Nils Kolling

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Nils Kolling is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Kolling has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nils Kolling's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (27 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (12 papers). Nils Kolling is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (27 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (12 papers). Nils Kolling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Nils Kolling's co-authors include Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Timothy E.J. Behrens, Rogier B. Mars, Marco K. Wittmann, Laurence T. Hunt, Jérôme Sallet, Mark E. Walton, Jacqueline Scholl, Mark W. Woolrich and Natalie Nelissen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nils Kolling

36 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Neural Mechanisms of Foraging

2012 425 citations Nils Kolling, Timothy E.J. Behrens et al. Science profile →

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Erie D. Boorman United States

Christian Bellebaum Germany

Camillo Padoa‐Schioppa United States

C. Nico Boehler Belgium

Veit Stuphorn United States

Marco K. Wittmann United Kingdom

Rafael Polanía Switzerland

Geoffrey F. Potts United States

Claudia Danielmeier Germany

Simon van Gaal Netherlands

Erie D. Boorman United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Kolling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nils Kolling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nils Kolling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nils Kolling. Nils Kolling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Reilly, Jill X., et al.. (2025). Emotions and individual differences shape human foraging under threat. Nature Mental Health. 3(4). 444–465. 1 indexed citations

Scholl, Jacqueline, Natalie Nelissen, Lauren Atkinson, et al.. (2025). Neural signatures of risk-taking adaptions across health, bipolar disorder, and lithium treatment. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(7). 2955–2965. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Harry, et al.. (2024). Goal commitment is supported by vmPFC through selective attention. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(7). 1351–1365. 6 indexed citations

Khalighinejad, Nima, Alessandro Bongioanni, Urs Schüffelgen, et al.. (2024). General mechanisms of task engagement in the primate frontal cortex. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4802–4802. 4 indexed citations

Kolling, Nils, et al.. (2023). Frontopolar cortex represents complex features and decision value during choice between environments. Cell Reports. 42(6). 112555–112555. 7 indexed citations

Cuell, Steven F., et al.. (2023). Neural responses in macaque prefrontal cortex are linked to strategic exploration. PLoS Biology. 21(1). e3001985–e3001985. 13 indexed citations

Scholl, Jacqueline, et al.. (2022). The effect of apathy and compulsivity on planning and stopping in sequential decision-making. PLoS Biology. 20(3). e3001566–e3001566. 10 indexed citations

Hunt, Laurence T., Nathaniel D. Daw, Malcolm A. MacIver, et al.. (2021). Formalizing planning and information search in naturalistic decision-making. Nature Neuroscience. 24(8). 1051–1064. 50 indexed citations

Schüffelgen, Urs, Franz-Xaver Neubert, Alessandro Bongioanni, et al.. (2020). Multiple systems in macaques for tracking prediction errors and other types of surprise. PLoS Biology. 18(10). e3000899–e3000899. 8 indexed citations

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Fouragnan, Elsa, Bolton K. H. Chau, Davide Folloni, et al.. (2019). The macaque anterior cingulate cortex translates counterfactual choice value into actual behavioral change. Nature Neuroscience. 22(5). 797–808. 130 indexed citations

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Kolling, Nils, et al.. (2018). Prospection, Perseverance, and Insight in Sequential Behavior. Neuron. 99(5). 1069–1082.e7. 43 indexed citations

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Scholl, Jacqueline, Nils Kolling, Natalie Nelissen, et al.. (2017). Beyond negative valence: 2-week administration of a serotonergic antidepressant enhances both reward and effort learning signals. PLoS Biology. 15(2). e2000756–e2000756. 33 indexed citations

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Kolling, Nils & Thomas Akam. (2017). (Reinforcement?) Learning to forage optimally. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 46. 162–169. 39 indexed citations

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Akaishi, Rei, Nils Kolling, Joshua W. Brown, & Matthew F. S. Rushworth. (2016). Neural Mechanisms of Credit Assignment in a Multicue Environment. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(4). 1096–1112. 41 indexed citations

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Scholl, Jacqueline, Nils Kolling, Elisa Favaron, et al.. (2014). A Role Beyond Learning for NMDA Receptors in Reward-Based Decision-Making—a Pharmacological Study Using d-Cycloserine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 39(12). 2900–2909. 22 indexed citations

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Kolling, Nils, Marco K. Wittmann, & Matthew F. S. Rushworth. (2014). Multiple Neural Mechanisms of Decision Making and Their Competition under Changing Risk Pressure. Neuron. 81(5). 1190–1202. 117 indexed citations

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Chau, Bolton K. H., Nils Kolling, Laurence T. Hunt, Mark E. Walton, & Matthew F. S. Rushworth. (2014). A neural mechanism underlying failure of optimal choice with multiple alternatives. Nature Neuroscience. 17(3). 463–470. 92 indexed citations

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Kolling, Nils, Timothy E.J. Behrens, Rogier B. Mars, & Matthew F. S. Rushworth. (2012). Neural Mechanisms of Foraging. Science. 336(6077). 95–98. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hunt, Laurence T., Nils Kolling, Alireza Soltani, et al.. (2012). Mechanisms underlying cortical activity during value-guided choice. Nature Neuroscience. 15(3). 470–476. 320 indexed citations

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Rushworth, Matthew F. S., Nils Kolling, Jérôme Sallet, & Rogier B. Mars. (2012). Valuation and decision-making in frontal cortex: one or many serial or parallel systems?. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 22(6). 946–955. 219 indexed citations

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