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 29, 2026

Formation of sensory maps: New tools reveal novel insights into neural development. Qi, N., Wood, A., & Grueber, W. B. (2025). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 95, 103112.

Apathy as a failure of active inference. Williams, R. S., & Rowe, J. B. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(12), 940–951.

Hippocampal Revolutions. Rolls, E. T. (2026). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 180, 106492.

Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms. Buzsáki, G. (2026). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 27(1), 61–78.

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Interesting Papers for Week 29, 2026

Distinct neuronal populations in the human brain combine content and context. Bausch, M., Niediek, J., Reber, T. P., Mackay, S., Boström, J., Elger, C. E., & Mormann, F. (2026). Nature, 650(8102), 690–700.

Inverted encoding of neural responses to audiovisual stimuli reveals super-additive multisensory enhancement. Buhmann, Z., Robinson, A. K., Mattingley, J. B., & Rideaux, R. (2026). eLife, 13, e97230.

Evidence accumulation from experience and observation in the cingulate cortex. Chen, R., Radkani, S., Valluru, N., Yoo, S. B. M., & Jazayeri, M. (2026). Nature, 650(8102), 681–689.

A Distinct Circuit for Biasing Visual Perceptual Decisions and Modulating Superior Colliculus Activity through the Mouse Posterior Striatum. Cover, K. K., Elliott, K., Preuss, S. M., & Krauzlis, R. J. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(7), e1626252025.

Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration. Günaydın, G., Moran, J. K., Rohe, T., & Senkowski, D. (2026). Scientific Reports, 16, 7490.

Experience-dependent reconfiguration of thermoreceptors regulates neuronal response plasticity. Harris, N., Dutta, P., Krishnan, N., Nurrish, S., Wilder, E. C., & Sengupta, P. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 1076-1085.e4.

Robust input disentanglement through dendritic calcium–mediated action potentials. Hashemi, S., Shafiee, S., & Tetzlaff, C. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(8), e2515371123.

Vulnerability of short-term memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Li, C., Chia, X. W., Xu, G., Ang, L. F., & Makino, H. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2927.

Selective attention to auditory and visual modalities converges onto noncholinergic basal forebrain neurons. Liu, S.-W., & Lin, S.-C. (2026). Science Advances, 12(8).

A voltage-dependent switch underlies efficient yet specific learning and memory. Manoim Wolkovitz, J. E., Tunc, I. A., Tauber, M., Wolkovitz, I., Ahdut-Hacohen, R., Rozenfeld, E., Nawrot, M. P., Ben-Chaim, Y., & Parnas, M. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 954-967.e4.

Size tuning of neural response variability in laminar circuits of macaque primary visual cortex. Nurminen, L., Bijanzadeh, M., & Angelucci, A. (2026). eLife, 15, e86334.

Visual experience exerts an instructive role on cortical feedback inputs to the primary visual cortex. Rajan, R., Dias, R. F., Malakasis, N., Baeta, M., Zhang, X., Gjorgjieva, J., & Petreanu, L. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 1033-1044.e7.

Disrupted hippocampal replay is associated with reduced offline map stabilization in an Alzheimer’s mouse model. Shipley, S., Abrate, M. P., Hayman, R., Chan, D., & Barry, C. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 859-871.e5.

Dopamine Boosts Motivation for Prosocial Effort in Parkinson’s Disease. Talbot, J., Cutler, J., Tamm, M., Little, S. J., Harmer, C. J., Husain, M., Lockwood, P. L., & Apps, M. A. J. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(8), e1593242024.

Plastic landmark anchoring in zebrafish compass neurons. Tanaka, R., & Portugues, R. (2026). Nature, 650(8102), 673–680.

Global remapping of the sensory homunculus emerges early in childhood development. Tucciarelli, R., Bird, L., Straka, Z., Szymanska, M., Kollamkulam, M., Sonar, H. A., Paik, J., Clode, D., Hoffmann, M., Cowie, D., & Makin, T. R. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1591.

Motor biases reflect a misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames. Wang, T., Morehead, J. R., Jiang, A., Ivry, R. B., & Tsay, J. S. (2026). eLife, 13, e100715.

Unravelling the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying counterconditioning in humans. Wirz, L., Houtekamer, M. C., de Vos, J., Dunsmoor, J. E., Homberg, J., Henckens, M. J., & Hermans, E. (2026). eLife, 13, e101518.

Rats replay episodic memories in context. Xiong, S., Sheridan, C. L., Harrison, T., Rosas-Victoriano, E., Meisner, J., Butts, T., Loper, R., Ross, K., & Crystal, J. D. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 1060-1066.e5.

Binocular Circuitry as a Model for Understanding Experience-Dependent Circuit Development across the Mammalian Cortex. Zhao, J., Zhou, C., Zhou, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., & Tan, L. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(7), e0326252026.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 28, 2026

Curriculum effects in multitask learning through the lens of contextual inference. Shivkumar, S., Lengyel, M., & Wolpert, D. M. (2025). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 95, 103123.

Statistical learning: A core mechanism in a developmental hierarchy. Aslin, R. N., & Saffran, J. R. (2025). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 95, 103124.

Cracking the complexity of REM sleep. Dong, Y., & Liu, D. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(12), 977–993.

The reliability of multisensory integration in enhancing behavioral performance. Porada, D. A., Stein, B. E., & Rowland, B. A. (2026). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 180, 106476.

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Interesting Papers for Week 28, 2026

Deciphering hippocampal place codes in weak theta rhythms. Agarwal, G., Akera, S., Lustig, B., Pastalkova, E., Lee, A. K., & Sommer, F. T. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2735.

Sensory integration, temporal prediction, and rule discovery reflect interdependent inference processes. Benjamin, L., Morillon, B., & Wyart, V. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(6), e2524629123.

The online processing of dynamics. Deeb, A.-R., Fengler, A., & Domini, F. (2026). Cognition, 270, 106416.

Frictional instabilities as an alternative to friction coefficient in fine touch perception. Derkaloustian, M., Bhattacharyya, P., Ngo, T. T., Cashaback, J. G., Medina, J., & Dhong, C. B. (2026). eLife, 14, e104543.

A nap can recalibrate homeostatic and associative synaptic plasticity in the human cortex. Fehér, K. D., Henckaerts, P., Hirsch, V., Bucsenez, U., Kuhn, M., Maier, J. G., Schneider, C. L., Hertenstein, E., Mikutta, C., Riemann, D., Feige, B., & Nissen, C. (2026). NeuroImage, 327, 121723.

Identification of an engram ensemble mediating memory forgetting in the dentate gyrus. Hu, S., Yang, J., Yin, S., Zhong, Y., An, Y., Guo, Y., Zhai, Z., & Zhong, Y. (2026). Neuron, 114(4), 759-773.e5.

Backward conditioning reveals flexibility in infralimbic cortex inhibitory memories. Lingawi, N. W., Chieng, B., Westbrook, R. F., Holmes, N., Bouton, M. E., & Laurent, V. (2026). eLife, 14, e108719.

Persistent representation of a prior schema in the orbitofrontal cortex facilitates learning of a conflicting schema. Maor, I., Atwell, J., Ascher, I., Zhao, Y., Takahashi, Y. K., Hart, E., Pereira, F., & Schoenbaum, G. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2610.

Distinct endocannabinoids specifically signal to astrocytes or neurons in the adult mouse hippocampus. Noriega-Prieto, J. A., Falcón-Moya, R., Noeker, J. A., Cai, R., Fundazuri, U. B., Eraso-Pichot, A., Cai, S., Guttipatti, P., Belisle, L., Rodríguez-Moreno, A., van der Stelt, M., Li, Y., Cheer, J. F., Marsicano, G., Kofuji, P., & Araque, A. (2026). Nature Neuroscience, 29(2), 445–454.

Synchrony timescales underlie irregular neocortical spiking. Pattadkal, J. J., O’Shea, R. T., Hansel, D., Taillefumier, T., Brager, D. H., & Priebe, N. J. (2026). Neuron, 114(4), 724-739.e19.

Activity in human dorsal raphe nucleus signals changes in behavioural policy. Priestley, L., Mahmoodi, A., Reith, W. D., Khalighinejad, N., & Rushworth, M. F. S. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1665.

Inferring latent behavioral strategy from the representational geometry of prefrontal cortex activity. Qian, Y., Herikstad, R., & Libedinsky, C. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2850.

Physiological basis of resolution acuity in vision. Ramsey, K. M., Tellers, P., Meadway, A., Tiruveedhula, P., Roorda, A., & Sincich, L. C. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2467.

Devaluation of response-produced safety signals reveals circuits for goal-directed versus habitual avoidance in dorsal striatum. Sears, R. M., Andrade, E. C., Samels, S. B., Laughlin, L. C., Moloney, D. M., Wilson, D. A., Alwood, M. R., Moscarello, J. M., & Cain, C. K. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2542.

Rhythmic sampling of multiple decision alternatives in the human brain. Siems, M., Cao, Y., Tohidi-Moghaddam, M., Donner, T. H., & Tsetsos, K. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1587.

Covert attention modulates visual perception in early infancy. Tsurumi, S., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M. K., & Kawahara, J. (2026). Brain Research, 1875, 150186.

Sensory encoding and memory retrieval are coordinated with propagating waves in the human brain. Yang, Y., Leopold, D. A., Duyn, J. H., & Liu, X. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2343.

Spatially periodic computation in the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit during navigation. Zhang, B., Guan, X., Mobbs, D., & Liu, J. (2026). eLife, 14, e107517.

Prefrontal chandelier cells encode stimulus salience to influence learning in male mice. Zhang, K., Shao, M., Kong, Q., Ren, B., Zhao, R., Li, M., Qi, Y., Huang, D., Xu, T., Huang, Z. J., He, M., Tai, Y., & Lu, J. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2321.

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference. Zhu, H., Zhang, Y., Beierholm, U., & Shams, L. (2026). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 33(3), 58.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 27, 2026

Advancing a temporal science of behavior. Abney, D. H., Fausey, C. M., Suarez-Rivera, C., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(12), 1109–1119.

Disagreement drives metacognitive development. Langenhoff, A. F., Thompson, B. D., Srinivasan, M., & Engelmann, J. M. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(12), 1097–1108.

Setting the stage for statistical learning? Sensitivity to environmental statistics in early sensory processing. Maravall, M., & de Hoz, L. (2025). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 95, 103139.

Neural plasticity supporting parental behaviors. O’Neill, P. T., & Lin, D. (2025). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 95, 103111.

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Interesting Papers for Week 27, 2026

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.

Exploiting correlations across trials and behavioral sessions to improve neural decoding. Zhang, Y., Lyu, H., Hurwitz, C., Wang, S., Findling, C., Wang, Y., Hubert, F., Pouget, A., Varol, E., & Paninski, L. (2026). Neuron, 114(3), 536-551.e11.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 26, 2026

The integrated control of decision and movement vigor. Thura, D., Haith, A. M., Derosiere, G., & Duque, J. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(12), 1146–1157.

Are the principles of Pavlovian conditioning in insects conserved with those in mammals? Mizunami, M. (2025). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 222, 108104.

Hippocampal and cortical contributions to statistical learning. Zhou, I., & Turk-Browne, N. B. (2025). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 95, 103136.

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Interesting Papers for Week 26, 2026

Grasping type affects configural encoding in visual working memory. Ahn, S., & Abrams, R. A. (2026). Experimental Brain Research, 244(1), 19.

Causal evidence for a domain-specific role of left superior frontal sulcus in human perceptual decision-making. Barretto-Garcia, M., Grueschow, M., Moisa, M., Polania, R., & Ruff, C. C. (2026). eLife, 13, e94576.

Bayesian Integration in Sense of Agency: Understanding Self-Attribution and Individual Differences. Chang, A. C.-Y., & Wen, W. (2026). Cognitive Computation, 18(1), 9.

Representational drift reflects ongoing balancing of stochastic changes by Hebbian learning. Eppler, J.-B., Lai, T., Aschauer, D. F., Rumpel, S., & Kaschube, M. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(5), e2503046123.

Electrical Synapses Contribute to Sleep‐Dependent Declarative Memory Retention. Feld, G. B., Niethard, N., Liu, J., Gebhardt, S., Kleist, L., Brugger, K., Fritsche, A., Born, J., Ngo, H. V., & Hallschmid, M. (2026). European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(2), e70401.

The best stereoacuity is rarely at the fovea. Gomes Tomaz, Â., Chopin, A., Alcalde, N. G., Levi, D. M., & Verghese, P. (2026). Vision Research, 240, 108748.

High-dimensional structure underlying individual differences in naturalistic visual experience. Han, C., & Bonner, M. F. (2026). Current Biology, 36(3), 723-733.e6.

Metacognitive sensitivity predicts the quality of information search in value-based decision making. Hu, X., Li, Y., Chen, X., Wu, J., Shi, J., Guo, Q., Liu, Y., Yang, C., & Luo, L. (2026). Cognition, 269, 106410.

Posterior parietal cortex maps progress along routes sharing the same meta-structure but opposite action series. Johnson, A. B., Xu, E., & Nitz, D. A. (2026). Current Biology, 36(3), 809-816.e3.

Increased Baseline Pupil Size Linked to Uncertainty Avoidance in Decision Making. Kakaei, E., Schlecht, A., & Hauser, T. U. (2026). European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(2), e70394.

Uncertainty and reward histories have distinct effects on decisions after wins and losses. Kalhan, S., Magnard, R., Zhang, Z., Cheng, Y., & Janak, P. H. (2026). Scientific Reports, 16, 6795.

Place field dynamics in retrosplenial cortex compared to hippocampus. Navratilova, Z., Banerjee, D., Muqolli, F., Zhang, J., Gandhi, S. P., & McNaughton, B. L. (2026). Progress in Neurobiology, 257, 102867.

Motivation under aversive conditions is regulated by a striatopallidal pathway in primates. OH, J. N., Amemori, S., Inoue, K., Kimura, K., Takada, M., & Amemori, K. (2026). Current Biology, 36(3), 692-706.e6.

Disentangling the functional roles of pre-stimulus oscillations in crossmodal associative memory formation via sensory entrainment. Ostrowski, J., Maack, M. C., & Rose, M. (2026). Scientific Reports, 16, 4346.

Goal uncertainty attenuates sensorimotor adaptation. Padmanabhan, S., Shadmehr, R., Klatzky, R. L., & Tsay, J. S. (2026). Journal of Neurophysiology, 135(1), 1–10.

Distortion of perceived visual space after prolonged horizontal eccentric gaze holding. Tyson, T. L., Perez, D. F., & Otero-Millan, J. (2026). Vision Research, 240, 108729.

Re-exposure to reward re-evaluates related memories. Warnecke, C., Schweizer, J. A., Zattera, B., Goldschmidt, D., Leptien, K., & Felsenberg, J. (2026). Current Biology, 36(3), 565-575.e3.

Somatosensory realignment following single and dual force-field adaptation. Zangakis, D., Wong, A. L., & Therrien, A. S. (2026). Journal of Neurophysiology, 135(1), 297–311.

Prefrontal chandelier cells encode stimulus salience to influence learning in male mice. Zhang, K., Shao, M., Kong, Q., Ren, B., Zhao, R., Li, M., Qi, Y., Huang, D., Xu, T., Huang, Z. J., He, M., Tai, Y., & Lu, J. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2321.

A forebrain hub for cautious actions via the midbrain. Zhou, J., Sajid, M. S., Hormigo, S., & Castro-Alamancos, M. A. (2026). eLife, 14, e107796.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 25, 2026

Origins and objectives of computational diversity in sensory populations. Młynarski, W. F. (2025). Vision Research, 237, 108683.

Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience. Grima, L. L., Haberkern, H., Mohanta, R., Morimoto, M. M., Rajagopalan, A. E., & Scholey, E. V. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(11), 877–890.

Sensory reformatting for a working visual memory. Kiyonaga, A., & Serences, J. T. (2025). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(12), 1120–1135.

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Interesting Papers for Week 25, 2026

Dynamic context–based updating of object representations in the visual cortex. Aldegheri, G., Gayet, S., & Peelen, M. V. (2026). Science Advances, 12(4).

High-Pass Filtering through Short-Term Synaptic Facilitation Amplifies Low-Frequency Modulation of Bursting Input. Bucher, D. M., Daur, N., Varughese, A., Schneider, A. C., & Nadim, F. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(3), e1652252025.

Respiration Shapes the Neural Dynamics of Successful Remembering in Humans. Bullón Tarrasó, E., Schwimmbeck, F., Petzka, M., Staudigl, T., Staresina, B. P., & Schreiner, T. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(3), e1221252025.

Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection. Egan, J. M., Gomez-Ramirez, M., Foxe, J. J., O’Connell, R. G., & Kelly, S. P. (2025). Nature Human Behaviour, 10(1), 49–63.

Predicting human decision-making across task conditions via individuality transfer. Higashi, H. (2026). eLife, 14, e107163.

Effects of Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity in Feedforward Inhibitory Circuits on Cerebellar Responses to Repetitive Sensory Input. Holla, M. R., Brown, S. T., & Raman, I. M. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(3), e1850252025.

Multisensory integration in the mouse ventral visual thalamus mediates stress coping via locus coeruleus-related circuits. Huang, X., Liu, X., Xu, X., Hu, Z., Wang, S., Fu, Y., Wang, X., Song, L., Yang, Y., Lin, S., So, K.-F., Huang, L., Tao, Q., & Ren, C. (2026). Neuron, 114(2), 307-324.e7.

Modeling and simulation of neocortical micro- and mesocircuitry (Part II, Physiology and experimentation). Isbister, J. B., Ecker, A., Pokorny, C., Bolaños-Puchet, S., Egas Santander, D., Arnaudon, A., Awile, O., Natali, B.-Z., Alonso, J. B., Boci, E., Chindemi, G., Courcol, J.-D., Damart, T., Delemontex, T., Dietz, A., Ficarelli, G., Gevaert, M., Herttuainen, J., Ivaska, G., … Reimann, M. W. (2026). eLife, 13, e99693.

Dynamical modulation of hippocampal replay through firing rate adaptation. Ji, Z., Chu, T., Dong, X., Yu, C., Bush, D., Burgess, N., & Wu, S. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1282.

Feedback of peripheral saccade targets to early foveal cortex. Kämmer, L., Kroell, L. M., Knapen, T., Rolfs, M., & Hebart, M. N. (2026). eLife, 14, e107053.

Dynamics of working memory drift and information flow across the cortical hierarchy. Li, H.-H., Ma, W. J., & Curtis, C. E. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(4), e2518110123.

Spatial contexts with reliable neural representations support reinstatement of subsequently placed objects. Masís-Obando, R., Norman, K. A., & Baldassano, C. (2026). Nature Human Behaviour, 10(1), 164–181.

Molecular mechanisms mediating engram ensemble retrievability state in mice. Park, S., Lee, J., Rashid, A. J., Yan, C., Mercaldo, V., Jacob, A. D., Jung, J. H., Frankland, P. W., & Josselyn, S. A. (2026). Neuron, 114(2), 343-358.e4.

Horizontal saccade bias results from combination of saliency anisotropies and egocentric biases. Reeves, S. M., & Otero-Millan, J. (2026). Scientific Reports, 16, 6027.

Large sharp-wave ripples promote hippocampo-cortical memory reactivation and consolidation during sleep. Robinson, H. L., Todorova, R., Nagy, G. A., Gruzdeva, A., Paudel, P., Oliva, A., & Fernandez-Ruiz, A. (2026). Neuron, 114(2), 226-236.e6.

Structure in noise: Recurrent connectivity shapes neural variability to balance perceptual and cognitive demands in the human brain. Terlau, J., Martini, J., & Helfrich, R. F. (2026). Neuron, 114(2), 359-372.e5.

Aperiodic 1/f noise drives ripple activity in humans. van Schalkwijk, F. J., & Helfrich, R. F. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 746.

Quantifying the compressibility of the human brain. Weaver, N. J., Faskowitz, J., Betzel, R. F., & Lynn, C. W. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(4), e2531115123.

Orthogonal-Rotational Dynamics Supports Efficient Encoding and Updating for Streaming Information in Working Memory. Yang, B., & Yu, S. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(3), e2220242025.

Integrator dynamics in the cortico-basal ganglia loop for flexible motor timing. Yang, Z., Inagaki, M., Gerfen, C. R., Fontolan, L., & Inagaki, H. K. (2026). Nature, 649(8099), 1244–1253.

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Interesting Reviews for Week 24, 2026

Redefining dopaminergic synapses beyond the classical paradigm. Fujise, K., Mishra, J., Karmali, N., & Rafiq, N. M. (2025). Trends in Neurosciences, 48(11), 891–903.

Visual working memory’s pointer system: Past, present, and future. Balaban, H., & Luria, R. (2025). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 179, 106440.

The normative modelling framework for traumatic brain injury. Mitchell, J. E., McDonald, S. J., Sharp, D. J., Gan, G., Ponsford, J. L., Marquand, A., Wellington, C., Law, M., Shultz, S. R., & Spitz, G. (2025). Brain, 148(11), 3817–3832.

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Interesting Papers for Week 24, 2026

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.

A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation. Zhou, Z., Kahana, M. J., & Schapiro, A. C. (2026). eLife, 13, e99931.

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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.