Summerfield, Christopher

Neuroscience-Inspired Artificial Intelligence

Hassabis, D., Kumaran, D., Summerfield, C., & Botvinick, M. (2017) · Neuron

Neural Networks and ApplicationsCognitive Computing and Networks

Cited by 1,557

Hybrid computing using a neural network with dynamic external memory

Graves, A., Wayne, G., Reynolds, M., Harley, T., Danihelka, I., Grabska-Barwińska, A., Colmenarejo, S. G., Grefenstette, E., Ramalho, T., Agapiou, J., et al. (2016) · Nature

Neural Networks and ApplicationsTopic Modeling

Cited by 1,412

An information theoretical approach to prefrontal executive function

Koechlin, E., & Summerfield, C. (2007) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Cited by 1,183

Expectation (and attention) in visual cognition

Summerfield, C., & Egner, T. (2009) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Visual perception and processing mechanismsVisual Attention and Saliency Detection

Cited by 950

Expectation in perceptual decision making: neural and computational mechanisms

Summerfield, C., & de Lange, F. P. (2014) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 832

Neural repetition suppression reflects fulfilled perceptual expectations

Summerfield, C., Trittschuh, E. H., Monti, J. M., Mesulam, M.-M., & Egner, T. (2008) · Nature Neuroscience

Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 692

Metacognition in human decision-making: confidence and error monitoring

Yeung, N., & Summerfield, C. (2012) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 667

Predictive codes for forthcoming perception in the frontal cortex.

Summerfield, C., Egner, T., Greene, M., Koechlin, E., Mangels, J., & Hirsch, J. (2006) · Science

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 496

If deep learning is the answer, what is the question?

Saxe, A., Nelli, S., & Summerfield, C. (2021) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Neural dynamics and brain functionNeural Networks and Applications

Cited by 397

Expectation and Surprise Determine Neural Population Responses in the Ventral Visual Stream

Egner, T., Monti, J. M., & Summerfield, C. (2010) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 350

Dissociable prior influences of signal probability and relevance on visual contrast sensitivity

Wyart, V., Nobre, A. C., & Summerfield, C. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Visual perception and processing mechanismsVisual Attention and Saliency Detection

Cited by 268

Building Bridges between Perceptual and Economic Decision-Making: Neural and Computational Mechanisms

Summerfield, C., & Tsetsos, K. (2012) · Frontiers in Neuroscience

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 167

Neural Mechanisms of Hierarchical Planning in a Virtual Subway Network

Balaguer, J., Spiers, H., Hassabis, D., & Summerfield, C. (2016) · Neuron

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesCognitive Functions and Memory

Cited by 163

Unsupervised deep learning identifies semantic disentanglement in single inferotemporal face patch neurons

Higgins, I., Chang, L., Langston, V., Hassabis, D., Summerfield, C., Tsao, D., & Botvinick, M. (2021) · Nature Communications

Face Recognition and PerceptionFace recognition and analysis

Cited by 162

Human Scalp Electroencephalography Reveals that Repetition Suppression Varies with Expectation

Summerfield, C., Wyart, V., Johnen, V. M., & de Gardelle, V. (2011) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 145

Confidence matching in group decision-making

Bang, D., Aitchison, L., Moran, R., Herce Castanon, S., Rafiee, B., Mahmoodi, A., Lau, J. Y. F., Latham, P. E., Bahrami, B., & Summerfield, C. (2017) · Nature Human Behaviour

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 141

Attention Sharpens the Distinction between Expected and Unexpected Percepts in the Visual Brain

Jiang, J., Summerfield, C., & Egner, T. (2013) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Visual perception and processing mechanismsVisual Attention and Saliency Detection

Cited by 133

Mistaking a house for a face: neural correlates of misperception in healthy humans

Summerfield, C., Egner, T., Mangels, J., & Hirsch, J. (2006) · Cerebral Cortex

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 120

Structure learning and the posterior parietal cortex

Summerfield, C., Luyckx, F., & Sheahan, H. (2020) · Progress in Neurobiology

Visual perception and processing mechanismsMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 118

Encoding of Stimulus Probability in Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex

Bell, A. H., Summerfield, C., Morin, E. L., Malecek, N. J., & Ungerleider, L. G. (2016) · Current Biology

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 118

Measuring what Matters: Construct Validity in Large Language Model Benchmarks

Bean, A. M., Kearns, R. O., Romanou, A., Hafner, F. S., Mayne, H., Batzner, J., Foroutan Eghlidi, N., Schmitz, C., Korgul, K., Batra, H., et al. (2025) · Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 38

Topic ModelingNatural Language Processing Techniques

Cited by 110

Human-centred mechanism design with Democratic AI

Koster, R., Balaguer, J., Tacchetti, A., Weinstein, A., Zhu, T., Hauser, O., Williams, D., Campbell-Gillingham, L., Thacker, P., Botvinick, M., et al. (2022) · Nature Human Behaviour

Game Theory and Voting SystemsEthics and Social Impacts of AI

Cited by 84

Concurrent Repetition Enhancement and Suppression Responses in Extrastriate Visual Cortex

de Gardelle, V., Waszczuk, M., Egner, T., & Summerfield, C. (2013) · Cerebral Cortex

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 83

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

Schroeder, D. T., Cha, M., Baronchelli, A., Bostrom, N., Christakis, N. A., Garcia, D., Goldenberg, A., Kyrychenko, Y., Leyton-Brown, K., Lutz, N., et al. (2026) · Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsEthics and Social Impacts of AI

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