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 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
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A cognitive map for value-guided choice in ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
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Veselic S. et al, (2023), bioRxiv
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Generative replay underlies compositional inference in the hippocampal-prefrontal circuit.
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Schwartenbeck P. et al, (2023), Cell, 186, 4885 - 4897.e14
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PET-measured human dopamine synthesis capacity and receptor availability predict trading rewards and time-costs during foraging.
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Ianni AM. et al, (2023), Nat Commun, 14
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The human brain reactivates context-specific past information at event boundaries of naturalistic experiences.
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Hahamy A. et al, (2023), Nat Neurosci, 26, 1080 - 1089