#neural computation

Distinct roles of prefrontal subregion feedback to the primary visual cortex across behavioral states. Ährlund-Richter, S., Osako, Y., Jenks, K. R., Odom, E., Huang, H., Arnold, D. B., & Sur, M. (2026). Neuron, 114(3), 492-506.e6.

High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention. Banaie Boroujeni, K., Helfrich, R. F., Fiebelkorn, I. C., Bentley, J. N., Brunner, P., Lin, J. J., Knight, R. T., & Kastner, S. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(2), 435–444.

Computational single-neuron mechanisms of visual object coding in the human temporal lobe. Cao, R., Zhang, J., Zheng, J., Wang, Y., Brunner, P., Willie, J. T., & Wang, S. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2234.

A hippocampal ‘sharp-wave sleep’ state that is dissociable from cortical sleep. Findlay, G., Cavelli, M. L., Bugnon, T., Marshall, W., Tononi, G., & Cirelli, C. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(2), 399–410.

The striatal indirect pathway mediates hesitation. Geramita, M. A., Ahmari, S. E., & Yttri, E. A. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(2), 287–292.

Convergent information flows explain recurring firing patterns in cerebral cortex. Guarino, D., Filipchuk, A., & Destexhe, A. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(2), 411–419.

A multi-region recurrent circuit for evidence accumulation in rats. Gupta, D., Kopec, C. D., Bondy, A. G., Luo, T. Z., Elliott, V., & Brody, C. D. (2026). Neuron, 114(3), 521-535.e5.

Information, certainty, and learning. Harris, J. A., & Gallistel, C. R. (2026). eLife, 13, e102155.

Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain. Hedger, N., Naselaris, T., Kay, K., & Knapen, T. (2026). Nature, 650(8100), 173–181.

A heterogeneous population code at the first synapse of vision. Herzog, T., Yoshimatsu, T., Moya-Diaz, J., James, B., Lagnado, L., & Baden, T. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2174.

Recurrent connections facilitate occluded object recognition by explaining-away. Kang, B., Midler, B., Chen, F., & Druckmann, S. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2225.

Information uncertainty influences learning strategy from sequentially delayed rewards. Maulhardt, S. R., Solway, A., & Charpentier, C. J. (2026). PLOS Computational Biology, 22(2), e1013879.

Relative value learning in Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Rahman, S., Tanaka, N. K., & Schleyer, M. (2026). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2064), 20252263.

Automatic learning mechanisms for flexible human locomotion. Rossi, C., Leech, K., Roemmich, R., & Bastian, A. J. (2026). eLife, 13, e101671.

The orbitofrontal cortex updates beliefs for state inference. Schiereck, S. S., Pérez-Rivera, D. T., Mah, A., DeMaegd, M. L., Hocker, D., Ward, R. M., Savin, C., & Constantinople, C. M. (2026). Neuron, 114(3), 507-520.e8.

Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces. Tafazoli, S., Bouchacourt, F. M., Ardalan, A., Markov, N. T., Uchimura, M., Mattar, M. G., Daw, N. D., & Buschman, T. J. (2026). Nature, 650(8100), 164–172.

Domain-specific schema reuse supports flexible learning to learn in the primate brain. Tian, K., Zhao, Z., Chen, Y., Ge, N., Cao, S., Han, X., Gu, J., & Yu, S. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2150.

Day-to-day fluctuations in cognitive precision predict the domain-general intention-behavior gap. Wilson, D. J., & Hutcherson, C. A. (2026). Science Advances, 12(6).

Cross‐modal predictive oculomotor control: visually acquired prediction transfers to vestibular‐driven eye movements. Yamanaka, T., & Hirata, Y. (2026). Journal of Physiology, 604(3), 1353–1372.

Neural Oscillation as a Selective Modulatory Mechanism on Decision Confidence, Speed, and Accuracy. Azimi, A., & Wong-Lin, K. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(49), e0880252025.

Prediction of neural activity in connectome-constrained recurrent networks. Beiran, M., & Litwin-Kumar, A. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(12), 2561–2574.

A dynamic spatiotemporal normalization model captures perceptual and neural effects of spatial and temporal context. Chapman, A. F., & Denison, R. N. (2025). PLOS Biology, 23(12), e3003546.

Complex opioid-driven modulation of glutamatergic and cholinergic neurotransmission in a GABAergic brain nucleus associated with emotion, reward, and addiction. Chittajallu, R., Vlachos, A., Caccavano, A. P., Yuan, X., Hunt, S., Abebe, D., London, E., Pelkey, K. A., & McBain, C. J. (2025). eLife, 14, e106062.

The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory. Dewa, K., Kaseda, K., Kuwahara, A., Kubotera, H., Yamasaki, A., Awata, N., Komori, A., Holtz, M. A., Kasai, A., Skibbe, H., Takata, N., Yokoyama, T., Tsuda, M., Numata, G., Nakamura, S., Takimoto, E., Sakamoto, M., Ito, M., Masuda, T., & Nagai, J. (2025). Nature, 648(8092), 146–156.

Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning. Golden, C. E. M., Martin, A. C., Kaur, D., Mah, A., Levy, D. H., Yamaguchi, T., Lasek, A. W., Lin, D., Aoki, C., & Constantinople, C. M. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(12), 2502–2514.

A unified model library maps how neuromodulation reshapes the excitability landscape of neurons across the brain. Guarino, D., Carannante, I., & Destexhe, A. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013765.

Contents of Visual Predictions Oscillate at Alpha Frequencies. Hetenyi, D., Haarsma, J., & Kok, P. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(49), e0474252025.

Differential synaptic depression mediates the therapeutic effect of deep brain stimulation. Li, J., Zhou, J., He, B., Papaneri, A. B., Kobzar, N. P., Yeh, A. C., Zhang, Y., & Cui, G. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(12), 2575–2587.

Neural dissociation of attention and working memory through inhibitory control. Liu, Y., Fu, Y., Tang, E., Wu, H., Han, J., Xie, M., Zhang, Y., Peng, B., Huang, J., Liu, H., Chen, H., & Qin, P. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 22.

C. elegans food choice exhibits effort discounting-like behavior. Millet, J. R., Faumont, S., Schatz, A. B., White, A. M., Chicas-Cruz, K. D., & Lockery, S. R. (2025). eLife, 14, e106792.

Bias in Visual Short-Term Memory for Motion Induced by Perceptually Suppressed Distractors. Miyamoto, T., & Numasawa, K. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(49), e1027252025.

The neural computation of affective internal states in the hypothalamus: A dynamical systems perspective. Nair, A., Vinograd, A., Liu, M., Mountoufaris, G., Linderman, S., & Anderson, D. J. (2025). Neuron, 113(23), 3887–3907.

Specialized structure of neural population codes in parietal cortex outputs. Safaai, H., Wang, A. Y., Kira, S., Blanco Malerba, S., Panzeri, S., & Harvey, C. D. (2025). Nature Neuroscience, 28(12), 2550–2560.

The role of attention in multi attribute decision making. Sampson, A. L., Yang, Y.-P., Usher, M., Levy, D. J., Niebur, E., & Stuphorn, V. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 23.

Neural mechanisms of flexible perceptual inference. Schwarcz, J., Bauer, J., Rajabi, H., Marmur, G., Reiner, R., Lottem, E., & Kadmon, J. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013675.

Individual differences in tail risk sensitive exploration using Bayes-adaptive Markov decision processes. Shen, T., & Dayan, P. (2025). eLife, 13, e100366.

Dopamine and Temporal Discounting: Revisiting Pharmacology and Individual Differences. Smith, E., Theis, H., van Eimeren, T., Knauth, K., Tuzsus, D., Zhang, L., Mathar, D., & Peters, J. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(49), e0786252025.

VTA dopaminergic neuronal activity during NREM sleep is modulated by learning and facilitates motor memory consolidation. Sulaman, B. A., Chen, E., Crane, A., Lee, S., Rothschild, G., & Eban-Rothschild, A. (2025). Science Advances, 11(49).

Random behavior is stable across tasks and time. Boger, T., Yousif, S. R., McDougle, S. D., & Rutledge, R. B. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(6), 1571–1582.

The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making. Brændholt, M., Nikolova, N., Vejlø, M., Banellis, L., Fardo, F., Kluger, D. S., & Allen, M. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(5), e1013086.

How long-term memory facilitates working memory: Evidence from flexible responses and neural oscillations. Chen, Z., Mao, Y., Zheng, Z., & Ku, Y. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 51(7), 1102–1121.

Stimulus uncertainty and relative reward rates determine adaptive responding in perceptual decision-making. de la Cuesta-Ferrer, L., Koß, C., Starosta, S., Kasties, N., Lengersdorf, D., Jäkel, F., & Stüttgen, M. C. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(5), e1012636.

Learning from missing feedback: Exemplar versus model-based methods. Denrell, J., Sanborn, A. N., & Spicer, J. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 51(7), 1048–1080.

Criterion placement threatens the construct validity of neural measures of consciousness. Fahrenfort, J. J., Johnson, P. A., Kloosterman, N. A., Stein, T., & van Gaal, S. (2025). eLife, 13, e102335.

Electrosensory midbrain neurons optimally decode ascending input during object localization. Haggard, M., & Chacron, M. J. (2025). Journal of Physiology, 603(10), 3123–3139.

Coding principles of dopaminergic transmission modes. Huang, L., Chang, Y., Yang, Z., Lynch, W. J., & Venton, B. J. (2025). Science Advances, 11(22).

Local inhibitory circuits mediate cortical reactivations and memory consolidation. Lensjø, K. K., Nystuen, I. N., Rogge, F. S., Tøndel, K., Sugden, A., Shurnayte, I., Grødem, S., Malthe-Sørenssen, A., Hafting, T., Andermann, M. L., & Fyhn, M. (2025). Science Advances, 11(22).

Relating sparse and predictive coding to divisive normalization. Lian, Y., & Burkitt, A. N. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(5), e1013059.

Time and memory costs jointly determine a speed–accuracy trade-off and set-size effects. Liu, S., Lai, L., Gershman, S. J., & Bari, B. A. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(6), 1611–1627.

Exact minimax entropy models of large-scale neuronal activity. Lynn, C. W., Yu, Q., Pang, R., Palmer, S. E., & Bialek, W. (2025). Physical Review E, 111(5), 054411.

Cognitive models of decision-making with identifiable parameters: Diffusion decision models with within-trial noise. Nunez, M. D., Schubert, A.-L., Frischkorn, G. T., & Oberauer, K. (2025). Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 125, 102917.

Endogenous oscillatory rhythms and interactive contingencies jointly influence infant attention during early infant-caregiver interaction. Phillips, E. A., Goupil, L., Whitehorn, M., Bruce-Gardyne, E., Csolsim, F. A., Kaur, N., Greenwood, E., Marriott Haresign, I., & Wass, S. V. (2025). eLife, 12, e88775.

Decoding predicted future states from the brain’s “physics engine.” Pramod, R. T., Mieczkowski, E., Fang, C. X., Tenenbaum, J. B., & Kanwisher, N. (2025). Science Advances, 11(22).

Direct and indirect striatal projecting neurons exert strategy-dependent effects on decision-making. Rodriguez, E. C., Naudé, J., Rial, D., & de Kerchove d’Exaerde, A. (2025). Science Advances, 11(22).

An entropy model of decision uncertainty. Schneider, K. A. (2025). Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 125, 102919.

Emerging adaptivity in probability learning: How young minds and the environment interact. Thoma, A. I., Newell, B. R., & Schulze, C. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(6), 1523–1544.

Trade-off between search costs and accuracy in oculomotor and manual search tasks. Wagner, I., Tünnermann, J., Schubö, A., & Schütz, A. C. (2025). Journal of Neurophysiology, 133(5), 1350–1367.

The pulvinar regulates plasticity in human visual cortex. Acquafredda, M., Kurzawski, J. W., Biagi, L., Tosetti, M., Morrone, M. C., & Binda, P. (2025). Science Advances, 11(48).

View-invariant representations in ancestral cortex. Becker, M., Leberstein, N., & Shein-Idelson, M. (2025). Science Advances, 11(48).

Cortical dopaminergic signaling mediates planning of directional movements. Chen, J., & Fontanini, A. (2025). Science Advances, 11(48).

Obesogenic diet impairs memory consolidation via the hippocampal endocannabinoid system. Ducourneau, E.-G., Janthakhin, Y., Oliveira da Cruz, J. F., Artinian, J., Alfos, S., Helbling, J.-C., Matias, I., Bakoyiannis, I., N’Diaye, M., Bosch-Bouju, C., Potier, M., Bellocchio, L., Busquets-Garcia, A., Trifilieff, P., Marsicano, G., & Ferreira, G. (2025). Current Biology, 35(23), 5820-5830.e5.

A non-monotonic code for event probability in the human brain. Foucault, C., Bounmy, T., Demortain, S., Thirion, B., Eger, E., & Meyniel, F. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10695.

Complementary roles of dorsal and ventral hippocampus in the flexible adaptation of goal-directed behavior. Hasantash, M., Li, Y., Torres-Herraez, A., Kellendonk, C., & Anacker, C. (2025). Science Advances, 11(48).

Center-surround inhibition in expectation and its underlying computational and artificial neural network models. Huang, L., Shen, S., Sun, Y., Ou, S., Zhang, R.-Y., de Lange, F. P., & Zhang, X. (2025). eLife, 14, e107301.

Inferring intrinsic neural timescales using optimal control theory. Kim, J. Z., Betzel, R. F., Beyh, A., Howell, A., Kuceyeski, A., Larsen, B., Seguin, C., Zhang, X.-H., Holmes, A., & Parkes, L. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11639.

Top-down regulation of subcortical regions by hippocampal long-range inhibition. Kinney, J. L., Robinson, H. L., Wang, H., Jiang, Y.-Q., Zhou, M., Lee, D. K., Li, M., Oliva, A., & Sun, Q. (2025). Current Biology, 35(23), 5853-5867.e4.

A hierarchy of time constants and reliable signal propagation in the marmoset cerebral cortex. Li, G., Li, S., & Wang, X.-J. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11640.

Neural correlates of trial outcome monitoring during long-term learning in primate posterior parietal cortex. Liu, Z., Jiang, Z., Shi, L., Fang, F., Tang, S., & Zhou, Y. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11681.

Neural representation of the decisional reference point in monkeys. Nguyen, D., Rich, E. L., Wallis, J. D., Louie, K., & Glimcher, P. W. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(48), e2514110122.

The Theory of Alpha Oscillations in Attractor Networks. Penconek, M., & Wróbel, A. (2025). European Journal of Neuroscience, 62(10), e70311.

Nonionic signaling rapidly remodels postsynaptic DLG to induce retrograde homeostatic plasticity. Qiu, C., Perry, S., Chen, C., Chen, J., Zhuang, J., Han, Y., Goel, P., & Dickman, D. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(48), e2502997122.

Feature-based versus object-based representation in visual working memory. Ramaty, A., & Luria, R. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 51(12), 1645–1658.

The effects of delay on objective memory and on the subjective experience of forgetting. Raz Groman, Z., & Sadeh, T. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15, 42002.

Variation in the Involvement of Hippocampal Pyramidal Cell Subtypes in Spatial Learning Tasks. Sharkov, N., Sackmann, T., Stevens, N. A., Kupke, J., Draguhn, A., Oliveira, A. M. M., & Both, M. (2025). eNeuro, 12(11), ENEURO.0326-25.2025.

How social learning enhances—or undermines—efficiency and flexibility in collective decision-making under uncertainty. Suganuma, H., Katahira, K., Ohtsuki, H., & Kameda, T. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(48), e2516827122.

Factorized embedding of goal and uncertainty in the lateral prefrontal cortex guides stably flexible learning. Sung, Y., Rigotti, M., & Lee, S. W. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11643.

Observing hidden neuronal states in experiments. Amakhin, D., Chizhov, A., Girier, G., Desroches, M., Sieber, J., & Rodrigues, S. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013748.

A common serial structure causes offline excitability changes linked to generalization between different memory types. Failla, A., Bracco, M., & Robertson, E. M. (2025). Current Biology, 35(24), 6147-6154.e5.

Perceptual confidence has near perfect access to the existence of discrete representations, but only weak access to precision. Green, M. L., & Pratte, M. S. (2026). Cognition, 267, 106347.

Early intrinsic excitability plasticity of neocortical engram neurons defines memory formation and precision. Hadzibegovic, S., Zhu, L., Ginger, M., Gueidão Costa, M., Alvarez Menendez, P., De Sa, R., Le Corf, K., Le Feuvre, Y., Nicole, O., Bontempi, B., & Frick, A. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 291.

Rapid rebalancing of co-tuned ensemble activity in the auditory cortex. Kang, H., Babola, T. A., & Kanold, P. O. (2025). eLife, 14, e104242.

Conscious awareness, sensory integration, and evidence accumulation in bodily self-perception. Lanfranco, R. C., Katyal, S., Hägerdal, A., Luan, X., Nos, V., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(49), e2503629122.

From sensory to perceptual manifolds: The twist of neural geometry. Ma, H., Jiang, L., Liu, T., & Liu, J. (2025). Science Advances, 11(50).

Neural encoding of biomechanically (im)possible human movements in occipitotemporal cortex. Marrazzo, G., De Martino, F., Mukovskiy, A., Giese, M. A., & de Gelder, B. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013694.

Whom do we prefer to learn from in observational reinforcement learning? Morishita, G., Murawski, C., Yadav, N., & Suzuki, S. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013143.

Discovering state-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithms. Oh, J., Farquhar, G., Kemaev, I., Calian, D. A., Hessel, M., Zintgraf, L., Singh, S., van Hasselt, H., & Silver, D. (2025). Nature, 648(8093), 312–319.

Environmental representations in mouse hippocampal CA1 reflect the predictive structure of navigation. Pecirno, S. A., & Keinath, A. T. (2025). Current Biology, 35(24), 6100-6113.e4.

Adaptive communication between cell assemblies and “reader” neurons shapes flexible brain dynamics. Pompili, M. N., Todorova, R., Boucly, C. J., Leroux, E. M., Wiener, S. I., & Zugaro, M. (2025). PLOS Biology, 23(12), e3003505.

Neuromodulatory control of energy reserves in dopaminergic neurons. Pulido, C., Gentry, M. S., & Ryan, T. A. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(50), e2523019122.

Cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs support learning-driven hippocampal stability. Robert, V., O’Neil, K., Moore, J. J., Rashid, S. K., Johnson, C. D., De La Torre, R. G., Zemelman, B. V., Clopath, C., & Basu, J. (2025). Science, 390(6778).

Neurons in auditory cortex integrate information within a constrained and context-invariant temporal window. Sabat, M., Gouyette, H., Gaucher, Q., López Espejo, M., David, S. V., Norman-Haignere, S., & Boubenec, Y. (2025). Current Biology, 35(24), 6114-6125.e7.

Neural correlates and reinstatement of recent and remote memory in children and young adults. Schommartz, I., Lembcke, P. F., Ortiz-Tudela, J., Bauer, M., Kaindl, A. M., Buss, C., & Shing, Y. L. (2025). eLife, 12, e89908.

Transient boosting of action potential backpropagation for few-shot temporal pattern learning. Sivori, G., & Fukai, T. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013777.

Spiking world model with multicompartment neurons for model-based reinforcement learning. Sun, Y., Zhao, F., Lyu, M., & Zeng, Y. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(50), e2513319122.

Dynamic changes in chloride homeostasis coordinate midbrain inhibitory network activity during reward learning. Woo, J., Uprety, A., Reid, D. J., Chang, I., Ketema Samuel, A., de Carvalho Schuch, H., Swain, C. C., & Ostroumov, A. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10903.

Beyond the undermining effect: Extrinsic rewards preserve neural intrinsic reward. Ayabe, H., Koike, T., Yoshioka, A., Izuno, S., Ogasawara, K., Tsuchimoto, S., & Sadato, N. (2026). Behavioural Brain Research, 501, 115996.

Predictive Processing Over the Course of Aging: Multiple Timescales of Effective Connectivity. Banaschewski, M. T., Mathys, C., Winkler, I., Todd, J., & Auksztulewicz, R. (2026). European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(1), e70387.

Cerebellar-cortical beta oscillations emerge as a predictive signal facilitating the stability of behavioral performance. Bracco, M., Vasudevan, V., Rohira, V., Welniarz, Q., Razafinimanana, M., Richard, A., Gitton, C., Meunier, S., Valero-Cabré, A., Schwartz, D., Popa, T., & Gallea, C. (2026). Current Biology, 36(2), 522-531.e5.

Mechanistic Integration of Distal and Proximal Cues in the Rodent Entorhinal–Hippocampal Circuit: Insights From a Biorobotics Model. Chen, Y., Hua, M., Qin, Z., Yue, S., Sun, X., & Peng, J. (2026). European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(1), e70344.

Oscillatory control of cortical space as a computational dimension. Chen, Z., Brincat, S. L., Lundqvist, M., Loonis, R. F., Warden, M. R., & Miller, E. K. (2026). Current Biology, 36(2), 402-414.e5.

Efficiency and robustness in three cortical areas: frontal pole cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex. Cipollini, D., Londei, F., Tsujimoto, S., Ceccarelli, F., & Genovesio, A. (2026). Neuroscience, 594, 240–250.

Distinct contributions of hippocampal pathways in learning regularities and exceptions revealed by functional footprints. Gumus, M., & Mack, M. L. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(3), e2503388123.

Optimal Inhibitory-to-Excitatory Ratio Governs Slow and Fast Oscillations for Enhanced Neural Communication. Kim, J. Y., Lee, S. W., Battaglia, D., Choi, J. H., & Yook, S.-H. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(2), e0848252025.

Orientation Maps in Mouse Superior Colliculus Explained by Population Model of Non-Orientation Selective Neurons. Kuo, A., Gardner, J. L., & Merriam, E. P. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(2), e1133252025.

Time-dependent deployment of medial prefrontal cortical representations in male mice. Lopez-Yepez, J. S., Barta, A., Martin, J., Moltesen, M., Woo, T.-F., Hulme, O., Demir, E., & Kvitsiani, D. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1473.

Critical Scaling of Novelty in the Cortex. Ribeiro, T. L., Vakili, A., Gifford, B., Siddiqui, R., Sinfuego, V., Pajevic, S., & Plenz, D. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1555.

A geometric shape regularity effect in the human brain. Sablé-Meyer, M., Benjamin, L., Potier Watkins, C., He, C., Pajot, M., Morfoisse, T., Al Roumi, F., & Dehaene, S. (2026). eLife, 14, e106464.

A dynamic scale-mixture model of motion in natural scenes. Salisbury, J. M., & Palmer, S. E. (2025). eLife, 14, e104054.

Sensory sharpening and semantic prediction errors unify competing models of predictive processing in human speech comprehension. Schneider, F., & Blank, H. (2026). PLOS Biology, 24(1), e3003588.

Biologically informed cortical models predict optogenetic perturbations. Sourmpis, C., Petersen, C. C., Gerstner, W., & Bellec, G. (2026). eLife, 14, e106827.

Synaptic pruning facilitates online Bayesian model selection. Tazawa, U. T., & Isomura, T. (2026). Neural Networks, 195, 108311.

Synaptic input variation enhances rate coding at the expense of temporal precision in cochlear nucleus neurons. Wang, C., Ashida, G., Keine, C., & Milenkovic, I. (2026). PLOS Biology, 24(1), e3003587.

Effects of Novelty and Temporal Distance on Postexperience Spike Patterns of Hippocampal Place Cells Encoding Multiple Environments. Yagishita, H., Yokoi, T., Shikano, Y., Sato, T., Ikegaya, Y., & Sasaki, T. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(2), e1639242025.

Early spatiotemporal dynamics of navigational affordance coding in the dorsal visual cortex. Zamboni, E., Lowndes, R., Aveyard, R., Scrivener, C. L., Teed, J. A., Ma, Y., Morland, A. B., & Silson, E. H. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1361.

Transient frontopolar cortex stimulation induces prolonged disruption to counterfactual processing. Ainsworth, M., Galeazzi, J. M., Pedreira, C., Stokes, M. G., & Buckley, M. J. (2025). PLOS Biology, 23(11), e3003495.

Hippocampal Ripples during Offline Periods Predict Human Motor Sequence Learning. Chen, P.-C., Stritzelberger, J., Walther, K., Hamer, H., & Staresina, B. P. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(47), e1502252025.

Top-down perceptual inference shaping the activity of early visual cortex. Csikor, F., Meszéna, B., Ócsai, K., & Orbán, G. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 9998.

Short-term memory by distributed neural network oscillators in a simple nervous system. Dunn, R. L., Costello, C. M., Borchardt, J. M., Sprague, D. Y., Chiu, G. C., Miller, J. M., L’Etoile, N. D., & Kato, S. (2025). Current Biology, 35(22), 5582-5593.e4.

Bits of confidence: Metacognition as uncertainty reduction. Fitousi, D. (2025). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32(6), 2734–2762.

Controllability changes pain perception by increasing the precision of expectations. Habermann, M., & Büchel, C. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10113.

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