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Introduction

Woochul Choi, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI)

Research interests: Computational neuroscience, primate cognitive behavior, eye movement, neural data analysis, human psychophysics, and visual perception.

Education

• Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Engineering, KAIST, 2020 (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)
• M.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, 2016
• B.A. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, 2014

Publications (selected)

• HS Lee, W Choi, D Lee, SB Paik. *Comparison of visual quantities in single neurons in untrained brains. Cell Reports, 2023.
• E Lee, S Lee, JJ Shin, W Choi, et al. *Excitatory synapses and gap junctions cooperate to improve PV neuronal burst firing and cortical social cognition in Shank2-mutant mice. Nature Communications, 2021.
• J Song, W Choi, Y Song, J Kim, et al. *Precise mapping of single neurons by calibrated 3-D reconstruction of brain slices reveals topographic projection in mouse visual cortex. Cell Reports, 2020.
• W Choi, HS Lee, SB Paik. *Slow rhythmic eye motion predicts periodic alternation of bistable perception. bioRxiv, 2019.
• W Choi, SB Paik. *Intrinsic timescales of sensory integration for motion perception. Scientific Reports, 2019.

In preparation

• W Choi, HS Lee, SB Paik. *Stimulus-specific Eye Motion Drives Perceptual Decisions under Ambiguity. in prep, 2024.
• W Choi, P Alefantis, G Andreadakis, D Angelaki. *Primate Gaze Behavior Reflects Change of Mind in a Naturalistic Navigation Task. in prep, 2024.

For a full list, see my Google Scholar profile.