Zeb Kurth‐Nelson

7.5k citations

53 papers · 3.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 27

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%
Artificial Intelligence top 2%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 2%
Social Psychology top 5%

Co-authors: Raymond J. Dolan A. David Redish Timothy E.J. Behrens Peter Dayan Matthew Botvinick Demis Hassabis Jane X. Wang Yunzhe Liu
Topics: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (23 papers)Neural dynamics and brain function (18 papers)Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers)
Cited by: General Decision Sciences Cognitive Neuroscience Applied Psychology
Journals: Nature Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Zeb Kurth‐Nelson

51 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

What Is a Cognitive Map? Organizing Knowledge for Flexible Behavior

2018 544 citations Timothy E.J. Behrens, Timothy Müller et al. Neuron profile →
Reinforcement Learning, Fast and Slow

2019 369 citations Matthew Botvinick, Jane X. Wang et al. profile →
Prefrontal cortex as a meta-reinforcement learning system

2018 317 citations Jane X. Wang, Zeb Kurth‐Nelson et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Human Replay Spontaneously Reorganizes Experience

2019 255 citations Yunzhe Liu, Raymond J. Dolan et al. Cell profile →
A distributional code for value in dopamine-based reinforcement learning

2020 236 citations Zeb Kurth‐Nelson, Demis Hassabis et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neural mechanisms of credit assignment for delayed outcomes during contingent learning 2025 ·eLife ·(unknown),(unknown),Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Mona M. Garvert,Raymond J. Dolan,Timothy E.J. Behrens,Erie D. Boorman	0
2	Decomposing dynamical subprocesses for compositional generalization 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kimberly Stachenfeld,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Rani Moran,Raymond J. Dolan	3
3	Generative replay underlies compositional inference in the hippocampal-prefrontal circuit 2023 ·Cell ·Philipp Schwartenbeck,Alon Baram,Yunzhe Liu,Shirley Mark,Timothy Müller,Raymond J. Dolan,Matthew Botvinick,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Timothy E.J. Behrens	23
4	Discounting future reward in an uncertain world. 2023 ·Decision ·Giles W. Story,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Michael Moutoussis,Kiyohito Iigaya,Geert‐Jan Will,Tobias U. Hauser,Bastien Blain,Ivo Vlaev,Raymond J. Dolan	5
5	Replay and compositional computation 2023 ·Neuron ·Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Timothy E.J. Behrens,Greg Wayne,Kevin J. Miller,(unknown),Raymond J. Dolan,Yunzhe Liu,Philipp Schwartenbeck	28
6	Temporally delayed linear modelling (TDLM) measures replay in both animals and humans 2021 ·eLife ·Yunzhe Liu,Raymond J. Dolan,(unknown),Héctor Penagos,Mark W. Woolrich,H. Freyja Ólafsdóttir,Caswell Barry,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Timothy E.J. Behrens	25
7	Overcoming Pavlovian bias in semantic space 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),Marc Guitart‐Masip,Raymond J. Dolan,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson	6
8	Social training reconfigures prediction errors to shape Self-Other boundaries 2020 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Tobias U. Hauser,Rani Moran,Giles W. Story,Raymond J. Dolan,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson	8
9	The value of what’s to come: Neural mechanisms coupling prediction error and the utility of anticipation 2020 ·Science Advances ·Kiyohito Iigaya,Tobias U. Hauser,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,John P. O’Doherty,Peter Dayan,Raymond J. Dolan	46
10	Computing Value from Quality and Quantity in Human Decision-Making 2018 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Archy O. de Berker,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Robb B. Rutledge,Sven Bestmann,Raymond J. Dolan	16
11	Prefrontal cortex as a meta-reinforcement learning systembreakdown → 2018 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Jane X. Wang,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Dharshan Kumaran,Dhruva Tirumala,Hubert Soyer,Joel Z. Leibo,Demis Hassabis,Matthew Botvinick	317
12	Agent-specific learning signals for self–other distinction during mentalising 2018 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown),Raymond J. Dolan,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson	11
13	What Is a Cognitive Map? Organizing Knowledge for Flexible Behaviorbreakdown → 2018 ·Neuron ·Timothy E.J. Behrens,Timothy Müller,James C. R. Whittington,Shirley Mark,Alon Baram,Kimberly Stachenfeld,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson	544
14	Moral transgressions corrupt neural representations of value 2017 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Molly J. Crockett,Jenifer Z. Siegel,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Peter Dayan,Raymond J. Dolan	92
15	Fast Sequences of Non-spatial State Representations in Humans 2016 ·Neuron ·Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Marcos Economides,Raymond J. Dolan,Peter Dayan	115
16	Parsing the Role of the Hippocampus in Approach–Avoidance Conflict 2016 ·Cerebral Cortex ·(unknown),Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,David Berron,Peter Dayan,Emrah Düzel,Raymond J. Dolan,Marc Guitart‐Masip	32
17	Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Molly J. Crockett,Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Jenifer Z. Siegel,Peter Dayan,Raymond J. Dolan	212
18	Competition strength influences individual preferences in an auction game 2014 ·Cognition ·Ulf Toelch,(unknown),Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Raymond J. Dolan	3
19	Excessive state switching underlies reversal learning deficits in cocaine users 2013 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·(unknown),Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Kelvin O. Lim,Angus W. MacDonald	15
20	Spontaneous Glial Calcium Waves in the Retina Develop over Early Adulthood 2009 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Zeb Kurth‐Nelson,Anusha Mishra,Eric A. Newman	40

About Zeb Kurth‐Nelson

Zeb Kurth‐Nelson is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensory Systems, having authored 53 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (23 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (18 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Decision Sciences (333 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.5k citations) and Applied Psychology (227 citations). Zeb Kurth‐Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Raymond J. Dolan, A. David Redish, Timothy E.J. Behrens, Peter Dayan, Matthew Botvinick, Demis Hassabis, Jane X. Wang, Yunzhe Liu, Timothy Müller and Shirley Mark. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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