All awareness, thoughts, emotions, perceptions, memories, actions—everything that encompasses our human capacity and reality—are mediated through the biological interface of our brains. While the source of consciousness remains a fundamental elusi...
Chen C, Takahashi T, Nakagawa S, Inoue T, Kusumi I
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 55(21) 247-267 Aug 2015 [Refereed]
Despite being considered primarily a mood disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by cognitive and decision making deficits. Recent research has employed computational models of reinforcement learning (RL) to address these defic...
Chong Chen, Shin Nakagawa (Part:Contributor, Nature’s Pathways on Human Health)
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Oct 2019
Reward prediction
Mochizuki Y, Chen C, Fukuda H, Nakahara H (Part:Joint Work)
Japanese Neuroscience Society Brain Dictionary Mar 2018
Computational Models of Brain and Behavior
Chen C, Takahashi T (Part:Contributor, Reward processing in depression: the computational approach)
John Wiley & Sons Nov 2017 ISBN:9781119159063
Due to a lack of a solid neurobiological basis, current diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, such as major depressive disorder or depression, is not very successful. The key to improve diagnosis and treatment rests on the discovery of...
Fitness Powered Brains: Optimize Your Productivity, Leadership, and Performance
Chong Chen
Brain & Life Publishing Jun 2017
Plato’s Insight: How Physical Exercise Boosts Mental Excellence
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Brain and Its (dys)Functions[Invited]
Chong Chen
Talk at the Faculty of Psychology Southwest University, China Mar 2019
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Diseases[Invited]
Chong Chen
Talk at the 3rd International Young Scholars Forum at School of Medicine Yangzhou University Dec 2018
The Computational Approach to Addiction Research[Invited]
Chong Chen
2018 HKCPsych International Mental Health Congress Dec 2018 The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
Due to excessive reliance on subjective reports and evaluations and a lack of a solid neurobiological understanding, current diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders is not very successful. Recent effort has been devoted to the development...
How exercise exerts antidepressant-like effect while increasing glucocorticoid levels? The pivotal role of the corticosterone-GR-dopamine-D2R pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex[Invited]
Chong Chen
The 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Biological Psychiatry "Brain and the Environment II" Mar 2017 Hong Kong Society of Biological Psychiatry
The neurobiological basis of the antidepressant-like effect of exercise: the pivotal role of the corticosterone-GR-dopamine-D2R pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex[Invited]
Chong Chen
Korea-Japan Young Psychiatrists Oral Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of the Biological Psychiatry Oct 2016 Korean Society of the Biological Psychiatry
Exercise improves stress coping through a dopamine D2 receptor pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex[Invited]
Chong Chen
The 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Biological Psychiatry "Brain and the Environment" Nov 2015 Hong Kong Society of Biological Psychiatry
How exercise improves stress coping despite increasing corticosterone: by upregulating dopamine in the medial prefrontal cortex?
Chen C, Nakagawa S, Kitaichi Y, An Y, Omiya Y, Song N, Koga M, Inoue T, Kusumi I
6th International Regional (Asia) International Stress and Behavior Society Neuroscience Conference "Stress and Behavior" Jun 2015 International Stress and Behavior Society
Exercise improves stress coping despite increasing circadian peak of corticosterone: a microdialysis study
Chen C, Nakagawa S, Kitaichi Y, Omiya Y, An Y, Song N, Inoue T, Kusumi I
36th meeting of Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry Sep 2014 Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry
