Interesting (Computational) Neuroscience Papers

A weekly selection of recently published papers that are potentially relevant for everybody interested in the fields of Computational Neuroscience, Cognition, Neural Plasticity, Machine Learning etc.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 23, 2026

The role of glia cell in the neural mechanism of memory formation, storage, and motor control: A review. Uchewa, O. O., Alobu, E. J., Ikechukwu, F. C., Udoadi, J. C., Jachike, C. C., Ifeanyi, M.-G. C., Ibenne, F. C., Iheme, C. P., Ihedi, P. N., Item, C., Isaiah, C. D., Irem, S. E., & Ibegbu, A. O. (2025). Neuroscience, 588, 174–192.

Brains are expensive, but cognition is often cheap. Kondrakiewicz, K., & Nawrocka, J. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 179, 106450.

How prediction error drives memory updating: role of locus coeruleus–hippocampal interactions. Groves, I., Grella, S. L., Harley, C. W., Hardt, O., & Nadel, L. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(11), 865–876.

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Interesting Papers for Week 23, 2026

Infinite hidden Markov models can dissect the complexities of learning. Bruijns, S. A., Lau, P. Y. P., Miska, N. J., Noel, J.-P., Pan-Vazquez, A., Roth, N., Socha, K. Z., Urai, A. E., Bougrova, K., Laranjeira, I. C., Lau, P. Y. P., Meijer, G. T., Miska, N. J., Noel, J.-P., Pan-Vazquez, A., Roth, N., Socha, K. Z., Urai, A. E., & Dayan, P. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(1), 186–194.

Pupil dilation offers a time-window on prediction error. Colizoli, O., van Leeuwen, T. M., Rutar, D., & Bekkering, H. (2026). eLife, 14, e105287.

Prior novelty invigorates future mesolimbic target detection. Elliott, B. L., O’Brien, K. J., Fain, M., Ellman, L. M., & Murty, V. P. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(2), e2500436123.

Connectivity underlying motor cortex activity during goal-directed behaviour. Finkelstein, A., Daie, K., Rózsa, M., Darshan, R., & Svoboda, K. (2026). Nature, 649(8096), 416–422.

The anticipation of imminent events is time-scale invariant. Grabenhorst, M., Poeppel, D., & Michalareas, G. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(2), e2518982123.

Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms. Han, H.-B., Brincat, S. L., Buschman, T. J., & Miller, E. K. (2026). Neuron, 114(1), 159-166.e2.

Differential destinations, dynamics, and functions of high- and low-order features in the feedback signal during object processing. Hou, W., He, S., & Zhang, J. (2026). eLife, 13, e103788.

Neural coding of multiple motion speeds in visual cortical area MT. Huang, X., Ghimire, B., Chakrala, A. S., & Wiesner, S. (2026). eLife, 13, e94835.

Population analyses reveal heterogenous encoding in the medial prefrontal cortex during naturalistic foraging. Jeong, J. H., & Choi, J.-S. (2026). eLife, 13, e93994.

Neural substrate of conditioned stimulus for associative learning in the hippocampus. Kobayashi, K. S., Sogabe, R., Tatsukawa, T., Teramae, J., & Matsuo, N. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(2), e2519161123.

Multisensory integration for active mechanosensation in Drosophila flight. Mills, K. M., Cowan, N. J., & Suver, M. P. (2026). Current Biology, 36(1), 93-109.e4.

Intrinsic neural timescales shape memory encoding and retrieval. Shen, X., Cui, X., Çatal, Y., Li, J., & Northoff, G. (2026). NeuroImage, 325, 121634.

Neuronal heterogeneity of normalization strength in a circuit model. Song, D., Ruff, D., Cohen, M., & Huang, C. (2026). Science Advances, 12(1).

Primate-informed neural network for visual decision-making. Su, J., Cai, F., Zhao, S.-K., Wang, X.-Y., Qian, T.-Y., Wang, D.-H., & Hong, B. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(2), e2426883123.

Memory in neural activity: Long-range order without criticality. Sun, J. K.-C., Sipling, C., Zhang, Y.-H., & Di Ventra, M. (2025). Physical Review E, 112(6), 064401.

Neural basis of concurrent deliberation toward a choice and confidence judgment. Vivar-Lazo, M., & Fetsch, C. R. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(1), 159–170.

Brain-wide analysis reveals movement encoding structured across and within brain areas. Wang, Z. A., Kurgyis, B., Chen, S., Kang, B., Chen, F., Liu, Y., Liu, D., Svoboda, K., Li, N., & Druckmann, S. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(1), 147–158.

Increasing visual uncertainty modulates multisensory decision-making. Yang, X., Yang, W., Yu, Y., Ejima, Y., & Yang, J. (2026). Cortex, 194, 50–62.

Neural Compensation in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Preserves Self-Prioritization in Aging: A Computational Approach. Zhang, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, H., Pan, W., Wang, F., & Sui, J. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(1), e0487252025.

Dependence of contextual modulation in macaque V1 on interlaminar signal flow. Zhu, S., Oh, Y. J., Trepka, E. B., Chen, X., & Moore, T. (2026). eLife, 13, e103255.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 22, 2026

Material perception connects vision, cognition and action. Xiao, B., & Liao, C. (2025). Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(11), 687–701.

Complex functions of human lateral frontopolar cortex. Chau, B. K. H., Law, C.-K., To, J. Y. L., Shum, D. H. K., & Mars, R. B. (2025). Brain, 148(11), 3833–3843.

The cognitive neuroscience of memory representations. Rugg, M. D., & Renoult, L. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 179, 106417.

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Interesting Papers for Week 22, 2026

Hippocampal ripple diversity organizes neuronal reactivation dynamics in the offline brain. Castelli, M., Lopes-dos-Santos, V., Gava, G. P., Lambiotte, R., & Dupret, D. (2025). Neuron, 113(24), 4245-4262.e17.

Long-term perceptual priors drive confidence bias that favors prior-congruent evidence. Constant, M., Filevich, E., & Mamassian, P. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013826.

Investigating action topography in visual cortex and deep artificial neural networks. Cortinovis, D., Truong, N., Op de Beeck, H., & Bracci, S. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 1094.

Learning from imagined experiences via an endogenous prediction error. Dabas, A., Bruckner, R., Schultz, H., Bergmann, F., & Benoit, R. G. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10845.

Strikingly different neurotransmitter release strategies in dopaminergic subclasses. Dorrego-Rivas, A., Byrne, D. J., Liu, Y., Cheah, M., Arslan, C., Lipovsek, M., Ford, M. C., & Grubb, M. S. (2025). eLife, 14, e105271.

Backpropagation through space, time and the brain. Ellenberger, B., Haider, P., Benitez, F., Jordan, J., Max, K., Jaras, I., Kriener, L., & Petrovici, M. A. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 66.

Processing of natural scenes in the human pulvinar. Guest, D. R., Allen, E. J., Kay, K. N., & Arcaro, M. J. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 789.

Time or distance encoding by hippocampal neurons via heterogeneous ramping rates. Heldman, R., Pang, D., Zhao, X., Mensh, B., & Wang, Y. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11083.

Building hierarchically nested structure by rapid neural sequences. Lyu, B., Qin, L., Wang, X., Ou, J., Nour, M. M., Ding, N., Gao, J.-H., & Liu, Y. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(50), e2507417122.

Distinct representations of economic variables across regions and projections of the frontal cortex. Majumdar, A., Ashcroft, C., Fritsche, M., Tan, S., Zatka-Haas, P., Folsz, O., Walker, N., Mistry, L., Rominto, A. M., Tvrdic, M., Molnár, Z., Atilgan, H., Packer, A. M., Butt, S. J. B., & Lak, A. (2025). Neuron, 113(24), 4232-4244.e8.

DendroTweaks, an interactive approach for unraveling dendritic dynamics. Makarov, R., Chavlis, S., & Poirazi, P. (2025). eLife, 13, e103324.

Eye movements during free viewing to maximize scene understanding. Murlidaran, S., & Eckstein, M. P. (2025). Nature Communications, 17, 940.

Computational origins of shape perception. Pandey, L., Wood, S. M. W., & Wood, J. N. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(12), e1013674.

Between planning and map building: Prioritizing replay when future goals are uncertain. Sagiv, Y., Akam, T., Witten, I. B., & Daw, N. D. (2025). Neuron, 113(24), 4278-4292.e5.

Early emergence of perceptual biases in the secondary somatosensory cortex. Serrano-Fernández, L., Romo, R., & Parga, N. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(52), e2519255122.

Effective Learning Rules as Natural Gradient Descent. Shoji, L., Suzuki, K., & Kozachkov, L. (2025). Neural Computation, 38(1), 71–96.

Active disambiguation guides inferring controllability and cause in social interactions. Spiering, L., Trier, H. A., O’Reilly, J. X., Kolling, N., Wittmann, M. K., Rushworth, M. F. S., & Scholl, J. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11568.

A behavioral integration mechanism underlies action timing. Strassmann, P., Cai, X., Zhang, B., Howard, C. D., Cook, J., & Jin, X. (2026). Science Advances, 12(1).

Conjunctive population coding integrates sensory evidence to guide adaptive behavior. Terlau, J., Ethofer, S., Naros, G., Fonken, Y., Lin, J. J., Knight, R. T., & Helfrich, R. F. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(52), e2520444122.

Synaptic integration and competition in the substantia nigra pars reticulata—An experimental and in silico analysis. Thompson, W. S., Hjorth, J. J. J., Kozlov, A., Thunberg, W., Silberberg, G., Hellgren Kotaleski, J., & Grillner, S. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(52), e2528602122.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 21, 2026

Multisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation. Mao, D., & Gu, Y. (2025). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 26(11), 715–732.

The ubiquity of episodic-like memory during infancy. Behm, L., Turk-Browne, N. B., & Kibbe, M. M. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(11), 1034–1047.

How the body and brain process time. Teghil, A., & Wittmann, M. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 179, 106416.

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Interesting Papers for Week 21, 2026

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.

Model-based planning in structured foraging environments. Zalabak, T. R., Bustamante, L. A., & Kool, W. (2026). Cognition, 267, 106367.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 20, 2026

The how and why of sleep: Motor theory and catecholamine hypothesis. Ma, C., & Dan, Y. (2025). Neuron, 113(20), 3315–3332.

Ripple contributions to human memory: making the spiking content count. Reithler, J., Sundby, K. K., & Zaghloul, K. A. (2025). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 26(11), 698–714.

The mysterious middlemen making your vision pop: understanding the function of amacrine cells. Calbiague‐Garcia, V., Varro, D., Buffet, T., & Marre, O. (2025). Journal of Physiology, 603(21), 6473–6502.

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Interesting Papers for Week 20, 2026

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).

Semantic-based audiovisual integration enhances active storage in visual working memory. Zhao, S., Hui, S., Chen, M., Feng, C., Zhai, M., & Feng, W. (2025). NeuroImage, 323, 121577.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 19, 2026

How do ramping dynamics influence computations in the entorhinal cortex? Nolan, M. F. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(10), 739–749.

The cost of remembering: engram competition as a flexible mechanism of forgetting. Autore, L., Drew, M. R., & Ryan, T. J. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(10), 728–738.

Satellite glial cells: Shaping peripheral input into the brain-body axis? Meriau, P., Kuruvilla, R., & Cavalli, V. (2025). Neuron, 113(20), 3333–3351.

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Interesting Papers for Week 19, 2026

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.

Contribution of amygdala to dynamic model arbitration under uncertainty. Woo, J. H., Costa, V. D., Taswell, C. A., Rothenhoefer, K. M., Averbeck, B. B., & Soltani, A. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11704.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 18, 2026

Effort and boredom shape our experience of time. Wolff, W., Özay-Otgonbayar, S., Danckert, J., Bieleke, M., & Martarelli, C. S. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 178, 106375.

A review of the costs of eye movements. Schütz, A. C., & Stewart, E. E. M. (2025). Nature Reviews Psychology, 4(10), 625–638.

Induction of plasticity and metaplasticity using noninvasive brain stimulation. Bhattacharya, A., Darmani, G., Udupa, K., Nankoo, J.-F., Ding, M. Y. R., & Chen, R. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(10), 792–807.

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Interesting Papers for Week 18, 2026

Psilocybin alters visual contextual computations. Aqil, M., de Hollander, G., Vreugdenhil, N., Knapen, T., & Dumoulin, S. O. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10271.

Robotic manipulation of human bipedalism reveals overlapping internal representations of space and time. Belzner, P., Forbes, P. A., Kuo, C., & Blouin, J.-S. (2025). Science Robotics, 10(108).

Neural variability in the medial prefrontal cortex contributes to efficient adaptive behavior. Findling, C., Romand-Monnier, M., Skvortsova, V., & Koechlin, E. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11356.

Neural Responses Underlying Interaural Time Difference Discrimination as a Function of Sensory Reliability in the Barn Owl. Fischer, B. J., Shadron, K., Keller, C. H., Bala, A. D. S., Cazettes, F., Ferger, R., & Peña, J. L. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(48), e1145252025.

Universal scale-free representations in human visual cortex. Gauthaman, R. M., Ménard, B., & Bonner, M. F. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(11), e1013714.

Reconciling time and prediction error theories of associative learning. Hamou, N., Gershman, S. J., & Reddy, G. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10265.

Multi-scale modelling of location- and frequency-dependent synaptic plasticity induced by repetitive magnetic stimulation in the dendrites of pyramidal neurons. Hananeia, N., Ebner, C., Galanis, C., Cuntz, H., Opitz, A., Vlachos, A., & Jedlicka, P. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(11), e1012295.

Object continuity through invisible retinal motion at saccadic speed. Ince, M., Hübner, C., & Rolfs, M. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(47), e2518968122.

A rational information gathering account of infant habituation. Karni, G., Mattar, M. G., Emberson, L., & Daw, N. D. (2025). Behavioral Neuroscience, 139(6), 298–310.

Context-dependent activation of V1 parvalbumin interneurons enhances visual discrimination. Kukovska, L., Wilmes, K. A., Homma, N. Y., Clopath, C., & Poort, J. (2025). PLOS Biology, 23(11), e3003518.

Flexible Use of Limited Resources for Sequence Working Memory in Macaque Prefrontal Cortex. Li, S., Chen, J., Zhang, C., Tang, S., Xie, Y., & Wang, L. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10386.

Flexible perceptual encoding by discrete gamma events. Perrenoud, Q., de O. Fonseca, A. H., Airhart, A., Bonanno, J., Mao, R., & Cardin, J. A. (2025). Nature, 647(8091), 962–969.

Post-learning replay of hippocampal-striatal activity is biased by reward-prediction signals. Roscow, E. L., Howe, T., Lepora, N. F., & Jones, M. W. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10394.

Emergence of sparse coding, balance and decorrelation from a biologically-grounded spiking neural network model of learning in the primary visual cortex. Ruslim, M. A., Spencer, M. J., Hogendoorn, H., Meffin, H., Lian, Y., & Burkitt, A. N. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(11), e1013644.

Intrinsic Dendritic Integration Features of Prefrontal Layer 5 Pyramidal Cell Subclasses. Schamiloglu, S., Clarkson, R. L., Stone, N. S., Liptak, A. T., & Bender, K. J. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(48), e1080252025.

Belief embodiment through eye movements facilitates memory-guided navigation. Stavropoulos, A., Lakshminarasimhan, K. J., & Angelaki, D. E. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11243.

Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons integrate positive and negative valence. Stelzner, M. E., Wolff, A. R., & Saunders, B. T. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10357.

The Hidden Benefits of Noise: Low-Frequency tRNS and Dynamic Visual Noise Enhance Visual Processing. Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Pavan, A., & Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(48), e0853252025.

Replay without sharp wave ripples in a spatial memory task. Widloski, J., & Foster, D. J. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10287.

Interactions between long- and short-term synaptic plasticity transform temporal neural representations into spatial. Yu, Q., Tsodyks, M., Sompolinsky, H., Schmitz, D., & Gütig, R. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(47), e2426290122.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 17, 2026

Autism-related shifts in the brain’s information processing hierarchy. Bernhardt, B. C., Valk, S. L., Hong, S.-J., Soulières, I., & Mottron, L. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(10), 942–955.

Perception of biological motion and actions in Autism: A systematic review. Bai, Y., Poliakoff, E., & Gowen, E. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 178, 106343.

The attentional blink: Then and now. Shapiro, K., & Raymond, J. (2025). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 51(11), 1464–1475.

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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.

Interacting cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loops shape behavioral control through cognitive maps and shortcuts. Hamker, F. H., Baladron, J., & Janssen, L. K. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(11), 841–852.

Local, calcium- and reward-based synaptic learning rule that enhances dendritic nonlinearities can solve the nonlinear feature binding problem. Khodadadi, Z., Trpevski, D., Lindroos, R., & Hellgren Kotaleski, J. (2025). eLife, 13, e97274.

Interaction between model-based and model-free mechanisms in motor learning. Kumar, A. D., Kumar, A., & Kumar, N. (2025). Journal of Neurophysiology, 134(5), 1714–1726.

Development of coherent cortical responses reflects increased discriminability of feedforward inputs and their alignment with recurrent circuits. Lempel, A. A., Trägenap, S., Tepohl, C., Kaschube, M., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2025). Neuron, 113(22), 3834-3845.e8.

Cholecystokinin modulates age-dependent thalamocortical neuroplasticity. Li, X., Feng, J., Hu, X., Zhou, P., Chen, T., Zheng, X., Jendrichovsky, P., Wang, X., Chen, M., Li, H., Chen, X., Zeng, D., Zhang, M., Xiao, Z., He, L., Bello, S. T., & He, J. (2025). eLife, 13, e101513.

Hippocampal Drift Rate Reflects the Temporal Organization of Memories. Rait, L. I., Wanjia, G., Ye, Z., DuBrow, S., & Kuhl, B. A. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(47), e0909252025.

Nonlinear integration of sensory inputs and behavioral state by a single neuron in C. elegans. Ray, A., & Gordus, A. (2025). Current Biology, 35(22), 5534-5548.e4.

Emergent neuronal mechanisms mediating covert attention in convolutional neural networks. Srivastava, S., Wang, W. Y., & Eckstein, M. P. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(46), e2411909122.

Progressive remote memory decline coincides with parvalbumin interneuron hyperexcitability and enhanced inhibition of cortical engram cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. van Adrichem, J. J., van der Loo, R. J., Ambrosini Defendi, R., Smit, A. B., van den Oever, M. C., & van Kesteren, R. E. (2025). eLife, 14, e106866.

Understanding the flexibility of working memory: Compositionality, generative processing, anchors and holistic representations. Wyble, B., Tam, J., Deal, I., & Bowman, H. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 179, 106387.

Visual awareness sharpens and accelerates attentional sampling through enhancing inhibitory neural modulation in the attention network. Yang, F., Yuan, P., Shen, L., Zhou, K., He, S., & Jiang, Y. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 10058.

Expectation violation enhances short-term source memory. Zheng, J., Yu, J., Xu, M., Guan, C., Fu, Y., Shen, M., & Chen, H. (2025). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32(6), 2893–2902.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 16, 2026

On astrocyte-neuron interactions: Broad insights from the striatum. Khakh, B. S. (2025). Neuron, 113(19), 3079–3107.

Role of Microglia in Central Nervous System Development and Plasticity. Schafer, D. P., Stevens, B., Bennett, M. L., & Bennett, F. C. (2025). Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 17(10), a041810.

Towards large language models with human-like episodic memory. Dong, C. V., Lu, Q., Norman, K. A., & Michelmann, S. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(10), 928–941.

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Interesting Papers for Week 16, 2026

Dynamic changes of dopamine neuron activity and plasticity at different stages of negative reinforcement learning. Cheng, Q., Liu, W., Yao, L., Xu, S., Wei, C., Zheng, Q., Wu, M., Han, J., Liu, Z., Ren, W., & Sun, Z. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(45), e2509072122.

Neuronal normalization in monkey MT is an intensity-weighted average. Cherian, C., & Maunsell, J. H. R. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(45), e2522104122.

High cognitive violation of expectations is compromised in cerebellar ataxia. Daniel, L., Vakil, E., & Saban, W. (2025). eLife, 14, e105864.

Turning corners in built environments shifts spatial attention costs. Djebbara, Z., Huynh, D. C., Koselevs, A., Chen, Y., Fich, L. B., & Gramann, K. (2025). NeuroImage, 322, 121549.

Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction. Favila, N., Capece Marsico, J., Pacheco, C. M., Kenet, S., Escribano, B., Bitterman, Y., Gründemann, J., Lüthi, A., & Krabbe, S. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 9926.

Phenomenal interface theory: a model for basal consciousness. Klein, C., & Barron, A. B. (2025). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1939).

Born to act: Deferred action and desire as active inference. Krupnik, V. (2025). Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 25(6), 1611–1626.

Fluctuation-learning relationship in recurrent neural networks. Kurikawa, T., & Kaneko, K. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 9663.

Concurrent selection of internal goals and external sensations during visual search. Liu, B., & van Ede, F. (2025). Science Advances, 11(45).

A lateral hypothalamic region supporting diverse visual processing and modulation of visually-guided behaviour. Mouland, J. W., Tamayo, E., Ebrahimi, A. S., Williams, C., Fleming, W., Watson, A., Hogan, M. P., Lucas, R. J., Storchi, R., & Brown, T. M. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 9917.

Aligning machine and human visual representations across abstraction levels. Muttenthaler, L., Greff, K., Born, F., Spitzer, B., Kornblith, S., Mozer, M. C., Müller, K.-R., Unterthiner, T., & Lampinen, A. K. (2025). Nature, 647(8089), 349–355.

Stability through plasticity: Finding robust memories through representational drift. Natrajan, M., & Fitzgerald, J. E. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(45), e2500077122.

Receptive fields from single-neuron recording and MRI reveal similar information coding for binocular depth. Parker, A. J., Alvarez, I., Mancari, A., Betina Ip, I., Krug, K., & Bridge, H. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(45), e2409893122.

Revisiting the high-dimensional geometry of population responses in the visual cortex. Pospisil, D. A., & Pillow, J. W. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(45), e2506535122.

Arousal as a universal embedding for spatiotemporal brain dynamics. Raut, R. V., Rosenthal, Z. P., Wang, X., Miao, H., Zhang, Z., Lee, J.-M., Raichle, M. E., Bauer, A. Q., Brunton, S. L., Brunton, B. W., & Kutz, J. N. (2025). Nature, 647(8089), 454–461.

Sensory reliability takes priority over the central tendency effect in temporal and spatial estimation. Tonelli, A., Phan, C. K., & Alais, D. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15, 38886.

Hippocampal OLM interneurons regulate CA1 place cell plasticity and remapping. Udakis, M., Claydon, M. D. B., Zhu, H. W., Oakes, E. C., & Mellor, J. R. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 9912.

From Uncertainty to Performance Optimization: Longitudinal Insights Into Metacognitive Development. Wan, Q., Savic, O., Gao, M., Ralston, R., O’Leary, A. P., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2025). Child Development, 96(6), 2097–2111.

Stimulus-driven rivalry among V1 neurons. Wang, J., Zhang, R., Cai, X., Tang, R., Dai, Z., & Lu, H. D. (2025). Progress in Neurobiology, 254, 102820.

Rhythmic sampling and competition of target and distractor in a motion detection task. Xiong, C., Petro, N. M., Bo, K., Cui, L., Keil, A., & Ding, M. (2025). eLife, 14, e106140.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 15, 2026

Amygdala‐Dependent Signaling Pathways and Regulating Circuits in Fear Memory. Huang, M., Liang, X., Lin, X., Li, W., Jiang, Y., & Geng, F. (2025).Synapse, 79(5).

Long‐Term Memory Engrams From Development to Adulthood. Yu, A. L., & DeNardo, L. A. (2025). Hippocampus, 35(5).

Fixed and flexible perceptual rhythms. Kaltenmaier, A., Davis, M. H., & Press, C. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(10), 903–913.