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PUBLICATIONS

Human claustrum neurons encode uncertainty and prediction errors during aversive learning.

Hu M, Dalvit R, Medina-Pizarro M, Dougherty M, Zhou Y, Barreto-Nieves J, et al. (2026). [preprint]. bioRxiv.

Threading the Needle: Practical Considerations for Merging Theory-Driven Computational Psychiatry With Data-Driven Analytics to Enhance Precision Health at Scale.

Cheng A, Konova AB, Powers A, Corlett P, Levy I, Gu X, et al. (2026). Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Sustained activity of human substantia nigra neurons reflect prior rewards.

Imtiaz Z, Kato A, Kopell BH, Qasim SE, Davis AN, Martinez LN, et al. (2026). iScience.

Reduced Affiliative Behavior in Autism Reflects Greater Dependence on Perceived Similarity.

Hao Y, Yu ANC, Banker SM, Schafer M, Zhang E, Barkley S, et al. (2026). [preprint]. Res Sq.

A computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users.

Kulkarni KR, Berner LA, Rhoads SA, Fiore VG, Schiller D, Gu X (2026). Nature. Mental health.

Neural Tracking of Social Navigation in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Banker SM, Schafer M, Barkley S, Trayvick J, Chen A, Peters AW, et al. (2025). Biological psychiatry.

Beta bursts mediate amygdala gating of hippocampal emotional encoding.

Zhou Y, Huang Y, Pittaro G, Zareian B, Aljishi A, Toro AP, et al. (2025). [preprint]. bioRxiv.

Multi-Class Classification of Cannabis and Alcohol Use Disorder: Identifying Common and Substance-Specific Neural Circuits.

Kato A, Kulkarni KR, Das NR, Heflin M, Fiore VG, Filbey FM, et al. (2025). [preprint]. bioRxiv.

A unique neural and behavioral profile of social anxiety in autism.

Hao Y, Banker S, Schafer M, Zhang E, Barkley S, Trayvick J, et al. (2025). [preprint]. Res Sq.

Spatial Craving Patterns in Marijuana Users: Insights From fMRI Brain Connectivity Analysis With High-Order Graph Attention Neural Networks.

Ding JE, Yang S, Zilverstand A, Kulkarni KR, Gu X, Liu F (2025). IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics.

Understanding depression in autism: the role of subjective perception and anterior cingulate cortex volume.

Hao Y, Banker S, Trayvick J, Barkley S, Peters AW, Thinakaran A, et al. (2025). Molecular autism.

Dopamine and serotonin transients predict depressive symptom relief following deep brain stimulation of human subcallosal cingulate cortex.

Shevlin BRK, Fu QX, Batten SR, Kopell BH, Neal Davis A, Heflin M, et al. (2025). [preprint]. bioRxiv.

One Small Step Towards Fixing a Broken System.

Gu X, Adams RA (2025). Computational psychiatry (Cambridge, Mass.).

Phenotypic divergence between individuals with self-reported autistic traits and clinically ascertained autism.

Banker SM, Harrington M, Schafer M, Na S, Heflin M, Barkley S, et al. (2025). Nature. Mental health.

Revisiting the role of computational neuroimaging in the era of integrative neuroscience.

Loosen AM, Kato A, Gu X (2024). Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Phenotypical divergence between self-reported and clinically ascertained autism.

Banker S, Schafer M, Harrington M, Na S, Barkley S, Trayvick J, et al. (2024). [preprint]. Res Sq.

Phenotypical divergence between self-reported and clinically ascertained autism.

Banker S, Schafer M, Harrington M, Na S, Barkley S, Trayvick J, et al. (2024). [preprint]. Res Sq.

Human Substantia Nigra Neurons Encode Reward Expectations.

Imtiaz Z, Kato A, Kopell BH, Qasim SE, Davis AN, Martinez LN, et al. (2024). [preprint]. bioRxiv.

Human Substantia Nigra Neurons Encode Reward Expectations.

Imtiaz Z, Kato A, Kopell BH, Qasim SE, Davis AN, Martinez LN, et al. (2024). [preprint]. bioRxiv.

Diminished Adaptation, Satisfaction, and Neural Responses to Advantageous Social Signals in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.

Luo Y, Pluta D, Brodrick BB, Palka JM, McCoy J, Lohrenz T, et al. (2024). Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Positive affect modulates memory by regulating the influence of reward prediction errors.

Qasim SE, Deswal A, Saez I, Gu X (2024). Communications psychology.

Nicotine-related beliefs induce dose-dependent responses in the human brain.

Perl O, Shuster A, Heflin M, Na S, Kidwai A, Booker N, et al. (2024). Nature. Mental health.

Motivational and behavioral mechanisms underlying generalized health risking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in smokers.

Park J, Lee S, Gu X, Fiore VG, Sul S, Chung D (2024). Scientific reports.

Social conformity is a heuristic when individual risky decision-making is disrupted.

Orloff MA, Chung D, Gu X, Wang X, Gao Z, Song G, et al. (2024). PLoS computational biology.

Aberrant neural computation of social controllability in nicotine-dependent humans.

McLaughlin C, Fu QX, Na S, Heflin M, Chung D, Fiore VG, et al. (2024). Communications biology.

Dopamine and serotonin in human substantia nigra track social context and value signals during economic exchange.

Batten SR, Bang D, Kopell BH, Davis AN, Heflin M, Fu Q, et al. (2024). Nature human behaviour.

Time perception reflects individual differences in motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

DiMarco EK, Sadibolova R, Jiang A, Liebenow B, Jones RE, Haq IU, et al. (2023). Parkinsonism & related disorders.

Longing to act: Bayesian inference as a framework for craving in behavioral addiction.

Kulkarni KR, O'Brien M, Gu X (2023). Addictive behaviors.

Noradrenaline tracks emotional modulation of attention in human amygdala.

Bang D, Luo Y, Barbosa LS, Batten SR, Hadj-Amar B, Twomey T, et al. (2023). Current biology : CB.

Towards a neurocomputational account of social controllability: From models to mental health.

Na S, Rhoads SA, Yu ANC, Fiore VG, Gu X (2023). Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews.

An Interpretable and Predictive Connectivity-Based Neural Signature for Chronic Cannabis Use.

Kulkarni KR, Schafer M, Berner LA, Fiore VG, Heflin M, Hutchison K, et al. (2023). Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Intracranial subsecond dopamine measurements during a "sure bet or gamble" decision-making task in patients with alcohol use disorder suggest diminished dopaminergic signals about relief.

Liebenow B, Jiang A, DiMarco E, Wilson T, Siddiqui MS, Ul Haq I, et al. (2023). Neurosurgical focus.

Subsecond fluctuations in extracellular dopamine encode reward and punishment prediction errors in humans.

Sands LP, Jiang A, Liebenow B, DiMarco E, Laxton AW, Tatter SB, et al. (2023). Science advances.

Invasive Computational Psychiatry.

Saez I, Gu X (2023). Biological psychiatry.

Reward-related self-agency is disturbed in depression and anxiety.

Mehta MM, Na S, Gu X, Murrough JW, Morris LS (2023). PloS one.

Disrupted computations of social control in individuals with obsessive-compulsive and misophonia symptoms.

Banker SM, Na S, Beltrán J, Koenigsberg HW, Foss-Feig JH, Gu X, et al. (2022). iScience.

Computational mechanisms underlying illusion of control in delusional individuals.

Na S, Blackmore S, Chung D, O'Brien M, Banker SM, Heflin M, et al. (2022). Schizophrenia research.

Elevated Neurobehavioral Responses to Negative Social Interactions in Women With Bulimia Nervosa.

Luo Y, Mendoza C, Pelfrey S, Lohrenz T, Gu X, Montague PR, et al. (2022). Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Similar network compositions, but distinct neural dynamics underlying belief updating in environments with and without explicit outcomes.

Fiore VG, Gu X (2022). NeuroImage.

Hierarchical resampling for bagging in multistudy prediction with applications to human neurochemical sensing.

Loewinger G, Patil P, Kishida KT, Parmigiani G (2022). The annals of applied statistics.

Intracranial approach for sub-second monitoring of neurotransmitters during DBS electrode implantation does not increase infection rate.

Liebenow B, Williams M, Wilson T, Haq IU, Siddiqui MS, Laxton AW, et al. (2022). PloS one.

Computational reinforcement learning, reward (and punishment), and dopamine in psychiatric disorders.

Liebenow B, Jones R, DiMarco E, Trattner JD, Humphries J, Sands LP, et al. (2022). Frontiers in psychiatry.

Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability.

Na S, Chung D, Hula A, Perl O, Jung J, Heflin M, et al. (2021). eLife.

Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability.

Na S, Chung D, Hula A, Perl O, Jung J, Heflin M, et al. (2021). eLife.

Hippocampal contributions to social and cognitive deficits in autism spectrum disorder.

Banker SM, Gu X, Schiller D, Foss-Feig JH (2021). Trends in neurosciences.

Modeling Therapeutic Alliance in the Age of Telepsychiatry.

Ryu J, Banthin DC, Gu X (2021). Trends in cognitive sciences.

Emotional adaptation during a crisis: decline in anxiety and depression after the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the United States.

Shuster A, O'Brien M, Luo Y, Berner LA, Perl O, Heflin M, et al. (2021). Translational psychiatry.

A change of mind: Globus pallidus activity and effective connectivity during changes in choice selections.

Fiore VG, Guertler AV, Yu JC, Tatineni CC, Gu X (2021). The European journal of neuroscience.

Editorial: 2021, A New Chapter.

Adams RA, Gu X (2021). Computational psychiatry (Cambridge, Mass.).

Containment of COVID-19: Simulating the impact of different policies and testing capacities for contact tracing, testing, and isolation.

Fiore VG, DeFelice N, Glicksberg BS, Perl O, Shuster A, Kulkarni K, et al. (2021). PloS one.

Editorial: 2021, A New Chapter.

Adams RA, Gu X (2021). Computational psychiatry (Cambridge, Mass.).

Containment of future waves of COVID-19: simulating the impact of different policies and testing capacities for contact tracing, testing, and isolation.

Fiore VG, DeFelice N, Glicksberg BS, Perl O, Shuster A, Kulkarni K, et al. (2020). [preprint]. medRxiv.

Sub-second Dopamine and Serotonin Signaling in Human Striatum during Perceptual Decision-Making.

Bang D, Kishida KT, Lohrenz T, White JP, Laxton AW, Tatter SB, et al. (2020). Neuron.

An insula-driven network computes decision uncertainty and promotes abstinence in chronic cocaine users.

Yu JC, Fiore VG, Briggs RW, Braud J, Rubia K, Adinoff B, et al. (2020). The European journal of neuroscience.

An insula-driven network computes decision uncertainty and promotes abstinence in chronic cocaine users.

Yu JC, Fiore VG, Briggs RW, Braud J, Rubia K, Adinoff B, et al. (2020). The European journal of neuroscience.

Modeling subjective belief states in computational psychiatry: interoceptive inference as a candidate framework.

Gu X, FitzGerald THB, Friston KJ (2019). Psychopharmacology.

Modeling subjective belief states in computational psychiatry: interoceptive inference as a candidate framework.

Gu X, FitzGerald THB, Friston KJ (2019). Psychopharmacology.

Addiction beyond pharmacological effects: The role of environment complexity and bounded rationality.

Ognibene D, Fiore VG, Gu X (2019). Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society.

Anterior insular cortex plays a critical role in interoceptive attention.

Wang X, Wu Q, Egan L, Gu X, Liu P, Gu H, et al. (2019). eLife.

Anterior insular cortex plays a critical role in interoceptive attention.

Wang X, Wu Q, Egan L, Gu X, Liu P, Gu H, et al. (2019). eLife.

Incubation of craving: a Bayesian account.

Gu X (2018). Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Incubation of craving: a Bayesian account.

Gu X (2018). Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Heightened brain response to pain anticipation in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Gu X, Zhou TJ, Anagnostou E, Soorya L, Kolevzon A, Hof PR, et al. (2018). The European journal of neuroscience.

Heightened brain response to pain anticipation in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Gu X, Zhou TJ, Anagnostou E, Soorya L, Kolevzon A, Hof PR, et al. (2018). The European journal of neuroscience.

Value encoding in the globus pallidus: fMRI reveals an interaction effect between reward and dopamine drive.

Fiore VG, Nolte T, Rigoli F, Smittenaar P, Gu X, Dolan RJ (2018). NeuroImage.

A Multilevel Computational Characterization of Endophenotypes in Addiction.

Fiore VG, Ognibene D, Adinoff B, Gu X (2018). eNeuro.

Self as Object: Emerging Trends in Self Research.

Sui J, Gu X (2017). Trends in neurosciences.

Forgetting to Be Addicted: Reconsolidation and the Disconnection of Things Past.

Solway A, Gu X, Montague PR (2017). Biological psychiatry.

A Bayesian Observer Model of Drug Craving.

Gu X, Filbey F (2017). JAMA psychiatry.

In silico Interrogation of Insect Central Complex Suggests Computational Roles for the Ellipsoid Body in Spatial Navigation.

Fiore VG, Kottler B, Gu X, Hirth F (2017). Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience.

Mindfulness training increases cooperative decision making in economic exchanges: Evidence from fMRI.

Kirk U, Gu X, Sharp C, Hula A, Fonagy P, Montague PR (2016). NeuroImage.

Venlafaxine treatment reduces the deficit of executive control of attention in patients with major depressive disorder.

Tian Y, Du J, Spagna A, Mackie MA, Gu X, Dong Y, et al. (2016). Scientific reports.

Somatic and vicarious pain are represented by dissociable multivariate brain patterns.

Krishnan A, Woo CW, Chang LJ, Ruzic L, Gu X, López-Solà M, et al. (2016). eLife.

Belief about Nicotine Modulates Subjective Craving and Insula Activity in Deprived Smokers.

Gu X, Lohrenz T, Salas R, Baldwin PR, Soltani A, Kirk U, et al. (2016). Frontiers in psychiatry.

Autonomic and brain responses associated with empathy deficits in autism spectrum disorder.

Gu X, Eilam-Stock T, Zhou T, Anagnostou E, Kolevzon A, Soorya L, et al. (2015). Human brain mapping.

Necessary, yet dissociable contributions of the insular and ventromedial prefrontal cortices to norm adaptation: computational and lesion evidence in humans.

Gu X, Wang X, Hula A, Wang S, Xu S, Lohrenz TM, et al. (2015). The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.

Belief about nicotine selectively modulates value and reward prediction error signals in smokers.

Gu X, Lohrenz T, Salas R, Baldwin PR, Soltani A, Kirk U, et al. (2015). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Mindfulness training modulates value signals in ventromedial prefrontal cortex through input from insular cortex.

Kirk U, Gu X, Harvey AH, Fonagy P, Montague PR (2014). NeuroImage.

Nonpolitical images evoke neural predictors of political ideology.

Ahn WY, Kishida KT, Gu X, Lohrenz T, Harvey A, Alford JR, et al. (2014). Current biology : CB.

Interoceptive inference: homeostasis and decision-making.

Gu X, FitzGerald TH (2014). Trends in cognitive sciences.

Quantitative characterization of functional anatomical contributions to cognitive control under uncertainty.

Fan J, Van Dam NT, Gu X, Liu X, Wang H, Tang CY, et al. (2014). Journal of cognitive neuroscience.

Abnormal autonomic and associated brain activities during rest in autism spectrum disorder.

Eilam-Stock T, Xu P, Cao M, Gu X, Van Dam NT, Anagnostou E, et al. (2014). Brain : a journal of neurology.

Cognitive strategies regulate fictive, but not reward prediction error signals in a sequential investment task.

Gu X, Kirk U, Lohrenz TM, Montague PR (2014). Human brain mapping.

Recovery of empathetic function following resection of insular gliomas.

Wang X, Gu X, Fan J, Wang S, Zhao F, Hof PR, et al. (2014). Journal of neuro-oncology.

The cerebral cortex of the pygmy hippopotamus, Hexaprotodon liberiensis (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae): MRI, cytoarchitecture, and neuronal morphology.

Butti C, Ewan Fordyce R, Ann Raghanti M, Gu X, Bonar CJ, Wicinski BA, et al. (2014). Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007).

Anterior insular cortex and emotional awareness.

Gu X, Hof PR, Friston KJ, Fan J (2013). The Journal of comparative neurology.

Association of callous traits with reduced neural response to others' pain in children with conduct problems.

Lockwood PL, Sebastian CL, McCrory EJ, Hyde ZH, Gu X, De Brito SA, et al. (2013). Current biology : CB.

Cognition-emotion integration in the anterior insular cortex.

Gu X, Liu X, Van Dam NT, Hof PR, Fan J (2013). Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991).

Functional neural correlates of attentional deficits in amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

Van Dam NT, Sano M, Mitsis EM, Grossman HT, Gu X, Park Y, et al. (2013). PloS one.

Anterior insular cortex is necessary for empathetic pain perception.

Gu X, Gao Z, Wang X, Liu X, Knight RT, Hof PR, et al. (2012). Brain : a journal of neurology.

Functional deficits of the attentional networks in autism.

Fan J, Bernardi S, Van Dam NT, Anagnostou E, Gu X, Martin L, et al. (2012). Brain and behavior.

Spontaneous brain activity relates to autonomic arousal.

Fan J, Xu P, Van Dam NT, Eilam-Stock T, Gu X, Luo YJ, et al. (2012). The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.

Involvement of the anterior cingulate and frontoinsular cortices in rapid processing of salient facial emotional information.

Fan J, Gu X, Liu X, Guise KG, Park Y, Martin L, et al. (2011). NeuroImage.

Functional dissociation of the frontoinsular and anterior cingulate cortices in empathy for pain.

Gu X, Liu X, Guise KG, Naidich TP, Hof PR, Fan J (2010). The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.

Neural substrates of self-referential processing in Chinese Buddhists.

Han S, Gu X, Mao L, Ge J, Wang G, Ma Y (2010). Social cognitive and affective neuroscience.

Dimensional overlap accounts for independence and integration of stimulus-response compatibility effects.

Liu X, Park Y, Gu X, Fan J (2010). Attention, perception & psychophysics.

Testing the behavioral interaction and integration of attentional networks.

Fan J, Gu X, Guise KG, Liu X, Fossella J, Wang H, et al. (2009). Brain and cognition.

Neurocognitive processes of the religious leader in Christians.

Ge J, Gu X, Ji M, Han S (2009). Human brain mapping.

Alexithymic trait and voluntary control in healthy adults.

Gu X, Liu X, Guise KG, Fossella J, Wang K, Fan J (2008). PloS one.

Neural consequences of religious belief on self-referential processing.

Han S, Mao L, Gu X, Zhu Y, Ge J, Ma Y (2008). Social neuroscience.

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