Empirical Findings
A biased sampling of agents with distinct intentions predicts an asymmetric response
Son SK, and Yoo SBM
PLoS Computational Biology (2026)
Shared neural geometries for bilingual semantic representations
Yan X, Chavez AG, Franch M, Katlowitz KA, Gautam I, Kim B, Krishna A, Shrivastava A, Van Arsdel K, Belanger J, Chericoni A, Ismail T, Mickiewicz EA, Paulo D, Zhu H, Goldman AM, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Bartoli E, Provenza NR, Yoo SBM, Hayden BY‡, and Sheth SA‡
Cell (2026) pdf
Evidence accumulation from experience and observation in the cingulate cortex
Chen R, Radkani S, Valluru N, Yoo SBM, and Jazayeri M
Nature (2026) html
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
Johnston JW*, Fine JM, Yoo SBM, Ebitz RB, and Hayden BY‡
Nature Neuroscience (2024) html pdf
Hypothalamic neuronal activation in non-human primates drives naturalistic goal-directed eating behavior
Ha LJ*, Yeo HG*, Kim YG*, Baek I*, Baeg E*, Lee YH, Won J, Jung Y, Park J, Jeon CY, Kim K, Min J, Song Y, Park JH, Nam KR, Son SK, Yoo SBM, Park SH, Choi WS, Lim KS, Choi JY, Cho JH‡, Lee Y‡, and Choi HJ‡**
Neuron (2024) html
Abstract Value Encoding in Neural Populations But Not Single Neurons
Fine JM, Maisson DJN, Yoo SBM, Cash-Padgett TV, Wang MZ, Zimmermann J, and Hayden BY
Journal of Neuroscience (2023) html pdf
Multicentric tracking of multiple agents by anterior cingulate cortex during pursuit and evasion
Yoo SBM, Tu JC, and Hayden BY
Nature Communication (2021) html pdf
Automated markerless pose estimation in freely moving macaques with OpenMonkeyStudio
Bala PC, Eisenreich BR, Yoo SBM, Hayden BY, Park HS, and Zimmermann J
Nature Communications (2020) html pdf
The Transition from Evaluation to Selection Involves Neural Subspace Reorganization in Core Reward Regions
Yoo SBM, Hayden BY
Neuron (2020) html pdf
The neural basis of predictive pursuit
Yoo SBM, Tu JC, Piantadosi ST, and Hayden BY
Nature Neuroscience (2020) html pdf
Can brains perform second-order optimization?
Yoo SBM, Kusmierz Ł, Hayden BY, and Toyoizumi T
Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (2019) pdf
A Comparison of Non-human Primate and Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent Performance in a Virtual Pursuit-Avoidance Task
Willke TL, Yoo SBM, Capotă M, Musslick S, Hayden BY, and Cohen JD
Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (2019) html pdf
Opposing pupil responses to offered and anticipated reward values
Cash-Padgett T, Azab H, Yoo SBM, and Hayden BY
Animal cognition (2018) html pdf
Robust encoding of spatial information in orbitofrontal cortex and striatum
Yoo SBM, Sleezer BJ, and Hayden BY
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2018) html pdf
Alterations in upper limb muscle synergy structure in chronic stroke survivors
Roh J, Rymer WZ, Perreault EJ, Yoo SBM, and Beer RF
Journal of Neurophysiology (2013) html pdf
Perspectives / Reviews
Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization
Hayden BY, Heilbronner SR, and Yoo SBM‡
Nature Neuroscience (2025) html pdf
Continuous Decisions
Yoo SBM, Hayden B, and Pearson JMX
Philosophical Transaction in Royal Society B (2021) html pdf
Economic choice as an untangling of options into actions
Yoo SBM, and Hayden BY
Neuron (2018) html pdf
Preprint
The Computational and Neural Basis of Zero-Shot Control in Dynamic Pursuit
Kim DH, Lee JS, Hayden BY, and Yoo SBM‡
bioRxiv (2026) html pdf
The neural basis of emotional generalization in empathy
Xiao J, Allawala AB, Adkinson JA, Fan X, Franch MC, Gates V, Mathura RK, Mocchi M, Myers J, Pascuzzi B, Pulapaka S, Banks G, Bartoli E, Goodman WK, Mathew SJ, Pitkow X, Pouratian N, Provenza NR, Shofty B, Watrous AJ, Bjianki K, Sheth SA, Yoo SBM‡, and Hayden B
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf
Representational Geometries of Perception and Working Memory: A Pilot Study
Nakamura T, Yoo SBM, Kay K, Lau H, and Moharramipour A
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf
Complementary roles for hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, and orbitofrontal cortex in composing continuous choice
Chericoni A, Fine JM, Ismail TS, Delgado G, Franch MC, Mickiewicz EA, Chavez AG, Bartoli E, Paulo D, Provenza NR, Watrous A, Yoo SBM, Sheth SA, and Hayden BY
bioRxiv (2025) html pdf
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