Published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2020
Yin, S., Bo, K., Liu, Y., Thigpen, N., Keil, A., & Ding, M. (2020). Fear conditioning prompts sparser representations of conditioned threat in primary visual cortex. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15(9), 950–964. [Full text]
Published in Human Brain Mapping, 2020
Hong, X., Bo, K., Meyyappan, S., Tong, S., & Ding, M. (2020). Decoding attention control and selection in visual spatial attention. Human Brain Mapping, 41(14), 3900–3921. [Full text]
Published in Cerebral Cortex, 2021
Bo, K., Yin, S., Liu, Y., Hu, Z., Meyyappan, S., Kim, S., Keil, A., & Ding, M. (2021). Decoding neural representations of affective scenes in retinotopic visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 3047–3063. [Full text]
Published in NeuroImage, 2022
Bo, K., Cui, L., Yin, S., Hu, Z., Hong, X., Kim, S., Keil, A., & Ding, M. (2022). Decoding the temporal dynamics of affective scene processing. NeuroImage, 261, 119532. [Full text]
Book chapter · Handbook of Emotion Regulation (3rd ed.), Guilford Press, 2023
Bo, K., & Wager, T. D. (2023). The brain bases of emotion regulation: Evidence from fMRI. In J. J. Gross & B. Q. Ford (Eds.), Handbook of emotion regulation (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
Published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2024
Liang, Y., Bo, K., Meyyappan, S., & Ding, M. (2024). Decoding fMRI data with support vector machines and deep neural networks. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 401, 110004. [Full text]
Published in PLOS Computational Biology, 2024
Liu, P., Bo, K., Ding, M., & Fang, R. (2024). Emergence of emotion selectivity in deep neural networks trained to recognize visual objects. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(3), e1011943. [Full text]
Published in Nature Neuroscience, 2024
Bo, K., Kraynak, T. E., Kwon, M., Sun, M., Gianaros, P. J., & Wager, T. D. (2024). A systems identification approach using Bayes factors to deconstruct the brain bases of emotion regulation. Nature Neuroscience, 27(5), 975–987. [Full text]
Published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2024
Kelly, C., Trumpff, C., Acosta, C., Assuras, S., Baker, J., Basarrate, S., Behnke, A., Bo, K., … Picard, M. (2024). A platform to map the mind–mitochondria connection and the hallmarks of psychobiology: The MiSBIE study. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 35(10), 884–901. [Full text]
Published in Journal of Neuroscience, 2025
Cui, L., Bo, K., Xiong, C., Chen, Y., Keil, A., & Ding, M. (2025). Stimulus repetition induces a two-stage learning process in the primary visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 45(23), e1788242025. [Full text]
Published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2025
Zhang, J.-X.*, Bo, K.*, Wager, T. D., & Gross, J. J. (2025). The brain bases of emotion generation and emotion regulation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(10), 879–891. [Full text]
Book chapter · Placebo Effects in Neurology (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 213), 2025
Bo, K., & Wager, T. D. (2025). Placebo effects and emotion regulation: Conceptual and neural similarities and differences. In F. Benedetti & A. Shaibani (Eds.), Placebo effects in neurology (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 213, pp. 17–29). Elsevier. [Full text]
Published in Nature Communications, 2026
Miao, Z., Jung, H., Kragel, P. A., Bo, K., Sadil, P., Lindquist, M. A., & Wager, T. D. (2026). Common and distinct neural correlates of social interaction processing and theory of mind in narratives. Nature Communications, 17(1), 4830. [Full text]
Published in Nature Communications, 2026
Kwon, M., Bo, K., Botvinik-Nezer, R., Kragel, P. A., Van Oudenhove, L., Wager, T. D., & Affective Neuroimaging Consortium. (2026). Convergent and selective representations of pain, appetitive processes, aversive processes, and cognitive control in the insula. Nature Communications, 17(1), 5186. [Full text]
Published in NeuroImage, 2026
Bo, K., Cui, L., Chen, Y., Chen, G., Keil, A., & Ding, M. (2026). Neural representation of emotional valence in human amygdala and surrounding regions. NeuroImage, 326, 121693. [Full text]
Manuscript submitted for publication, 2026
Bo, K., Lindquist, M. A., Gianaros, P. J., & Wager, T. D. (2026). Spatiotemporal dissociation of human amygdala response to negative affect. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Preprint on bioRxiv, 2025 · manuscript in revision
Bo, K., Kelly, C., Trumpff, C., Hirano, M., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Picard, M., & Wager, T. D. (2026). Mitochondrial energy transformation capacity influences brain activation during sensory, affective, and cognitive tasks. bioRxiv, 2025.06.25.661482. Manuscript in revision. [Full text]
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Undergraduate course, University of Florida, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2017
Teaching assistant, 2017–2018.
Guest lecture, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
Guest lecture, Dartmouth College, 2024
Guest lecture, University of South Carolina, 2025
Graduate course, The University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2026
Course instructor, Fall 2026.