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Nicholas Watters

McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchORCID 0000-0002-7757-7700Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:non-human primate· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Assay:electronic health records· 2 Research Focus:batch correction / integration· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:contrastive learning· 1

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A Relational Code for Objects in Primate Frontal Cortex

Nicholas Watters, Jack Gabel, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Mehrdad Jazayeri

This study shows that neurons in primate frontal cortex encode both object locations and their spatial relationships during working memory.

bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Working Memory of Multi-Object Scenes in Primate Frontal Cortex

Nicholas Watters, Jack Gabel, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Mehrdad Jazayeri

This study investigates how primates store multiple objects in working memory using neural data from monkeys, finding that a weighted-sum model better explains memory representation than slot or switching models.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Computational basis of hierarchical and counterfactual information processing

Mahdi Ramadan, Cheng Tang, Nicholas Watters, Mehrdad Jazayeri

This study investigates how humans solve complex decision problems by combining hierarchical and counterfactual reasoning, finding that these strategies are computationally rational under specific constraints.

Nature Human Behaviour · Jun 11, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

MEDiCINe: Motion Correction for Neural Electrophysiology Recordings

Nicholas Watters, Alessio Paolo Buccino, Mehrdad Jazayeri

MEDiCINe improves motion correction in neural electrophysiology recordings, leading to more accurate spike sorting.

eNeuro · Feb 11, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience