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2024 "Spontaneous Thought Dynamics as a Signature of Positive and Negative Affectivity"
Byeol Kim Luxa*, Eunjin Leea*, Jihoon Hang, Sung-Ha Lee, Suhwan Gimg, Incheol Choi, Choong-Wan Woo, psyarxiv
*co-first authors

2024 "Temporal Dynamics of Brain Mediation in Predictive Cue-induced Pain Modulation"
Suhwan Gimg, Seok-Jun Hong, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Choong-Wan Woo, bioRxiv

 

2023 "Decoding Pain: Uncovering the Factors that Affect Performance of Neuroimaging-Based Pain Models"
Dong Hee Leeg, Sungwoo Leeg, Choong-Wan Woo, bioRxiv

 

2023 "Life-inspired Interoceptive Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous and Adaptive Agents"
Sungwoo Leeg*, Younghyun Oh*, Hyunhoe An, Hyebhin Yoona, Karl J. Friston, Seok Jun Hong+, Choong-Wan Woo+, arXiv
*co-first authors; +co-corresponding authors

2023 "Interindividual differences in pain can be explained by fMRI, sociodemographic, and psychological factors"
Suhwan Gimg, Dong Hee Leeg, Sungwoo Leeg, Choong-Wan Woo, bioRxiv

 

2023 "Bodily Maps of Spontaneous Thought"
Hyemin Shing, Byeol Kim Luxa, Hong Ji Kimg, Choong-Wan Woo, bioRxiv

 

2023 "Brain Representations of Affective Valence and Intensity in Sustained Pleasure and Pain"
Soo Ahn Leeg, Jae-Joong Leep*, Jisoo Han, Myunghwan Mark Choi, Tor D. Wager, Choong-Wan Woo*, bioRxiv
*co-corresponding authors

 

2024

2024 "Brain decoding of spontaneous thought: Predictive modeling of self-relevance and valence using personal narratives"
Hong Ji Kimg, Byeol Kim Luxa, Eunjin Leea, Emily S. Finn, Choong-Wan Woo, PNAS, 121(14), e2401959121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401959121; published: 28 March 2024   PNAS | PDF | Supplementary | Data and Codes | bioRxiv

 
 

2023

2023 "A Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex-based Dynamic Functional Connectivity Model of Rumination"
Jungwoo Kimg*, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna*, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Byeol Kim Luxa, Hong Ji Kimg, Eunjin Leea, Martin A. Lindquist, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Tor D. Wager+, Choong-Wan Woo+, Nature Communications, 14, 3540 (1-14). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39142-9; published: 15 June 2023   Nature | PDF | Supplementary | Codes
*co-first authors; +co-corresponding authors
Press (selected): PNAS journal club | EurekAlert | 브릭 | 동아사이언스

 

2023 "Design and field trial of EmotionFrame: exploring self-journaling experiences in homes for archiving personal feelings about daily events"
Sangsu Jang, Kyung-Ryong Lee, Geonil Goh, Dohee Kim, Gahui Yun, Nanum Kim, Byeol Kim Luxa, Choong-Wan Woo, Hyungsook Kim, Young-Woo Park, Human–Computer Interaction, https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2023.2219259; published: 06 Jun 2023   HCI | PDF

2022

2022 "Functional brain reconfiguration during sustained pain"
Jae-Joong Leeg, Sungwoo Leeg, Donghee Leeg, Choong-Wan Woo, eLife, 11, e74463 (1-39), https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74463; published: 29 Sep 2022   eLife | PDF | Code
Press (selected): 브릭 | 베리타스알파 | 뉴시스

 

2022 "When self comes to a wandering mind: Brain representations and dynamics of self-generated concepts in spontaneous thought"
Byeol Kim Luxa, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Jihoon Hang, Eunjin Leeg, Choong-Wan Woo, Science Advances, 8 (35), eabn8616 (1-16), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn8616; published: 31 August 2022   Science Advances | PDF | Supplementary | Code
Press (selected): 브릭 | 이웃집과학자 | 뉴시스

 

Video abstract for Lux et al. 2022

2022 "Psychological well-being and salivary markers of inflammation: The moderating effect of age"
Sung-Ha Lee, Jeanyung Chey, Woo-Young Ahn, Choong-Wan Woo, Yoosik Youm, Hairin Kim, Naeun Oh, Hyeyoung Park, Suhwan Gimg, Eunjin Leeg, Incheol Choi, Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being, https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12389; published: 19 July 2022   APHW | PDF

2022 "Challenges and Solutions for Interpreting Brain Biomarkers in Machine Learning-Based Predictive Neuroimaging"
Rongtao Jiang, Choong-Wan Woo, Shile Qi, Jing Wu, Jing Sui, IEEE SPM (Signal Processing Magazine), 39 (4), 107-118, https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2022.3155951; published: 28 June 2022   IEEE | PDF

 

2022 "Individual Variability in Brain Representations of Pain"
Lada Kohoutovág, Lauren Y. Atlas, Christian Büchel, Jason T. Buhle, Stephan Geuter, Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Anjali Krishnan, Dong Hee Leeg, Sungwoo Leeg, Mathieu Roy, Scott M. Schafer, Liane Schmidt, Tor D. Wager, Choong-Wan Woo, Nature Neuroscience, 25, 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01081-x; published: 30 May 2022   Nature | PDF | Supplementary info (PDF)
Press (selected): 동아사이언스 | SKKU | NIH

 

Video abstract for Kohoutová et al. 2022

2022 "Common and stimulus type-specific brain representations of negative affect"
Marta Čeko, Philip A. Kragel, Choong-Wan Woo, Marina López-Solà, Tor D. Wager, Nature Neuroscience, 25, 760-770. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01082-w; published: 30 May 2022   Nature | PDF

 

2022 "The neural signature of the decision value of future pain"
Michel-Pierre Coll, Hocine Slimani, Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D Wager, Pierre Rainville, Etienne Vachon-Presseau, Mathieu Roy, PNAS, 119(23), e2119931119; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119931119; published: 3 June 2022   PNAS | PDF

 

2022 "Neural signatures of individual variability in context-dependent perception of ambiguous facial expression"
Kun Il Kim, Wi Hoon Jung, Choong-Wan Woo, Hackjin Kim, NeuroImage; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119355; published: 1 June 2022   NeuroImage | PDF

 

2022 "Role of Anterior Cingulate Cortex Inputs to Periaqueductal Gray for Pain Avoidance"
Jeong-Yun Lee, Taeyi You, Choong-Hee Lee, Geun Ho Im, Heewon Seo, Choong-Wan Woo, Seong-Gi Kim, Current Biology, 32, 1-14; doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.090; published: 23 May 2022   Curr Biol | PDF

 

2022 "A multistudy analysis reveals that evoked pain intensity representation is distributed across brain systems"
Bogdan Petre, Philip Kragel, Lauren Y. Atlas, Stephan Geuter, Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Anjali Krishnan, Marina Lopez-Sola, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Mathieu Roy, Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, PLoS Biology, 20(5), e3001620; doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001620; published: 2 May 2022   PLoS Biol | PDF

 

2022 "Effect sizes and test-retest reliability of the fMRI-based Neurologic Pain Signature"
Xiaochun Han, Yoni K. Ashar, Philip Kragel, Bogdan Petre, Victoria Schelkun, Lauren Y. Atlas, Luke J. Chang, Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Elizabeth A. R. Losin, Mathieu Roy, Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, NeuroImage, 247, 118844; doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118844; published: 20 December 2021   NeuroImage | PDF

 

2022 "The Conceptual Building Blocks of Everyday Thought: Tracking the Emergence and Dynamics of Ruminative and Non-Ruminative Thinking"
Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna*, Choong-Wan Woo*, Ramsey Wilcox, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Byeol Kim Luxg, Jihoon Hang, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Tor D. Wager, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(3), 628-642; doi:10.1037/xge0001096; published: 9 September 2021   APA | PDF
*co-first authors

 

2022 "Neural mechanisms of pain relief through paying attention to painful stimuli"
Dongho Kim; Choong-Wan Woo*; Seong-Gi Kim, PAIN, 163(6), 1130-1138, doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002464; published: 23 August 2021   PAIN | PDF
*corresponding author

 

2021

2021 "Post-stroke cognitive impairment: Pathophysiological insights into brain disconnectome from advanced neuroimaging analysis techniques"
Jae-Sung Lim*#, Jae-Joong Lee*g, Choong-Wan Woo#, Journal of Stroke, 23(3), 297-311; doi:10.5853/jos.2021.02376; published: 30 September 2021   JoS | PDF
*co-first authors; #co-corresponding authors

 

2021 "A Neuroimaging Biomarker for Sustained Experimental and Clinical Pain"
Jaejoong Leeg, Hongji Kimg, Marta Čeko, Bo-yong Park, Soo Ahn Leeg, Hyunjin Park, Mathieu Roy, Seong-Gi Kim, Tor D. Wager*, Choong-Wan Woo*, Nature Medicine, 27, 174–182; doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1142-7; published: 04 January 2021   Nature | PDF | SharedIt | Code & Data | Supplementary Info
*co-corresponding authors
Press (selected): 동아사이언스 | SKKU | 브릭 | 한빛사인터뷰 (by 이재중)
Commentary: TICS | Neurosci Bull | Pain Research Forum

 

Video abstract for Lee et al. 2021

2020

2020 "Prediction of psychosis: model development and internal validation of a personalized risk calculator"
Tae Young Lee, Wu Jeong Hwang, Nahrie S. Kim, Inkyung Park, Silvia Kyungjin Lho, Sun-Young Moon, Sanghoon Oh, Junhee Lee, Minah Kim, Choong-Wan Woo, Jun Soo Kwon, Psychological Medicine, 1-9; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720004675; published: 14 December 2020   Cambridge | PDF

2020 "The neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying attitudes toward people with mental or physical illness"
Won-Gyo Shin, Choong-Wan Woo, Wi Hoon Jung, Hackjin Kim, Tae Young Lee, Jean Decety, Jun Soo Kwon, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 571225; https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.571225; published: 12 November 2020   Frontiers | PDF

2020 "A neuroimaging marker for predicting longitudinal changes in pain intensity of subacute back pain based on large-scale brain network interactions"
Bo-yong Park, Jaejoong Leeg, Hongji Kimg, Choong-Wan Woo, Hyunjin Park, Scientific Reports, 10, 17392; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74217-3; published: 15 October 2020   Scientific Reports | PDF

 

2020 "Distinct fMRI patterns colocalized in the cingulate cortex underlie the after-effects of cognitive control on pain"
Nicolas Silvestrini, Jen-I. Chen, Mathieu Piché, Mathieu Roy, Etienne Vachon-Presseau, Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, Pierre Rainville, NeuroImage, 217, 116898; doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116898; published: 15 August 2020   NeuroImage | PDF

 

2020 "Towards a unified framework for interpreting machine learning models in neuroimaging"
Lada Kohoutovág, Juyeon Heo, Sungmin Cha, Sungwoo Leeg, Taesup Moon, Tor D. Wager*, Choong-Wan Woo*, Nature Protocols, 15, 1399-1435; doi:10.1038/s41596-019-0289-5; published: 18 March 2020   Nature | PDF | SharedIt | Code & Data
Press (selected): BRIC | 중앙일보 | 성대뉴스 | SKKU Research Stories
*co-corresponding authors

 

Video abstract for Kohoutová et al. 2020

2020 "Neural and Sociocultural Mediators of Ethnic Differences in Pain"
Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Choong-Wan Woo, Natalia Alina Medina, Jessica Andrews-Hanna, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Tor D. Wager, Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 517-530; doi:10.1038/s41562-020-0819-8; published: 03 Feb 2020   Nature | PDF
Press (selected): EurekaAlert | Nature Asia | STAT news | 동아사이언스

 

2020 "Individual-Level Lesion-Network Mapping to Visualize the Effects of a Stroke Lesion on the Brain Network: Connectograms in Stroke Syndromes"
Jae-Sung Lim*, Jae-Joong Lee*g, Choong-Wan Woo, Jooyeon Song, Mi-Sun Oh, Kyung-Ho Yu, Byung-Chul Lee, Journal of Clinical Neurology, 16(1), 116-123; doi:10.3988/jcn.2020.16.1.116; published: Jan 2020   JCN | PDF
*co-first authors

 

2020 "Pain-Evoked Reorganization in Functional Brain Networks"
Weihao Zheng, Choong-Wan Woo, Zhijun Yao, Pavel Goldstein, Lauren Y. Atlas, Mathieu Roy, Liane Schmidt, Anjali Krishnan, Marieke Jepma, Bin Hu and Tor D. Wager, Cerebral Cortex, 30(5), 2804-2822; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhz276; published: 09 Dec 2019   Cerebral Cortex | PDF

 

2019

2019 "Cognitive self-regulation influences pain-related physiology."
Gordon Matthewson*, Choong-Wan Woo*, Marianne C. Reddan, Tor D. Wager, PAIN, 160, 2338–2349; doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001621; published: Oct 2019   PAIN | PDF | Supplement | bioRxiv | Video abstract | Code & Data
*co-first authors

 
 

Video abstract for Matthewson, Woo et al. 2019

2019 "False-positive neuroimaging: Undisclosed flexibility in testing spatial hypotheses allows presenting anything as a replicated finding."
YongWook Hongg, Yejong Yoou, Jihoon Hanu, Tor D. Wager, Choong-Wan Woo, NeuroImage, 195, 384-395; doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.070; published: 15 July 2019   NeuroImage | PDF | bioRxiv | Code | Web-based bayes factor calculator for MANOVA

 
 

2019 "Korea Brain Initiative: Emerging Issues and Institutionalization of Neuroethics."
Sung-Jin Jeong, In Young Lee, Bang Ook Jun, Young-Joon Ryu, Jeong-woo Sohn, Sung-Phil Kim, Choong-Wan Woo, Ja Wook Koo, Il-Joo Cho, Uhtaek Oh, Kyungjin Kim, and Pann-Ghill Suh, Neuron, 101 (3), 390-393; doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.042; published: 06 Feb 2019   Neuron | PDF

2018

2018 "Generalizable representations of pain, cognitive control, and negative emotion in medial frontal cortex."
Philip Kragel, Michiko Kano, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Huynh Giao Ly, Patrick Dupont, Amandine Rubio, Chantal Delon-Martin, Bruno Bonaz, Stephen Manuck, Peter Gianaros, Marta Ceko, Elizabeth Losin, Choong-Wan Woo, Thomas Nichols, Tor D Wager, Nature Neuroscience , 21, 283-289; doi:10.1038/s41593-017-0051-7; published: 01 Jan 2018   Nature | PDF | Supplementary information

 

2017

2017 "Frontal-brainstem pathways mediating placebo effects on social rejection."
Leonie Koban, Ethan Kross, Choong-Wan Woo, Luka Ruzic, Tor D. Wager, Journal of Neuroscience, 37 (13), 3621-3631; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2658-16.2017; published: 29 March 2017   JNeurosci | PDF
Press (selected): CU Boulder Today | Huffington Post | USA Today

 

2017 "Building better biomarkers: Brain models in translational neuroimaging."
Choong-Wan Woo, Luke Chang, Martin A Lindquist, Tor D Wager, Nature Neuroscience, 20, 365–377; doi: 10.1038/nn.4478; published: 23 Feb 2017   Nature | PDF | Enhanced PDF

 

2017 "Quantifying cerebral contributions to pain beyond nociception."
Choong-Wan Woo, Liane Schmidt, Anjali Krishnan, Marieke Jepma, Mathieu Roy, Martin A Lindquist, Lauren Y Atlas, Tor D Wager, Nature Communications, 8, 14211; doi:10.1038/ncomms14211; published: 14 Feb 2017   Nature | PDF | Supplementary information
Press (selected): NIH | 9news | CU Boulder Today | 한빛사인터뷰

 

2017 "Imaging biomarkers and biotypes for depression."
Tor D Wager, Choong-Wan Woo, Nature Medicine, 23:16-17; doi:10.1038/nm.4264; published:06 Jan 2017   PDF | Nature
**This is a commentary on this article (Drysdale et al., 2017, Nature Medicine).

 

2017 "Towards a neurophysiological signature for fibromyalgia."
Marina López-Solà, Choong-Wan Woo, Jesus Pujol, Joan Deus, Ben J Harrison, Jordi Monfort, Tor D Wager, PAIN, 158, 34-47. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000707; published:Jan 2017   PubMed | PDF

 

2017 "Group-regularized individual prediction: Theory and application to pain"
Martin A. Lindquist, Anjali Krishnan, Marina Lopez-Sola, Marieke Jepma, Choong-Wan Woo, Leonie Koban, Mathieu Roy, Lauren Y. Atlas, Luke J. Chang, Elizabeth A.R. Losin, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Yoni K. Ashar, Zeb Delk, Tor D. Wager, NeuroImage, 145, 274-287. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.074; published:15 Jan 2017   PDF | Pubmed

 

2016

2016 "Somatic and vicarious pain are represented by dissociable multivariate brain patterns."
Anjali Krishnan, Choong-Wan Woo, Luke J Chang, Luka Ruzic, Xiaosi Gu, Marina López-Solà, Philip L Jackson, Jesús Pujol, Jin Fan, Tor D Wager, eLife, 5, e15166.   eLife | PDF

 

2016 "Multiple faces of pain: Effects of chronic pain on the brain regulation of facial expression."
Etienne Vachon-Presseau, Mathieu Roy, Choong-Wan Woo, Miriam Kunz, Marc-Olivier Martel, Michael J. Sullivan, Philip L. Jackson, Tor D. Wager, Pierre Rainville, PAIN   PDF

 

2016 "Issues in assessing reliability in pain neuroimaging"
Tor D. Wager, Choong-Wan Woo, PAIN   PDF

2016 "What reliability can and cannot tell us about pain report and pain neuroimaging"
Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, PAIN, 157(3):511-3. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000442   PDF | Code | Pubmed

 

2015

2015 "The predictive mapping approach in neuroimaging"
Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, Science (supplement), Advances in Computational Psychophysiology, 18-21 (invited contribution)   PDF | Sciencemag

2015 "Neuroimaging-based biomarker discovery and validation"
Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, PAIN, 156(8):1379-81. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000223   PDF | Pubmed

 

2015 "Distinct brain systems mediate the effects of nociceptive input and self-regulation on pain"
Choong-Wan Woo, Mathieu Roy, Jason T. Buhle, Tor D. Wager, PLoS Biology, 13(1): e1002036. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002036   PDF | PLOS | OpenfMRI | Eprime
Commentaries: Nat Rev Neurosci | TICS | PLoS Biol
Press (selected): CU | DailyCamera | Newscientist | NeuroscientistNews | PsychologyToday | Examiner | Nuritas

 

2015 "fMRI in analgesic drug discovery"
Tor D. Wager, Choong-Wan Woo, Science Translational Medicine, 7, 274fs6, doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3010342   PDF

 

2015 "Brain and psychological mediators of imitation: Sociocultural versus physical traits"
Elizabeth A.R. Losin, Choong-Wan Woo, Anjali Krishnan, Tor D. Wager, Marco Iacoboni, Mirella Dapretto, Culture and Brain, doi:10.1007/s40167-015-0029-9   PDF

 

2015 "Influence of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum on risk avoidance in addiction: a mediation analysis"
Dorothy J. Yamamoto, Choong-Wan Woo, Tor D. Wager, Michael F. Regner, Jody Tanabe, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 149, 10-17. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.026   PDF

 

2014

2014 "Separate neural representations for physical pain and social rejection"
Choong-Wan Woo, Leonie Koban, Ethan Kross, Martin A. Lindquist, Marie T. Banich, Luka Ruzic, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Tor D. Wager, Nature Communications, 5, 5380. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6380   NCOMMS | PDF | Supplementary
Commentary: J Neurophys
Press (selected): CU | NY Magazine | Discover (Neuroskeptic) | Refinery29 | 동아사이언스 | 한겨레사이언스온 | 한빛사인터뷰

 

2014 "Cluster-extent based thresholding in fMRI analyses: Pitfalls and recommendations"
Choong-Wan Woo, Anjali Krishnan, Tor D. Wager, NeuroImage, 91, 412-419. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.058   PDF

 

2013

2013 "An fMRI-based Neurologic Signature of Physical Pain"
Tor D. Wager, Lauren, Y. Atlas, Martin, A. Lindquist, Mathieu Roy, Choong-Wan Woo, Ethan Kross, The New England Journal of Medicine, 368 (15), 1388-1397. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204471   PDF | NEJM
Commentary: NEJM | TICS
Press (selected): NPR | Scientific American | Science | VOX | AP | Daily Camera

 

2010

2010 "The obsessive-compulsive inventory-revised (OCI-R): psychometric properties of the Korean version and the order, gender, and cultural effects"
Choong-Wan Woo, Seok-Man Kwon, Young-Jin Lim, Min-Sup Shin, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41, 220-227. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.01.006   PDF

2010 "Cognitive impairments in schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder and their relation to psychotic symptoms"
Choong-Wan Woo, Min-Sup Shin, Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 29, 471-489.

2010 "Are obsessive beliefs specific to obsessive-compulsive symptoms?"
Choong-Wan Woo, Min-Sup Shin, Seok-Man Kwon, Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 29, 35-52.