Peer-reviewed

Early selection of task-relevant features through population gating

Joao Barbosa✉, Remi Proville, Chris C. Rodgers, Michael R. DeWeese, Srdjan Ostojic, Yves Boubenec
Nature Communications (2023)
Decision Making RNN Neural Geometry E-phys

Pinging the brain with visual impulses reveals electrically active, not activity-silent working memories

Joao Barbosa, Diego Lozano-Soldevilla, Albert Compte
Plos Biology (2021)
Working Memory M/EEG

Across-area synchronization supports feature integration in a biophysical network model of working memory

Joao Barbosa, Vahan Babushkin, Ainsley Temudo, Kartik K. Sreenivasan, Albert Compte
Frontiers in Neural Circuits (2021)
Working Memory Spiking Networks

Interplay between persistent activity and activity-silent dynamics in prefrontal cortex underlies serial biases in working memory

Joao Barbosa+, Heike Stein+, Rebecca L. Martinez, Adria Galan-Gadea, Sihai Li, Josep Dalmau, Kirsten C. S. Adam, Josep Valls-Sole, Christos Constantinidis & Albert Compte
Nature Neuroscience (2020)
Working Memory Spiking Networks M/EEG E-phys

Synaptic basis of reduced serial dependence in anti-NMDAR encephalitis and schizophrenia

Heike Stein+, Joao Barbosa+, Mireia Rosa-Justicia, Laia Prades, Alba Morato, Adria Galan-Gadea, Helena Arino, Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Josep Dalmau & Albert Compte
Nature Communications (2020)
Working Memory Spiking Networks Computational Psychiatry

Build-up of serial dependence in color working memory

Joao Barbosa & Albert Compte
Scientific Reports (2020)
Working Memory

Neural circuit basis of visuo-spatial working memory precision

Rita Almeida, Joao Barbosa, Albert Compte
Journal of Neurophysiology (2015)
Working Memory Spiking Networks

Conference Papers

Task-Relevant Information is Distributed Across the Cortex, but the Past is State-Dependent and Restricted to Frontal Regions

Lubna S. Abdul, Scott L. Brincat, Earl K. Miller, Joao Barbosa
CCN (2025)
Decision Making E-phys

Estimating flexible across-area communication with neurally-constrained RNN

Joao Barbosa, Adrien Valente, Scott L. Brincat, Earl K. Miller, Srdjan Ostojic
CCN vol. 15, 716965, Frontiers Media SA (2024)
RNN Neural Geometry Decision Making

Pre-prints

Redundant, weakly connected prefrontal hemispheres balance precision and capacity in spatial working memory

Melanie Tschiersch, Akash Umakantha, Ryan C. Williamson, Matthew A Smith, Joao Barbosa+, Albert Compte+
bioRxiv (2025)
Working Memory Spiking Networks E-phys

Quantifying Differences in Neural Population Activity With Shape Metrics

Joao Barbosa, Amin Nejatbakhsh, Lyndon Duong, Sarah E. Harvey, Scott L. Brincat, Markus Siegel, Earl K. Miller, Alex H. Williams
bioRxiv (2025)
Neural Geometry E-phys

Neural signatures of reduced serial dependence in anti-NMDAR encephalitis and schizophrenia

Heike Stein, Joao Barbosa, Diego Lozano-Soldevilla, Mireia Rosa-Justicia, Alba Morató, Adrià Galan-Gadea, Laia Prades, Amaia Muñoz-Lopetegui, Helena Ariño, Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez, Mar Guasp, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Josep Dalmau, Joan Santamaria, Albert Compte
PsyArxiv (2024)
Working Memory M/EEG Spiking Networks Computational Psychiatry

Alpha phase-coding supports feature binding during working memory maintenance

Mattia F. Pagnotta, Aniol Santo-Angles, Ainsley Temudo, Joao Barbosa, Albert Compte, Mark D'Esposito, Kartik K. Sreenivasan
bioRxiv (2024)
Working Memory M/EEG

NeuroGym: An open resource for developing and sharing neuroscience tasks

Manuel Molano-Mazón, Joao Barbosa, Jordi Pastor-Ciurana, Marta Fradera, Ru-Yuan Zhang, Jeremy Forest, Jorge del Pozo, Li Ji-An, Christopher J Cueva, Jaime de la Rocha, Devika Narain, Guangyu Robert Yang
PsyArxiv (2022)
RNN

Reviews

A practical guide for studying human behavior in the lab

Joao Barbosa✉+, Heike Stein+, Samuel Zorowitz, Yael Niv, Christopher Summerfield, Salvador Soto-Faraco, Alexandre Hyafil
Behavior Research Methods (2022)
Decision Making Working Memory

Towards biologically constrained attractor models of schizophrenia

Heike Stein+, Joao Barbosa+, Albert Compte
Current Opinion in Neurobiology (2021)
Computational Psychiatry Spiking Networks Working Memory

Working Memories Are Maintained in a Stable Code

Joao Barbosa✉
Journal of Neuroscience (2017)
Working Memory

PhD Thesis

Neural network mechanisms of working memory interference

Joao Barbosa
Universitat de Barcelona (2019)
Working Memory M/EEG Spiking Networks E-phys

In Progress

Serial dependence decreases with structural connectivity decline during healthy aging

Joao Barbosa
Virtual Working Memory Symposium 2020
Working Memory Spiking Networks