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.