Selected Publications

# contributed equally, * corresponding author

  1. Xie Y, Wang M, Gao Y, Wu B, Zhang S, Gong M, Kourtzi Z, & Jia K*. (2025). Reactivation-coupled brain stimulation enables complete learning generalization. eLife. [pdf]

  2. Jia K#, Wang M#, Steinwurzel C, Ziminski J, Xi Y, Emir U, & Kourtzi Z. (2024). Recurrent inhibition refines mental templates to optimize perceptual decisions. Science Advances, 10(31), eado7378. [pdf]

  3. Jia K, Goebel R, & Kourtzi Z. (2023). Ultra-high field imaging of human visual cognition. Annual Review of Vision Science, 9. [pdf]

  4. Jia K#, Li Y#, Gong M#, Huang H, Wang Y, & Li S. (2021). Perceptual learning beyond perception: Mnemonic representation in early visual cortex and intraparietal sulcus. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(20), 4476–4486. [pdf]

  5. Jia K, Zamboni E, Kemper VG, Rua C, Goncalves NR, Ng AKT, Rodgers CT, Williams G, Goebel R, & Kourtzi Z. (2020). Recurrent Processing Drives Perceptual Plasticity. Current Biology, 30(21), 4177-4187. [pdf]

Other Publications

  1. Cai Z, Hu X, Li Y, Lin Z, Li Y, Cai Y, Xu T, Jia K, Han J, Tan Z, Yao D, Song XM, Liang S, & Northoff G. (2026). Distinct biotypes of visual perception in major depressive disorder. Advanced Science, e74882. [pdf]

  2. Jia O, Tan Q, Zhang S, Jia K, & Gong M*. (2025). The precision of attention selection during reward learning influences the mechanisms of value-driven attention. NPJ Science of Learning, 10(1), 49. [pdf]

  3. Tan Q, Jia O, Anderson BA, Jia K*, & Gong M*. (2025). Reward history alters priority map based on spatial relationship, but not absolute location. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32(5), 2259-2271. [pdf]

  4. Cheng YA, Sanayei M, Chen X, Jia K, Li S, Fang F, Watanabe T, Thiele A, & Zhang RY. (2025). A neural geometry approach comprehensively explains apparently conflicting models of visual perceptual learning. Nature Human Behaviour, 9(5), 1023-1040. [pdf]

  5. Yang K, Xu Y, Lin Q, Tang L, Zhong J, An H, Zeng Y, Jia K, Jin Y, Yu G, Gao F, Zhao L, & Tong L. (2025). Explainable deep learning algorithm for identifying cerebral venous sinus thrombosis-related hemorrhage (CVST-ICH) from spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage using computed tomography. eClinicalMedicine, 81. [pdf].

  6. Chen Q, Pan C, Shen Y, Pan Q, Zhang Q, Wang J, Hu Y, Xu H, & Gong M*, Jia K*. (2025). Atypical subcortical involvement in emotional face processing in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid social anxiety. Journal of Affective Disorders, 374, 531-539. [pdf].

  7. Wu L, Jiang M, Zhao M, Hu X, Wang J, Zhang K, Jia K, Ren F, & Gao F. (2025). Right Inferior Frontal Cortex and preSMA in Response Inhibition: An Investigation Based on PTC Model. NeuroImage, 306, 121004. [pdf]

  8. Chen Y, Liu T, Jia K*, Jan T, & Gong M*. (2024). Dual-format attentional template during preparation in human visual cortex. eLife, preprint. [pdf]

  9. Gong M, Pan C, Pan R, Wang X, Wang J, Xu H, Hu Y, Wang J, Jia K*, & Chen Q. (2024). Distinct patterns of monocular advantage for facial emotions in social anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 104, 102871. [pdf]

  10. Chen Y, Chen S, Zhang X, Zhang S, Jia K, Anderson, B. A., & Gong M. (2023). Reward history modulates attention based on feature relationship. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(7), 1937-1950. [pdf]

  11. Jia K, Frangou P, Karlaftis VM, Ziminski JJ, Giorgio J, Rideaux R, Zamboni E, Hodgson V, Emir U, & Kourtzi Z. (2022). Neurochemical and functional interactions for improved perceptual decisions through training. Journal of Neurophysiology, 127(4), 900-912. [pdf]

  12. Ng AKT#, Jia K#, Goncalves NR, Zamboni E, Kemper VG, Goebel R, Welchman AE, & Kourtzi Z. (2021). Ultra-high-field neuroimaging reveals fine-scale processing for 3D perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(40), 8362-8374. [pdf]

  13. Jia K*, Zamboni E, Rua C, Goncalves NR, Kemper V, Ng AKT, Rodgers CT, Williams G, Goebel R, & Kourtzi Z. (2021). A protocol for ultra-high field laminar fMRI in the human brain. STAR Protocols 2, 100415. [pdf]

  14. Zamboni E, Kemper VG, Goncalves NR, Jia K, Karlaftis VM, Bell SJ, Giorgio J, Rideaux R, Goebel R, & Kourtzi Z. (2020). Fine-scale computations for adaptive processing in the human brain. eLife, 9, 1-21. [pdf]

  15. Jia K, Xue X, Lee JH, Fang F, Zhang J, & Li S. (2018). Visual perceptual learning modulates decision network in the human brain: The evidence from psychophysics, modeling, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Vision, 18(12), 1-19. [pdf]

  16. Jia K, & Li S. (2017). Motion direction discrimination training reduces perceived motion repulsion. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 79(3), 878-887. [pdf]

  17. Gong M#, Jia K#, & Li S. (2017). Perceptual competition promotes suppression of reward salience in behavioral selection and neural representation. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(26), 6242-6252. [pdf]