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Journal Articles


  • Ballesta S, Shi W and Padoa-Schioppa C (2022)
    Orbitofrontal cortex contributes to the comparison of values underlying economic choices
    Nature Communications, 13, 4405 (PDF)
  • Shi W, Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2022)
    Neuronal origins of reduced accuracy and biases in economic choices under sequential offers
    eLife 2022, 11, e75910 (download)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2022)
    Logistic analysis of choice data: A primer
    Neuron, in press (download PDF or email me for a preprint)
  • Shi W, Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2022)
    Economic choices under simultaneous or sequential offers rely on the same neural circuit
    J Neurosci, 42, 33-43 (download)
  • Cai X and Padoa-Schioppa C (2021)
    Neuronal activity in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex during economic choices under variable action costs
    eLife 2021, 10, e71695 (download)
  • Ballesta S, Shi W, Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020)
    Values encoded in orbitofrontal cortex are causally related to economic choices
    Nature, 588, 450-53 (download)
  • Kuwabara M, Kang N, Holy TE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020)
    Neural mechanisms of economic choices in mice
    eLife 2020, 9, e49669 (download)
  • Jezzini A and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020)
    Neuronal activity in the primate amygdala during economic choice
    Journal of Neuroscience, 40, 1286-1301 (download)
  • Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019)
    Economic decisions through circuit inhibition
    Current Biology, 29, 3814-24 (download)
    …… see comment by V Stuphorn
  • Onken A, Xie J, Panzeri S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019)
    Categorical encoding of decision variables in orbitofrontal cortex
    PLOS Computational Biology, 15, e1006667 (download)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019)
    Partial adaptation to the value range in the macaque orbitofrontal cortex
    Journal of Neuroscience, 39, 3498-3513 (download)
  • Cai X and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019)
    Good-based economic decisions under variable action costs 
    Nature Communications, 10, 393 (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Conen KE (2017)
    Orbitofrontal cortex: A neural circuit for economic decisions
    Neuron, 96: 736-54 (PDF)
  • Rustichini A, Conen KE, Cai X and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Optimal coding and neuronal adaptation in economic decisions
    Nature Communications, 8, 1208 (PDF and supplement)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2016)
    The dynamic nature of value-based decisions
    Commentary on Rich and Wallis, Nature Neuroscience (2016)
    Nature Neuroscience, 19, 866-7 (PDF)
  • Xie J and Padoa-Schioppa C (2016)
    Neuronal remapping and circuit persistence in economic decisions
    Nature Neuroscience, 19, 855-61 (PDF + checklist)
    …… see comment by E Rich and J Wallis
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Schoenbaum G (2015)
    Dialogue on economic choice, learning theory, and neuronal representations
    Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 5, 16-23 (PDF)
  • Rustichini A and Padoa-Schioppa C (2015)
    A neuro-computational model of economic decisions
    Journal of Neurophysiology, 14, 1382-98 (PDF)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2015)
    Neuronal variability in orbitofrontal cortex during economic decisions
    Journal of Neurophysiology, 14, 1367-81 (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2015)
    A commentary on “Utility-free heuristic models of two-option choice can mimic predictions of utility-stage models under many conditions”
    Frontiers in Neuroscience 9, 188 (PDF)
  • Murray JD, Bernacchia A, Freedman DJ, Romo R, Wallis JD, Cai X, Padoa-Schioppa C, Pasternak T, Seo H, Lee D and Wang XJ (2014)
    A hierarchy of intrinsic timescales across primate cortex
    Nature Neuroscience 17, 1661-3 (PDF and supplement)
  • Raghuraman A and Padoa-Schioppa C (2014)
    Integration of multiple determinants in the neuronal computation of economic values
    Journal of Neuroscience 34, 11583-603 (PDF)
    …… see comment by A Lak and W Stauffer
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Rustichini A (2014)
    Rational attention and adaptive coding: A puzzle and a solution
    American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 104, 507-13. (PDF)
  • Cai X and Padoa-Schioppa C (2014)
    Contributions of orbitofrontal and lateral prefrontal cortices to economic choice and the good-to-action transformation
    Neuron 81, 1140-51. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2013)
    Neuronal origins of choice variability in economic decisions
    Neuron 80, 1322-36. (PDF)
    …… see comment by L Hunt
  • Cai X and Padoa-Schioppa C (2012)
    Neuronal encoding of subjective value in dorsal and ventral anterior cingulate cortex
    Journal of Neuroscience 32, 3791-3808. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Cai X (2011)
    The orbitofrontal cortex and the computation of subjective value: consolidated concepts and new perspectives
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1239, 130-137. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2011)
    Neurobiology of economic choice: a good-based model
    Annual Review of Neuroscience 34, 333:59. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2009)
    Range-adapting representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex.
    Journal of Neuroscience 29, 14004-14. (PDF and supplement)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2008)
    The syllogism of neuro-economics.
    Economics and Philosophy 24, 449-457. (PDF)
  • Addessi E, Mancini A, Crescimbene L, Padoa-Schioppa C and Visalberghi E (2008)
    Preference transitivity and symbolic representation in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).
    PLoS ONE 3, e2414. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Assad JA (2008)
    The representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex is invariant for changes of menu.
    Nature Neuroscience 11, 95-102. (PDF and supplement)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2007)
    Orbitofrontal cortex and the computation of economic value.
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1121: 232-253. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Assad JA (2006)
    Neurons in orbitofrontal cortex encode economic value.
    Nature 441, 223-226. (PDF and supplement)
    …… see comment by J Wallis
    …… see comment by V Stuphorn
  • Padoa-Schioppa C, Jandolo L and Visalberghi E (2006)
    Multi-stage mental process for economic choice in capuchins. 
    Cognition 99, B1-B13. (PDF)

Conference Abstracts (since 2016)

  • Shi W, Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020)
    Economic decisions under simultaneous or sequential offers rely on the same neural circuit
    Society for Neuroscience Virtual Meeting.
  • Shi W, Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020)
    Economic choices with simultaneous or sequential offers rely on the same neural circuit mechanism.
    NeuroMatch 3.0, Oral, Virtual.
  • Shi W*, Ballesta S*, Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020).
    Values encoded in orbitofrontal cortex are causally related to economic choices.
    Society for Neuroeconomics, Oral, Virtual.
  • Shi W, Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020).
    Economic choices with simultaneous or sequential offers rely on the same neural circuit mechanism.
    Poster presented at COSYNE Meeting (Denver, CO).
  • Jezzini A and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019).
    Neuronal activity in the primate gustatory cortex during economic decisions.
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Chicago, IL). Society for Neuroscience Abstract number 599.02
  • Shi W, Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019).
    Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex encode the same decision variables in different choice tasks.
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Chicago, IL). Society for Neuroscience Abstract number 514.18
  • Ballesta S, Shi W, Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019).
    Establishing causal links between the orbitofrontal cortex and economic decisions.
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Chicago, IL). Society for Neuroscience Abstract number 514.03
  • Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019).
    Neural mechanisms underlying economic decisions under sequential offers. Poster presented at the NeuroFrance Meeting (Marseille, France).
  • Shi W, Ballesta S, Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019)
    Causal relationship between neural activity in orbitofrontal cortex and economic decisions
    Poster presented at COSYNE Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2019)
    Neural mechanisms underlying economic decisions under sequential offers
    Poster presented at COSYNE Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Kuwabara M, Kang N, Black G, Holy T and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Contributions of the lateral orbital area to economic decisions in mice.
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Washington, DC). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
  • Jezzini A and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Neuronal activity in the primate amygdala during economic decisions
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Washington, DC). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex adapt differently to changes in maximum and minimum value
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Washington, DC). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
  • Ballesta S and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Neuronal activity in orbitofrontal cortex during economic decisions under sequential offers
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (Washington, DC). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
  • Kuwabara M, Holy T and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Neural mechanisms of economic decisions in mice
    Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (Makuhari, Japan)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C, Rustichini A, Conen KE and Cai X (2017)
    Neuronal adaptation and optimal coding in economic decisions
    Talk presented at the Japan Neuroscience Society (Makuhari, Japan)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2017)
    Macaque orbitofrontal cortex shows context-dependent adaptation to changes in minimum value
    Poster presented at COSYNE Meeting (Salt Lake City, UT)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2016)
    Properties of value adaptation in orbitofrontal cortex
    Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting (San Diego, CA). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
  • Kuwabara M, Holy T and Padoa-Schioppa C (2016)
    Value coding neurons in mice orbitofrontal cortex: Economic decision-making in a genetically tractable model
    Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neuroscience Society (Yokohama, Japan)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2016)
    Features of value adaptation in primate orbitofrontal cortex
    Poster presented at the Symposium on the Neuroscience of Decision Making (Montreal, Canada)
  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2016)
    Contextual adaptation in value-encoding neurons
    Poster presented at the Workshop Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements (Berkeley, CA)

Book Chapters

  • Conen KE and Padoa-Schioppa C (2020)
    The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in economic decisions
    In: D Poeppel, GR Mangun and MS Gazzaniga Eds., Cognitive Neurosciences VI, MIT Press (email us for a preprint)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2013)
    What happens in the brain when we make a decision?
    In: V Hoesle Ed., Dimensions of goodness (p.151-164). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Platt ML and Padoa-Schioppa C (2008)
    Neuronal representations of value.
    In: P Glimcher et al, Eds., Neuroeconomics: a survey of the field and seminar text. Elsevier. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C (2007)
    Neuroscienze: Basi fisiologiche dei processi decisionali.
    In: Enciclopedia della scienza e della tecnica, Vol.2 (p.265-73). Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. (PDF)

Motor Control

Journal articles

  • Richardson AG, Lassi-Tucci G, Padoa-Schioppa C and Bizzi, E (2008)
    Neuronal activity in the cingulate motor areas during adaptation to a new dynamic environment.
    Journal of Neurophysiology 99, 1253-66. (PDF)
  • Richardson AG, Overduin SA, Valero-Cabré A, Padoa-Schioppa C, Pascual-Leone A, Bizzi E and Press DZ (2006).
    Disruption of primary motor cortex prior to learning impairs memory of movement dynamics.
    Journal of Neuroscience 26, 12466-12470. (PDF)
  • Xiao J, Padoa-Schioppa C and Bizzi E (2006).
    Neuronal plasticity on the dorsal and ventral premotor areas of monkeys adapting to a new dynamic environment.
    Experimental Brain Research 168, 106-119. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C, Li C-SR and Bizzi E (2004).
    Neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area of monkeys adapting to a new dynamic environment.
    Journal of Neurophysiology 91, 449-473. (PDF)
  • Padoa-Schioppa C, Li C-SR and Bizzi E (2002)
    Neuronal correlates of kinematics-to-dynamics transformation in the supplementary motor area.
    Neuron 36, 751-765. (PDF)
  • Li C-SR, Padoa-Schioppa C and Bizzi E (2001)
    Neuronal correlates of motor performance and motor learning in the primary motor cortex of monkeys adapting to an external force field.
    Neuron 30, 593-607. (PDF)
  • Gandolfo F, Li C-SR, Benda BJ, Padoa Schioppa C and Bizzi E (2000)
    Cortical correlates of learning in monkeys adapting to a new dynamical environment.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97, 2259-2263. (PDF)

Book chapters

  • Padoa-Schioppa C, Mussa-Ivaldi FA and Bizzi E (2005)
    New perspectives on motor learning.
    In: A Riehle and E Vaadia, eds., Motor cortex in voluntary movements: a distributed system for distributed functions. CRC Press.
  • Padoa-Schioppa C and Bizzi E (2003)
    Neuronal plasticity on the motor cortex of monkeys acquiring a new internal model.
    In: SH Johnson, ed., Taking action: cognitive neuroscience perspective on intentional acts. MIT Press.