Timothy Behrens
Professor of Computational Neuroscience
- Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
- Deputy Director, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
I head the Computational Neuroscience Group at WIN. We study how our brains learn and represent knowledge about the world in service of flexible behaviour. We use computational descriptions at the behavioural and network levels to form predictions, and test these in neurophysiological, neurochemical, and lesion data.
If you are interested in doing a PhD with me, the best route is through one of Oxford's (or UCL's) funded schemes. There are lots of them so check them out before contacting me.
Recent publications
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A cognitive map for value-guided choice in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
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Veselic S. et al, (2025), Cell
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Neural mechanisms of credit assignment for delayed outcomes during contingent learning.
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Witkowski PP. et al, (2025), Elife, 13
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Constructing future behavior in the hippocampal formation through composition and replay.
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Bakermans JJW. et al, (2025), Nat Neurosci
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A tale of two algorithms: Structured slots explain prefrontal sequence memory and are unified with hippocampal cognitive maps.
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Whittington JCR. et al, (2025), Neuron, 113, 321 - 333.e6
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A cellular basis for mapping behavioural structure.
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El-Gaby M. et al, (2024), Nature
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Replay-triggered brain-wide activation in humans.
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Huang Q. et al, (2024), Nat Commun, 15
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Neural mechanisms of credit assignment for delayed outcomes during contingent learning.
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Witkowski PP. et al, (2024), bioRxiv
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How and why eLife selects papers for peer review.
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eLife Editorial Leadership None. et al, (2024), Elife, 13
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The first year of a new era.
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Behrens TE. et al, (2024), Elife, 13
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Distributional reinforcement learning in prefrontal cortex.
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Muller TH. et al, (2024), Nat Neurosci