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
Human hippocampal ripples align new experiences with a grid-like schema.
Journal article
Xiao Z. et al, (2025), Neuron, 113, 3661 - 3672.e4
A cognitive map for value-guided choice in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
Journal article
Veselic S. et al, (2025), Cell, 188, 3259 - 3273.e22
Constructing future behavior in the hippocampal formation through composition and replay.
Journal article
Bakermans JJW. et al, (2025), Nat Neurosci, 28, 1061 - 1072
Composing hippocampal maps from cortical building blocks in replay.
Journal article
(2025), Nat Neurosci, 28, 921 - 922
Neural mechanisms of credit assignment for delayed outcomes during contingent learning.
Journal article
Witkowski PP. et al, (2025), Elife, 13
Developmental Emergence of Replay–DMN Coordination Predicts Entorhinal Grid Codes
Preprint
Pang L. et al, (2025)
A tale of two algorithms: Structured slots explain prefrontal sequence memory and are unified with hippocampal cognitive maps.
Journal article
Whittington JCR. et al, (2025), Neuron, 113, 321 - 333.e6
RANGE, NOT INDEPENDENCE, DRIVES MODULARITY IN BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED REPRESENTATIONS
Conference paper
Dorrell W. et al, (2025), 13th International Conference on Learning Representations Iclr 2025, 24120 - 24156
Neural mechanisms of credit assignment for delayed outcomes during contingent learning.
Journal article
Witkowski PP. et al, (2024), bioRxiv
