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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Decoding cognition from spontaneous neural activity.
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Liu Y. et al, (2022), Nat Rev Neurosci, 23, 204 - 214
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Spatiotemporally resolved multivariate pattern analysis for M/EEG.
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Higgins C. et al, (2022), Hum Brain Mapp
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Reinforcement learning: Dopamine ramps with fuzzy value estimates.
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Whittington JCR. and Behrens TEJ., (2022), Curr Biol, 32, R213 - R215
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Spatiotemporally Resolved Multivariate Pattern Analysis for M/EEG
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HIGGINS C. et al, (2022), Human Brain Mapping
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Temporally delayed linear modelling (TDLM) measures replay in both animals and humans.
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Liu Y. et al, (2021), Elife, 10
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Experience replay is associated with efficient nonlocal learning.
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Liu Y. et al, (2021), Science, 372
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Replay bursts in humans coincide with activation of the default mode and parietal alpha networks.
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Higgins C. et al, (2021), Neuron, 109, 882 - 893.e7
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Entorhinal and ventromedial prefrontal cortices abstract and generalize the structure of reinforcement learning problems.
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Baram AB. et al, (2020), Neuron
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Implementing a "publish, then review" model of publishing.
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Eisen MB. et al, (2020), Elife, 9
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The Tolman-Eichenbaum Machine: Unifying Space and Relational Memory through Generalization in the Hippocampal Formation.
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Whittington JCR. et al, (2020), Cell