1. Huang YT, Chao ZC (2025). “Hierarchical predictive processing in the brain: Predictive coding and its neural signatures.” In Federmeier KD & Goh JOS (Eds.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 82, pp. 125–160). Academic Press.

2. ​Fukushima M, Chao ZC, Fujii N (2015). “Studying cortical circuits with electrocorticography in non-human primates: recent advances.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 32, 124-131. 

3. Chao ZC, Fujii N (2013). "Mining spatio-spectro-temporal cortical dynamics: a guideline for offline and online electrocorticographic analyses." in Advanced Methods in Neuroethological Research, Hiroto Ogawa and Kotaro Oka, editors, Springer, 39-55. ​

4. Nagasaka Y, Chao ZC, Hasegawa N, Notoya T, Fujii N (2013). "Unintentional synchronization of behavior in Japanese monkeys." Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (III), Springer Netherlands, 745-751. 

1. Huang YT, Chao ZC (2025). “Temporal prediction through integration of probability distributions of event timings at multiple levels.” PLOS Biology, in press.

2. Yaron A, Shiramatsu-Isoguchi T, Kern FB, Ohki K, Takahashi H, Chao ZC (2025). “Auditory cortex neurons that encode negative prediction errors respond to omissions of sounds in a predictable sequence.” PLOS Biology, 23(6), p.e3003242.

3. Yaron A, Zhang Z, Akita D, Chao ZC, Takahashi H (2025). “Dissociated neuronal cultures as model systems for self-organized prediction.” Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 19, 1568652.

4. Zhang Z, Yaron A, Akita D, Shiramatsu TI, Chao ZC, Takahashi H (2025). "Deviance detection and regularity sensitivity in dissociated neuronal cultures." Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 19, 1584322.

5. Chao ZC, Hsieh FY, Wu CT (2025). “Long-distance exploration in insightful problem-solving.” Communications Psychology, 3(1), p.53.

6. Chao ZC, Komatsu M, Matsumoto M, Iijima K, Nakagaki K, Ichinohe N (2024). “Diverse configurations of erroneous predictive coding across brain hierarchies in a non-human primate model of autism spectrum disorder.” Communications Biology, 7(1), 851.

7. Huang YT, Wu CT, Fang YM, Fu CK, Koike S, Chao ZC (2024). “Crossmodal hierarchical predictive coding for audiovisual sequences in human brain.” Communications Biology, 7(1), 965.

8. Kern FB, Wu CT, Chao ZC (2024). “Assessing novelty, feasibility, and value of creative ideas with an unsupervised approach using GPT-4.” British Journal of Psychology, doi:/10.1111/bjop.12720.

9. Huang YT, Wu CT, Chao ZC (2024). “Dissecting mismatch negativity: early and late subcomponents for detecting deviants in local and global sequence regularities.” eNeuro, 11(5).

10. Ohki T, Chao ZC, Takei Y, Kato Y, Sunaga M, Suto T, Tagawa M, Fukuda M (2024). “Multivariate sharp-wave ripples in schizophrenia during awake state.” Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 78(9), 507-516.

11. Kern FB, Chao ZC (2023). “Short-term neuronal and synaptic plasticity act in synergy for deviance detection in spiking networks.” PLOS Computational Biology, 19(10), p.e1011554.

12. Ohki T, Kunii N, Chao ZC (2023). “Efficient, continual, and generalized learning in the brain - neural mechanism of Mental Schema 2.0.” Reviews in the Neurosciences, 34 (8), 839-868.

13. Chao ZC, Huang YT, Wu CT (2022). “A quantitative model reveals a frequency ordering of prediction and prediction-error signals in the human brain.” Communications Biology, 5(1):1076.

14. Chao ZC, Dillon DG, Liu YH, Barrick EM, Wu CT (2022). “Altered coordination between frontal delta and parietal alpha networks underlies anhedonia and depressive rumination in major depressive disorder.” Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 47(6):E367-78.​

15. Chao ZC, Sawada M, Isa T, Nishimura Y (2019). “Dynamic Reorganization of Motor Networks During Recovery from Partial Spinal Cord Injury in Monkeys.” Cerebral Cortex, bhy172. ​

16. Chao ZC, Takaura K, Wang L, Fujii N, Dehaene S (2018). “Large-scale cortical networks for hierarchical prediction and prediction error in the primate brain.” Neuron, 100, 1252-1266. ​

17. Chao ZC, Nagasaka Y, Fujii N (2015). “Cortical network architecture for context processing in primate brain.” eLife 4: e06121. 

18. ​Komatsua M, Namikawaa J, Chao ZC, Nagasaka Y, Fujii N, Nakamura K, Tani J (2014). "An artificial network model for estimating the network structure underlying partially observed neuronal signals." Neuroscience Research, 81–82, 69–77. ​

19. Yanagawa T, Chao ZC, Hasegawa N, Fujii N (2013). "Large-scale information flow in conscious and unconscious states: an ECoG study in monkeys." PLoS ONE 8(11): e80845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080845.

20. Nagasaka Y, Chao ZC, Hasegawa N, Notoya T, Fujii N (2013). "Spontaneous synchronization of arm motion between Japanese macaques." Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 1151 doi:10.1038/srep01151. ​

21. Zhao Q, Caiafa CF, Mandic DP, Chao ZC, Nagasaka Y, Fujii N, Zhang L, Cichocki A (2013). "Higher-Order Partial Least Squares (HOPLS): a generalized multi-linear regression method." IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 35:7, 1660-1673. ​

22. Shimoda K, Nagasaka Y, Chao ZC, Fujii N (2012). "Decoding continuous three-dimensional hand trajectories from epidural electrocorticographic signals in Japanese macaques." J. Neural Eng. 9, 036015. ​

23. van Gerven MAJ, Chao ZC, Heskes T (2012). "On the decoding of intracranial data using sparse orthonormalized partial least squares." J. Neural Eng. 9, 026017. ​

24. Komatsu M, Namikawa J, Tani J, Chao ZC, Nagasaka Y, Fujii N, Nakamura K (2012). "Estimation of functional brain connectivity from electrocorticograms using an artificial network model." 2012 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), p1-8. 

25. Chao ZC, Nagasaka Y, Fujii N (2010). "Long-term asynchronous decoding of arm motion using electrocorticographic signals in monkeys." Frontiers in Neuroengineering 3:3. doi:10.3389/fneng.2010.00003. *In the special topic of "Toward longterm neuro-implants" 

26. Chao ZC, Nagasaka Y, Fujii N (2009). "Long-term asynchronous decoding of 3D hand trajectories using electrocorticographic signals in primates." Proc. 4th Int. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (EMBS) Conf. Neural Eng., p263-266. ​

27. Bakkum DJ, Chao ZC, Potter SM (2009). "Homeostasis of neuronal network firing rate during the induction of plasticity." Proc. 4th Int. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (EMBS) Conf. Neural Eng., p661-664. 

28. ​Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Potter SM (2008). "Shaping embodied neural networks for adaptive goal-directed behavior." PLoS Computational Biology 4(3): e1000042. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000042. ​

29. Bakkum DJ, Chao ZC, Potter SM (2008). "Long-term activity-dependent plasticity of action potential propagation in cortical networks." PLoS ONE 3(5): e2088. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002088. ​

30. Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Potter SM (2008). "Spatio-temporal electrical stimuli shape the behavior of an embodied cortical network in a goal-directed learning task." J. Neural Eng. 5, 310-323. *The first two authors contributed equally | selected as one of the Journal of Neural Engineering's Highlights of 2008.

31. Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Potter SM (2008). "Shaping goal-directed behavior of embodied cultured networks with electrical stimulation." Proc. 6th Int. Mtg. on Substrate-Integrated Micro-Electrode Arrays (SIMEA), p47-48. ​

32. Madhavan R, Chao ZC, Potter SM (2008). "Artificial background sensory input aids functional plasticity in cultured cortical networks." Proc. 6th Int. Mtg. SIMEA, p68-69. ​

33. Bakkum DJ, Chao ZC, Potter SM (2008). "Long-term activity-dependent plasticity of action potential propagation delay and amplitude in cortical networks." Proc. 6th Int. Mtg. SIMEA, p37-38. 

34. ​Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Potter SM (2007). "Region-specific network plasticity in simulated and living cortical networks: comparison of the Center of Activity Trajectory (CAT) with other metrics." J. Neural Eng. 4, 294-308. ​

35. Madhavan R, Chao ZC, Potter SM (2007). "Plasticity of recurring spatiotemporal activity patterns in dissociated cortical networks." Physical Biology 4, 181-193. ​

36. Bakkum DJ, Gamblen PM, Ben-Ary G, Chao ZC, Potter SM (2007). "MEART: Memoirs on a cyborg artist." Frontiers in NeuroRobotics 1, #5, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/neuro.12.005.2007. ​

37. Bakkum DJ, Chao ZC, Gamblen PM, Ben-Ary G, Potter SM (2007). "Embodying cultured networks with a robotic drawing arm." Proc. 29th Int. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (EMBS) Conf., p2996-2999. ​

38. Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Potter SM (2007). "Adaptive goal-directed behavior in embodied cultured networks: living neuronal networks and a simulated model." Proc. 3rd Int. IEEE EMBS Conf. Neural Eng., p46-49. *The first two authors contributed equally. 

39. ​Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Wagenaar DA, Potter SM (2006). "Network plasticity in simulated and living cortical networks: comparison of the Center of Activity Trajectory (CAT) with other metrics." Proc. 5th Int. Mtg. SIMEA, p14-15. 

40. ​Madhavan R, Chao ZC, Wagenaar DA, Bakkum DJ, Potter SM (2006). "Multi-site stimulation quiets network-wide spontaneous bursts and enhances functional plasticity in cultured cortical networks." Proc. 28th Int. IEEE EMBS Conf., p1593-1596. 

41. Chao ZC, Bakkum DJ, Wagenaar DA, Potter SM (2005). "Effects of random external background stimulation on network synaptic stability after tetanization: a modeling study." Neuroinformatics 3:3, 263–280. 

42. Chao ZC, Madhavan R, Potter SM (2005). "Spontaneous bursts are better indicators of tetanus-induced plasticity than responses to probe stimuli." Proc. 2nd Int. IEEE EMBS Conf. Neural Eng., p434-437. *The first two authors contributed equally. 

43. ​Lobb C, Chao ZC, Fujimoto R, Potter SM (2005). "Parallel event-driven neural network simulations using the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model." Proc. 19th Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS), p16-25. 

"Toward the neurocomputer: goal-directed learning in embodied cultured networks." 
- Advisor: Steve M. Potter

- Thesis [pdf]

- Defense presentation, October 10, 2007.