Dynamic Brain & Memory Lab

Journal Articles

Curiosity evolves as information unfolds
Curiosity evolves as information unfolds
Abigail Hsiung, Jia-Hou Poh, Scott A. Huettel, R. Alison Adcock
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  16 Oct 2023  ·  doi:10.1073/pnas.2301974120
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Hippocampal convergence during anticipatory midbrain activation promotes subsequent memory formation
Hippocampal convergence during anticipatory midbrain activation promotes subsequent memory formation
Jia-Hou Poh, Mai-Anh T. Vu, Jessica K. Stanek, Abigail Hsiung, Tobias Egner, R. Alison Adcock
Nature Communications  ·  07 Nov 2022  ·  doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34459-3
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Dissociable influences of implicit temporal expectation on attentional performance and mind wandering
Dissociable influences of implicit temporal expectation on attentional performance and mind wandering
Stijn A.A. Massar, Jia-Hou Poh, Julian Lim, Michael W.L. Chee
Cognition  ·  01 Jun 2020  ·  doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104242
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Longitudinal Changes in the Cerebral Cortex Functional Organization of Healthy Elderly
Longitudinal Changes in the Cerebral Cortex Functional Organization of Healthy Elderly
Joanna Su Xian Chong, Kwun Kei Ng, Jesisca Tandi, Chenhao Wang, Jia-Hou Poh, June C. Lo, Michael W.L. Chee, Juan Helen Zhou
The Journal of Neuroscience  ·  20 May 2019  ·  doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1451-18.2019
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Reward supports flexible orienting of attention to category information and influences subsequent memory
Reward supports flexible orienting of attention to category information and influences subsequent memory
Jia-Hou Poh, Stijn A. A. Massar, S. Azrin Jamaluddin, Michael W. L. Chee
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review  ·  01 Apr 2019  ·  doi:10.3758/s13423-019-01595-9
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Auditory stimulation of sleep slow oscillations modulates subsequent memory encoding through altered hippocampal function
Auditory stimulation of sleep slow oscillations modulates subsequent memory encoding through altered hippocampal function
Ju Lynn Ong, Amiya Patanaik, Nicholas I Y N Chee, Xuan Kai Lee, Jia-Hou Poh, Michael W L Chee
Sleep  ·  10 Dec 2018  ·  doi:10.1093/sleep/zsy240
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Carrying the past to the future: Distinct brain networks underlie individual differences in human spatial working memory capacity
Carrying the past to the future: Distinct brain networks underlie individual differences in human spatial working memory capacity
Siwei Liu, Jia-Hou Poh, Hui Li Koh, Kwun Kei Ng, Yng Miin Loke, Joseph Kai Wei Lim, Joanna Su Xian Chong, Juan Zhou
NeuroImage  ·  01 Aug 2018  ·  doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.04.014
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Degradation of cortical representations during encoding following sleep deprivation
Degradation of cortical representations during encoding following sleep deprivation
Jia-Hou Poh, Michael W.L. Chee
NeuroImage  ·  01 Jun 2017  ·  doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.01.080
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Degradation of neural representations in higher visual cortex by sleep deprivation
Degradation of neural representations in higher visual cortex by sleep deprivation
Jia-Hou Poh, Michael W. L. Chee
Scientific Reports  ·  31 Mar 2017  ·  doi:10.1038/srep45532
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Sleepless night, restless mind: Effects of sleep deprivation on mind wandering.
Sleepless night, restless mind: Effects of sleep deprivation on mind wandering.
Jia-Hou Poh, Pearlynne L. H. Chong, Michael W. L. Chee
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General  ·  01 Oct 2016  ·  doi:10.1037/xge0000207
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Sleep deprivation produces feelings of vicarious agency
Sleep deprivation produces feelings of vicarious agency
Nicholas Hon, Jia-Hou Poh
Consciousness and Cognition  ·  01 Feb 2016  ·  doi:10.1016/j.concog.2015.12.007
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Preoccupied minds feel less control: Sense of agency is modulated by cognitive load
Preoccupied minds feel less control: Sense of agency is modulated by cognitive load
Nicholas Hon, Jia-Hou Poh, Chun-Siong Soon
Consciousness and Cognition  ·  01 Jun 2013  ·  doi:10.1016/j.concog.2013.03.004
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Book Chapters & Commentaries

Interactions between memory and reward systems
Interactions between memory and reward systems
Jia-Hou Poh, R. Alison Adcock
Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 3rd Edition  ·  15 Jun 2025  ·  doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-15754-7.00049-3
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No Spoilers, Please
No Spoilers, Please!
Abigail Hsiung, Jia-Hou Poh, Alison Adcock, Scott Huettel
Scientific American  ·  01 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.1038/scientificamerican092024-3KiFF3ZrXzE4vbUoQzCEoS
Is There a Role for Pattern Separation during Sleep
Is There a Role for Pattern Separation during Sleep?
Jia-Hou Poh, James Nicholas Cousins
The Journal of Neuroscience  ·  25 Apr 2018  ·  doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0167-18.2018
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Preprints

Between heuristics and optimality: Flexible integration of cost and evidence during information sampling
Between heuristics and optimality: Flexible integration of cost and evidence during information sampling
Abigail Hsiung, John M. Pearson, Jia-Hou Poh, Shabnam Hakimi, R. Alison Adcock, Scott A. Huettel
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  19 May 2022  ·  doi:10.1101/2022.05.17.492355
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