Joseph J. Paton

Champalimaud Foundation — Portugal

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

20h-index4.9kcitations39works3.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Neural dynamics and brain function(30), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies(11), Neuroscience and Music Perception(10), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(9), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(4)

Publications39 total

A multidimensional distributional map of future reward in dopamine neurons
Nature·2025· 8 cited
Time, Control, and the Nervous System
Annual Review of Neuroscience·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Time, control, and the nervous system
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
The dorsolateral striatum encodes a temporal basis for the organization of behavior
Neuron·2024· 4 cited
The dorsolateral striatum encodes a temporal basis for the organization of behavior
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Dopamine neurons encode a multidimensional probabilistic map of future reward
2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Using temperature to analyze the neural basis of a time-based decision
Nature Neuroscience·2023· 45 cited
A robust role for motor cortex
Frontiers in Neuroscience·2023· 29 citedOpen Access
Using temperature to analyze the neural basis of a time-based decision
Figshare·2023Open Access
Action suppression reveals opponent parallel control via striatal circuits
Nature·2022· 68 cited
Efficient coding of cognitive variables underlies dopamine response and choice behavior
Nature Neuroscience·2022· 9 cited
Dopamine gives credit where credit is due
Neuron·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Using temperature to analyse the neural basis of a time-based decision
2020· 11 cited
Using temperature to analyse the neural basis of a latent temporal decision
2020· 4 cited
Dopamine responses reveal efficient coding of cognitive variables
2020· 2 citedOpen Access
The Neural Basis of Timing: Distributed Mechanisms for Diverse Functions
Neuron·2018· 475 citedOpen Access
The many worlds hypothesis of dopamine prediction error: implications of a parallel circuit architecture in the basal ganglia
Current Opinion in Neurobiology·2017· 44 cited
High-Yield Methods for Accurate Two-Alternative Visual Psychophysics in Head-Fixed Mice
Cell Reports·2017· 201 citedOpen Access
Distinct Roles for the Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Representing the Relative Amount of Expected Reward
Neuron·2017· 78 citedOpen Access
Midbrain dopamine neurons control judgment of time
Science·2016· 387 cited
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Sofia Soares(13), Tiago Monteiro(11), Asma Motiwala(8), C. Daniel Salzman(7), Bruno F. Cruz(7), Filipe S. Rodrigues(7), Marina A. Belova(6), Bassam V. Atallah(6), Adam R. Kampff(6), Christian K. Machens(6), Sara E. Morrison(4), Gonçalo Lopes(4), Thiago S. Gouvêa(3), Brian Lau(3), Margarida Pexirra(3), Ana I. Gonçalves(3), Pavel E. Rueda‐Orozco(3), Kenway Louie(3), Niccolò Bonacchi(2), Joana P. Neto(2)