Decision Neuroscience & Cognitive Engineering Lab
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNIST

Adaptive generalization and efficient learning under uncertainty

Jiwon Park#, Dongil Chung** (2026). iScience, 29(9). doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.117210​

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Polygenic risk-informed white matter integrity improves deep learning-based prediction of youth depression

Jungyoun Janice Min, Heehwan Wang, Eunji Lee, Bo-Gyeom Kim, Gakyung Kim, Seung Yun Choi, Kahyun Choi, Sung Hee Hong, Yumin Jang, Yu Jin Rah, Ji Yeon Kim, Seunghui Han, Kyung Hwa Lee, Junhyung Kim, Milenna T. van Dijk, Jae-Won Kim, Grace H. Chung, Dongil Chung, Sang Ah Lee, Yoonjung Younie Joo, Jiook Cha* (2026). Communications Medicine.​ doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01828-8

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The effectiveness of transcranial photobiomodulation therapy (tPBM) and transauricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on reducing alcohol craving

Manjae Kwon†, Minkyung Park†, Minjae Kim†#, Jungyoon Kang, Woo-Young Ahn, Dongil Chung**, Jung-Seok Choi*, Young-Chul Jung* (2026). Neurotherapeutics, 23(4).​ doi.org/10.1016/j.neurot.2026.e00937

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Microstate-specific functional connectivity in alcohol use disorder using resting-state EEG

Hanjin Park#, So Young Yoo, Hyunho Lee, Minkyung Park, Jung-Seok Choi*, Dongil Chung** (2026). bioRxiv​

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Social norms modulate asymmetric effects of group opinions on cue-induced smoking craving

Woojin Jung†, HeeYoung Seon†#, Sunhae Sul*, Dongil Chung** (2026). Addictive Behaviors. Available online 25 January 2026. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108623​

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Short-term memory errors are strongly associated with a drift in neural activity in the posterior parietal cortex

Jung Ho Choi*, Sungwon Bae, Jiho Park, Minsu Yoo, Chul-Hoon Kim, L. Ian Schmitt, Youngbin Tchoe, Dongil Chung, Ji-Woong Choi, Jong-Cheol Rah* (2025). PLoS Biology, 23(9): e3003359. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003359​

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Quantifying objective and perceived image quality through EEG and eye-tracking

Changhyun Lim#†, Hyun-Jun Jeon†, Woojae Jung, Youngshin Kwak, Myoung Young Lee, Jung Hyun Ham, Hyun Bin Joo, Oh-Sang Kwon*, Dongil Chung** (2025). IEEE Access, Early Access. doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3556391​

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

Jiwon Park#, Seungmin Lee, Xiaosi Gu, Vincenzo G. Fiore, Sunhae Sul*, Dongil Chung** (2024). Scientific Reports, 14:30292. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81898-7

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Social conformity emerges as a heuristic during decision-making in humans with lesions of insular or anterior cingulate cortices

Mark A. Orloff†, Dongil Chung†, Xiaosi Gu†, Zhixian Gao, Guiding Song, Chandana Tatineni, Xingchao Wang, Shuai Xu, Brooks Casas, Pearl H. Chiu (2024). PLoS Computational Biology, 20(12):e1012602. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012602

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Low-frequency EEG power and coherence differentiate drug-induced Parkinsonism from Parkinson’s disease

Seungbeom Seo†, Sunmin Kim†#, Sung-Phil Kim, Jaeho Kim*, Suk Yun Kang*, Dongil Chung** (2024). Clinical Neurophysiology, 168:131-138. doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2024.10.013

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The international climate psychology collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries

Kimberly C. Doell*, Boryana Todorova*, Madalina Vlasceanu*, Joseph B. Bak Coleman, …, Dongil Chung, …, & Jay J. Van Bavel (2024). Scientific Data, 11:1066. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03865-1

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Aberrant neural computation of social controllability in nicotine-dependent humans

Caroline McLaughlin, Qixiu Fu, Soojung Na, Matthew Heflin, Dongil Chung, Vincenzo G. Fiore, Xiaosi Gu* (2024). Communications Biology, 7: 988. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06638-z

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Policy shaping based on the learned preferences of others accounts for risky decision-making under social observation

HeeYoung Seon#, Dongil Chung** (in press). eLife

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Addressing climate change with behavioral science: a global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Madalina Vlasceanu, Kimberly C. Doell, Joseph B. Bak Coleman, ..., Dongil Chung, ..., Jay J. Van Bavel (2024). Science Advances, 10: eadj5778. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778

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Persistent and reversible impacts of smoking on resting-state EEG in chronic smokers and successful long-term abstainers

Hyeji Lee#†, Yoonji Jeon†, Cheolin Yoo, HeeYoung Seon, Jiwon Park, Minho Hwang, Kwangyeol Baek*, Dongil Chung** (2022).  Scientific Reports, 13:3907. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29547-3

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Exploring the impacts of implicit context association and arithmetic booster in impulsivity reduction

Minho Hwang#, Sung-Phil Kim, Dongil Chung** (2022). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:961484. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.961484

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Characterization of the core determinants of social influence from a computational and cognitive perspective

Hyeji Lee#, Dongil Chung** (2022). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:846535. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.846535

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Computational mechanisms underlying illusion of control in delusional individuals

Soojung Na, Sylvia Blackmore, Dongil Chung, Madeline O'Brien, Sarah Banker, Matthew Heflin, Vincenzo G Fiore, Xiaosi Gu (2022). Schizophrenia Research, Available online 15 February. doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.054

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Subjective optimality in finite sequential decision-making

Yeonju Sin†, HeeYoung Seon#†, Yun Kyoung Shin, Oh-Sang Kwon*, Dongil Chung** (2021). PLoS Computational Biology, 17(12):e1009633. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009633

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Humans use forward thinking to exploit social controllability

Soojung Na†, Dongil Chung†, Andreas Hula, Ofer Perl, Jennifer Jung, Matthew Heflin, Sylvia Blackmore, Vincenzo G Fiore, Peter Dayan, Xiaosi Gu* (2021). eLife, 10:e64983. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64983

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Emotion adaptation during a crisis: Decline in anxiety and depression after the initial weeks of COVID-19 in the United States

Anastasia Shuster, Madeline O'Brien, Yi Luo, Laura A. Berner, Ofer Perl, Matthew Heflin, Kaustubh Kulkarni, Dongil Chung, Soojung Na, Vincenzo G. Fiore, Xioasi Gu (2021). Translational Psychiatry, 11:435. doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01552-y

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Neural correlates of tactile hardness intensity perception during active grasping

Ji-Hyun Kim, Junsuk Kim, Jiwon Yeon, Jang-Yeon Park, Dongil Chung*, Sung-Phil Kim* (2021). PeerJ, 9:e11760. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11760

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Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis

Jim A.C. Everett, Clara Colombatto, ..., Dongil Chung, ..., Molly J. Crockett (2021). Nature Human Behaviour. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01156-y

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Valuation of peers' safe choices is associated with substance-naïveté in adolescents

Dongil Chung†, Mark A. Orloff†, Nina Lauharatanahirun, Pearl H. Chiu, Brooks King-Casas (2020). PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.1919111117

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Depression symptoms mediate mismatch between perceived severity of the COVID-19 and diminished compliance with prevention measures

Jiwon Park#, Seungmin Lee, Sunhae Sul*, Dongil Chung** (2021). Frontiers Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.650042

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

Vincenzo G. Fiore, Nicholas DeFelice, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Ofer Perl, Anastasia Shuster, Kaustubh Kulkarni, Madeline O’Brien, M.Andrea Pisauro, Dongil Chung, Xiaosi Gu (2021). PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247614

 

Evidence for preference consistency across risky, ambiguous, and vague gambles

Dongil Chung, Kelly Kadlec, Sheryl B. Ball, Brooks King-Casas, Pearl H. Chiu (preprint linked).

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Valuation in major depression is intact and stable in a non-learning environment 

Dongil Chung, Kelly Kadlec, Jason A. Aimone, Katherine McCurry, Brooks King-Casas, Pearl H. Chiu (2017). Scientific Reports, 7: 44374. doi: 10.1038/srep44373

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Social signals of safety and risk confer utility and have asymmetric effects on observers’ choices

Dongil Chung, George I. Christopoulos, Brooks King-Casas, Sheryl B. Ball, Pearl H. Chiu (2015). Nature Neuroscience, 18(6): 912-916. doi: 10.1038/nn/4022

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Decoding covert motivations of free riding and cooperation from multi-feature pattern analysis of EEG signals 

Dongil Chung, Kyongsik Yun, Jaeseung Jeong (2015). Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(9): 1210-1218. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv006

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Spatiotemporal dynamics and functional correlates of evoked neural oscillations with different spectral powers in human visual cortex

Song E Kim, Won Sup Kim, Byung Gon Kim, Dongil Chung, Jaeseung Jeong, Jae Sung Lee, Woo Suk Tae, Seung Bong Hong, Hyang Woon Lee (2013). Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(11): 2248-2256

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Computational modeling of the negative priming effect based on inhibition patterns and working memory

Dongil Chung, Amir Raz, Jaewon Lee, Jaeseung Jeong (2013). Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 7 (166): 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00166

 

Gender Differences Revealed in the Right Posterior Temporal Areas during Navon Letter Identification Task

Jaewon Lee,* Dongil Chung,* Sumin Chang, Sungyo Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Hyunsang Park, Shinho Ryu, Jaeseung Jeong (2012). Brain Imaging and Behavior, 6(3): 387-396. doi: 10.1007/s11682-012-9153-8

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Mathematically gifted adolescents have deficiencies in social valuation and mentalization

Kyongsik Yun, Dongil Chung, Bosun Jang, Jin Ho Kim, Jaeseung Jeong (2011). PLoS ONE, 6(4): e18224

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Different gain/loss sensitivity and social adaptation ability in gifted adolescents during a public goods game

Dongil Chung, Kyongsik Yun, Jin Ho Kim, Bosun Jang, Jaeseung Jeong (2011). PLoS ONE, 6(2): e17044

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Cognitive motivations of free-riding and cooperation and impaired strategic decision making in schizophrenia during a public goods game

Dongil Chung, Yang-Tae Kim, Jaeseung Jeong (2011). Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39(1): 112-119. doi:10.1093/schbul/sbr068

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