, SK SonSBM Yoo, SH Park, WS Choi, KS Lim, JY Choi, JH Cho#, Y Lee#, HJ Choi#
Neuron (2024) html

Abstract Value Encoding in Neural Populations But Not Single Neurons
JM Fine, DJN Maisson, SBM Yoo, TV Cash-Padgett, MZ Wang, J Zimmermann, BY Hayden
Journal of Neuroscience (2023) html pdf

Multicentric tracking of multiple agents by anterior cingulate cortex during pursuit and evasion
SBM Yoo, JC Tu, BY Hayden
Nature Communication (2021) html pdf

Automated markerless pose estimation in freely moving macaques with OpenMonkeyStudio
PC Bala, BR Eisenreich, SBM Yoo, BY Hayden, HS Park, J Zimmermann
Nature Communications (2020) html pdf

The Transition from Evaluation to Selection Involves Neural Subspace Reorganization in Core Reward Regions
SBM Yoo, BY Hayden
Neuron (2020) html pdf

The neural basis of predictive pursuit
SBM Yoo, JC Tu, ST Piantadosi, BY Hayden
Nature Neuroscience (2020) html pdf

Can brains perform second-order optimization?
SBM Yoo, Ł Kusmierz, BY Hayden, T Toyoizumi
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (2019) pdf

A Comparison of Non-human Primate and Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent Performance in a Virtual Pursuit-Avoidance Task
TL Willke, SBM Yoo, M Capotă, S Musslick, BY Hayden, JD Cohen
Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (2019) html pdf

Opposing pupil responses to offered and anticipated reward values
T Cash-Padgett, H Azab, SBM Yoo, BY Hayden
Animal cognition (2018) html pdf

Robust encoding of spatial information in orbitofrontal cortex and striatum
SBM Yoo, BJ Sleezer, BY Hayden
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2018) html pdf

Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors
J Roh, WZ Rymer, EJ Perreault, SBM Yoo, RF Beer
Journal of Neurophysiology (2013) html pdf

Perspectives / Reviews

Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization
BY Hayden, SR Heilbronner, SBM Yoo#
Nature Neuroscience (2025) html pdf

Continuous Decisions
SBM Yoo, B Hayden, JMX Pearson
Philosophical Transaction in Royal Society B (2021) html pdf

Economic choice as an untangling of options into actions
SBM Yoo, BY Hayden
Neuron (2018) html pdf

Arxiv

Shared neural geometries for bilingual semantic representations
X Yan, A Krishna, K Van Arsdel, I Gautam, B Kim, A Shrivastava, J Belanger, AG Chavez, A Chericoni, M Franch, T Ismail, KA Katlowitz, EA Mickiewicz, D Paulo, H Zhu, AM Goldman, V Krishnan, A Maheshwari, E Bartoli, NR Provenza, SBM Yoo, BY Hayden, SA Sheth
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf

The neural basis of emotional generalization in empathy
J Xiao, AB Allawala, JA Adkinson, X Fan, MC Franch, V Gates, RK Mathura, M Mocchi, J Myers, B Pascuzzi, S Pulapaka, G Banks, E Bartoli, WK Goodman, SJ Mathew, X Pitkow, N Pouratian, NR Provenza, B Shofty, AJ Watrous, K Bjianki, SA Sheth, SBM Yoo, B Hayden
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf

Representational Geometries of Perception and Working Memory: A Pilot Study
T Nakamura, SBM Yoo, K Kay, H Lau, A Moharramipour
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf

Complementary roles for hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex in composing continuous choice
A Chericoni, JM Fine, TS Ismail, G Delgado, MC Franch, EA Mickiewicz, AG Chavez, E Bartoli, D Paulo, NR Provenza, A Watrous, SBM Yoo, SA Sheth, BY Hayden
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf