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Jonathan C. Kao
Brain-Computer Interfacesneurosciencecs.HCcs.LGModels, Neurologicalmotor cortexcalcium imagingAlgorithmsBrainbrain-machine interface
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Making brain-machine interfaces robust to future neural variability
with David Sussillo, Sergey D. Stavisky, Stephen I. Ryu, Krishna V. Shenoy
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79 papers in the corpus · 2012–2026Brain-computer interface control with artificial intelligence copilots.41221369 · Lee, Johannes Y, Lee, Sangjoon, Mishra, Abhishek et al.2026 · 18 citationsNature machine intelligence. 2025;7(9):1510-1523
DiSCo: Diffusion Sequence Copilots for Shared Autonomy2603.22787v2 · Andy Wang, Xu Yan, Brandon McMahan et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Spurious alignment between large language models and brains can emerge from non-robust methods and overlooked confounds.42045182 · Hadidi, Nima, Feghhi, Ebrahim, Song, Bryan H et al.2026 · 3 citationsNature communications. 2026;17(1)
LightBeam: An Accurate and Memory-Efficient CTC Decoder for Speech Neuroprostheses2603.14002v1 · Ebrahim Feghhi, Junlin Hu, Nima Hadidi et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
Re-evaluating Position and Velocity Decoding for Hand Pose Estimation with Surface Electromyography2603.08212v1 · Nima Hadidi, Johannes Lee, Ebrahim Feghhi et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Flattening Hierarchies with Policy Bootstrapping2505.14975v3 · John L. Zhou, Jonathan C. Kao2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Neural basis of cooperative behavior in biological and artificial intelligence systems.40997206 · Jiang, Mengping, Gu, Linfan, Ma, Mingyi et al.2026 · 9 citationsScience (New York, N.Y.). 2026;391(6780):eadw8151
Complementary cortical and striatal encoding of locomotor preparation and performance.41438091 · Singla, Deepak, Yang, Long, Weakley, Andrew S et al.2025 · 1 citationiScience. 2025;28(12):114138
Using Reinforcement Learning to Investigate Neural Dynamics During Motor Learning.41336356 · Xiao, Derek, Liang, Ken-Fu, Ji, Keyu et al.2025 · 0 citationsAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2025;2025:1-7
SplashNet: Split-and-Share Encoders for Accurate and Efficient Typing with Surface Electromyography2506.12356v2 · Nima Hadidi, Jason Chan, Ebrahim Feghhi et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Time-Masked Transformers with Lightweight Test-Time Adaptation for Neural Speech Decoding2507.02800v2 · Ebrahim Feghhi, Shreyas Kaasyap, Nima Hadidi et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Inter-brain neural dynamics in biological and artificial intelligence systems.40604289 · Zhang, Xingjian, Phi, Nguyen, Li, Qin et al.2025 · 14 citationsNature. 2025;645(8082):991-1001
Spontaneous pain dynamics characterized by stochasticity in neural recordings of awake humans with chronic pain.40839664 · Ryu, Jihye, Kao, Jonathan C, Bari, Ausaf2025 · 3 citationsPain. 2025;166(9):e261-e275
Multiregional representations of intertemporal decision making in human single neurons.40628789 · Gill, Jay L, Omidbeigi, Mahmoud, Ryu, Jihye et al.2025 · 0 citationsScientific reports. 2025;15(1):24406
Complementary cortical and striatal encoding of locomotor preparation and performance10.1101/2025.04.24.650464v1 · Singla, D., Yang, L., Weakley, A. S. et al.2025 · 1 citationbioRxiv
Illusions of Alignment Between Large Language Models and Brains Emerge From Fragile Methods and Overlooked Confounds10.1101/2025.03.09.642245v1 · Hadidi, N., Feghhi, E., Song, B. H. et al.2025 · 12 citationsbioRxiv
The information bottleneck as a principle underlying multi-area cortical representations during decision-making10.1101/2023.07.12.548742v2 · Kleinman, M., Wang, T., Xiao, D. et al.2023 · 3 citationsbioRxiv
A reinforcement learning based software simulator for motor brain-computer interfaces10.1101/2024.11.25.625180v1 · Liang, K.-F., Kao, J. C.2024 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
Non-invasive brain-machine interface control with artificial intelligence copilots10.1101/2024.10.09.615886v1 · Lee, J. Y., Lee, S., Mishra, A. et al.2024 · 2 citationsbioRxiv
Shared Autonomy with IDA: Interventional Diffusion Assistance2409.15317v1 · Brandon J. McMahan, Zhenghao Peng, Bolei Zhou et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
What Are Large Language Models Mapping to in the Brain? A Case Against Over-Reliance on Brain Scores2406.01538v2 · Ebrahim Feghhi, Nima Hadidi, Bryan Song et al.2024 · 7 citationsarXiv
A Non-Human Primate Brain-Computer Typing Interface.33746239 · Nuyujukian, Paul, Kao, Jonathan C, Ryu, Stephen I et al.2024 · 26 citationsProceedings of the IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2017;105(1):66-72
Volatile working memory representations crystallize with practice.38750359 · Bellafard, Arash, Namvar, Ghazal, Kao, Jonathan C et al.2024 · 25 citationsNature. 2024;629(8014):1109-1117
Multiregional Representations of Intertemporal Decision Making in Human Single Neurons10.1101/2024.05.13.594032v1 · Gill, J., Omidbeigi, M., Ryu, J. et al.2024 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
Control of feeding by a bottom-up midbrain-subthalamic pathway.38454000 · Reis, Fernando M C V, Maesta-Pereira, Sandra, Ollivier, Matthias et al.2024 · 11 citationsNature communications. 2024;15(1):2111
Spontaneous pain dynamics characterized by stochasticity in awake human LFP with chronic pain10.1101/2024.02.22.581655v1 · Ryu, J., Kao, J. C., Bari, A.2024 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
Gacs-Korner Common Information Variational Autoencoder2205.12239v2 · Michael Kleinman, Alessandro Achille, Stefano Soatto et al.2022 · 7 citationsarXiv
A pilot study of closed-loop neuromodulation for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder.37225710 · Gill, Jay L, Schneiders, Julia A, Stangl, Matthias et al.2023 · 63 citationsNature communications. 2023;14(1):2997
GABAergic CA1 neurons are more stable following context changes than glutamatergic cells.35725588 · Schuette, Peter J, Ikebara, Juliane M, Maesta-Pereira, Sandra et al.2022 · 13 citationsScientific reports. 2022;12(1):10310
Decoding and perturbing decision states in real time.33473215 · Peixoto, Diogo, Verhein, Jessica R, Kiani, Roozbeh et al.2022 · 147 citationsNature. 2021;591(7851):604-609
Shared Dorsal Periaqueductal Gray Activation Patterns during Exposure to Innate and Conditioned Threats.33883203 · Reis, Fernando M C V, Liu, Jinhan, Schuette, Peter J et al.2021 · 60 citationsThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2021;41(25):5399-5420
Dorsal periaqueductal gray ensembles represent approach and avoidance states.33955356 · Reis, Fernando McV, Lee, Johannes Y, Maesta-Pereira, Sandra et al.2021 · 80 citationseLife. 2021;10
Dorsal premammillary projection to periaqueductal gray controls escape vigor from innate and conditioned threats.34468312 · Wang, Weisheng, Schuette, Peter J, La-Vu, Mimi Q et al.2021 · 43 citationseLife. 2021;10
Redundant Information Neural Estimation.34356463 · Kleinman, Michael, Achille, Alessandro, Soatto, Stefano et al.2021 · 8 citationsEntropy (Basel, Switzerland). 2021;23(7)
Coordination of escape and spatial navigation circuits orchestrates versatile flight from threats.33861942 · Wang, Weisheng, Schuette, Peter J, Nagai, Jun et al.2021 · 113 citationsNeuron. 2021;109(11):1848-1860.e8
An artificial intelligence that increases simulated brain-computer interface performance.33978599 · Olsen, Sebastian, Zhang, Jianwei, Liang, Ken-Fu et al.2021 · 18 citationsJournal of neural engineering. 2021;18(4)
Deep Learning Neural Encoders for Motor Cortex.31765302 · Liang, Ken-Fu, Kao, Jonathan C2021 · 10 citationsIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering. 2020;67(8):2145-2158
Structure in Neural Activity during Observed and Executed Movements Is Shared at the Neural Population Level, Not in Single Neurons.32783934 · Jiang, Xiyuan, Saggar, Hemant, Ryu, Stephen I et al.2021 · 65 citationsCell reports. 2020;32(6):108006
Dorsal premammillary projection to periaqueductal gray controls escape vigor from innate and conditioned threats10.1101/2021.05.02.442354v1 · Wang, W., Schuette, P. J., La-Vu, M. Q. et al.2021 · 43 citationsbioRxiv
Usable Information and Evolution of Optimal Representations During Training2010.02459v2 · Michael Kleinman, Alessandro Achille, Daksh Idnani et al.2020 · 8 citationsarXiv
Measurement, manipulation and modeling of brain-wide neural population dynamics.33504773 · Shenoy, Krishna V, Kao, Jonathan C2021 · 68 citationsNature communications. 2021;12(1):633
Long-Term Characterization of Hippocampal Remapping during Contextual Fear Acquisition and Extinction.32958567 · Schuette, Peter J, Reis, Fernando M C V, Maesta-Pereira, Sandra et al.2021 · 94 citationsThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2020;40(43):8329-8342
Structure in Neural Activity during Observed and Executed Movements Is Shared at the Neural Population Level, Not in Single Neurons.32905762 · Jiang, Xiyuan, Saggar, Hemant, Ryu, Stephen I et al.2021 · 15 citationsCell reports. 2020;32(10):108148
A low-power band of neuronal spiking activity dominated by local single units improves the performance of brain-machine interfaces.32719512 · Nason, Samuel R, Vaskov, Alex K, Willsey, Matthew S et al.2020 · 127 citationsNature biomedical engineering. 2020;4(10):973-983
Dorsal Periaqueductal gray ensembles represent approach and avoidance states10.1101/2020.11.19.389486v1 · Reis, F. M., Lee, J. Y., Maesta-Pereira, S. et al.2020 · 80 citationsbioRxiv
Recurrent neural network models of multi-area computation underlying decision-making10.1101/798553v2 · Kleinman, M., Chandrasekaran, C., Kao, J. C.2019 · 17 citationsbioRxiv
Considerations in using recurrent neural networks to probe neural dynamics.31619125 · Kao, Jonathan C2020 · 29 citationsJournal of neurophysiology. 2019;122(6):2504-2521
Corrigendum: Making brain-machine interfaces robust to future neural variability.28106034 · Sussillo, David, Stavisky, Sergey D, Kao, Jonathan C et al.2020 · 5 citationsNature communications. 2017;8:14490
Publisher Correction: Brain-machine interface cursor position only weakly affects monkey and human motor cortical activity in the absence of arm movements.30918269 · Stavisky, Sergey D, Kao, Jonathan C, Nuyujukian, Paul et al.2019 · 0 citationsScientific reports. 2019;9(1):5528
Brain-machine interface cursor position only weakly affects monkey and human motor cortical activity in the absence of arm movements.30397281 · Stavisky, Sergey D, Kao, Jonathan C, Nuyujukian, Paul et al.2019 · 13 citationsScientific reports. 2018;8(1):16357
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