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Christopher Summerfield
PhD MSc BA
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Wellcome Trust Discovery Award Holder
- Research Director, UK AI Safety Institute
- Fellow of Wadham College
Human learning and decision-making
Research SummarY
My work lies at the intersection of cognitive science, neuroscience, AI research, and social science. In my Oxford group, we study how humans learn and decide, from a behavioural, comptuational and neural standpoint. We use neural network models as theories of human learning and cognition, and as objects of study in their own right. We also use deep networks as tools for assisting human behaviour, such as accelerating learning and helping humans cooperate and find agreement.
Key publications
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Dissociable prior influences of signal probability and relevance on visual contrast sensitivity.
Journal article
Wyart V. et al, (2012), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109, 3593 - 3598
Recent publications
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Zero-shot counting with a dual-stream neural network model.
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Thompson JAF. et al, (2024), Neuron
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How do (perceptual) distracters distract?
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Dumbalska T. et al, (2022), PLoS Comput Biol, 18
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Unsupervised deep learning identifies semantic disentanglement in single inferotemporal face patch neurons.
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Higgins I. et al, (2021), Nat Commun, 12
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A Normative Account of Confirmation Bias During Reinforcement Learning.
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Lefebvre G. et al, (2021), Neural Comput, 1 - 31
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Normative Principles for Decision-Making in Natural Environments.
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Summerfield C. and Parpart P., (2021), Annu Rev Psychol