Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science went from 183 papers in 2023 to 753 in 2026, roughly 4.1x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science work: 824 papers from 2023 to 2026, 41% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Diffusion Models: papers tagged with both rose from 4 in 2023 to 44 in 2026.
• Among the 10 topics under Application Domains, it ranks #4 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Applications · health medicine, is up 61x versus 4.1x here.

Representative papers

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• NeurIPS 2026(Strongly) Replicable Distribution Testers imply High Probability Distribution Testers
• ICML 2026(Be Cautious!) Bio-Foundation Models Are Not Yet Robust to Biologically Plausible Perturbations and ML Transformations
• ICLR 2026A Biologically Plausible Dense Associative Memory with Exponential Capacity
• CVPR 2026Globscope Toward a Global View of the Loss Landscape
• NeurIPS 2025$\mu$PC: Scaling Predictive Coding to 100+ Layer Networks
• ICML 2025Can Biologically Plausible Temporal Credit Assignment Rules Match BPTT for Neural Similarity? E-prop as an Example
• ICLR 2025A Computational Framework for Modeling Emergence of Color Vision in the Human Brain
• CVPR 2025Blurred LiDAR for Sharper 3D: Robust Handheld 3D Scanning with Diffuse LiDAR and RGB
• NeurIPS 2024$\textit{NeuroPath}$: A Neural Pathway Transformer for Joining the Dots of Human Connectomes
• ICML 2024$\bf{\Phi}_\textrm{Flow}$: Differentiable Simulations for PyTorch, TensorFlow and Jax
• ICLR 2024A Cognitive Model for Learning Abstract Relational Structures from Memory-based Decision-Making Tasks
• CVPR 2024Efficient Detection of Long Consistent Cycles and its Application to Distributed Synchronization
• NeurIPS 2023Adaptive whitening with fast gain modulation and slow synaptic plasticity
• ICML 2023Accuracy on the Curve: On the Nonlinear Correlation of ML Performance Between Data Subpopulations
• ICLR 2023A framework for benchmarking Class-out-of-distribution detection and its application to ImageNet
• CVPR 20233D Line Mapping Revisited
• NeurIPS 2026$\mathrm{Bounded\mbox{-}RS}$: A Bounded Evaluation Protocol and Testbed for Representational Systematicity
• ICML 2026A hitchhiker's guide to Poisson gradient estimation
• ICLR 2026A Brain Graph Foundation Model: Pre-Training and Prompt-Tuning across Broad Atlases and Disorders
• CVPR 2026LASAR Towards Spatio-temporal Reasoning with Latent Cognitive Map

All Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers

2,033 papers, page 35 of 41

1701. NeurIPS 2024Construction and Application of Materials Knowledge Graph in Multidisciplinary Materials Science via Large Language Model
1702. NeurIPS 2024Continuous Spatiotemporal Events Decoupling through Spike-based Bayesian Computation
1703. NeurIPS 2024Contrastive-Equivariant Self-Supervised Learning Improves Alignment with Primate Visual Area IT
1704. NeurIPS 2024Controlled maximal variability along with reliable performance in recurrent neural networks
1705. NeurIPS 2024Cooperate or Collapse: Emergence of Sustainable Cooperation in a Society of LLM Agents
1706. NeurIPS 2024Crafting Interpretable Embeddings for Language Neuroscience by Asking LLMs Questions
1707. NeurIPS 2024DARNet: Dual Attention Refinement Network with Spatiotemporal Construction for Auditory Attention Detection
1708. NeurIPS 2024Designing Cell-Type-Specific Promoter Sequences Using Conservative Model-Based Optimization
1709. NeurIPS 2024Differentially Private Equivalence Testing for Continuous Distributions and Applications
1710. NeurIPS 2024Discovering plasticity rules that organize and maintain neural circuits
1711. NeurIPS 2024DisenGCD: A Meta Multigraph-assisted Disentangled Graph Learning Framework for Cognitive Diagnosis
1712. NeurIPS 2024Disentangling the Roles of Distinct Cell Classes with Cell-Type Dynamical Systems
1713. NeurIPS 2024Divergences between Language Models and Human Brains
1714. NeurIPS 2024Divide-and-Conquer Predictive Coding: a structured Bayesian inference algorithm
1715. NeurIPS 2024Doing Experiments and Revising Rules with Natural Language and Probabilistic Reasoning
1716. NeurIPS 2024Du-IN: Discrete units-guided mask modeling for decoding speech from Intracranial Neural signals
1717. NeurIPS 2024EEG2Video: Towards Decoding Dynamic Visual Perception from EEG Signals
1718. NeurIPS 2024EEGPT: Pretrained Transformer for Universal and Reliable Representation of EEG Signals
1719. NeurIPS 2024Empowering and Assessing the Utility of Large Language Models in Crop Science
1720. NeurIPS 2024Energy-Based Modelling for Discrete and Mixed Data via Heat Equations on Structured Spaces
1721. NeurIPS 2024EnOF-SNN: Training Accurate Spiking Neural Networks via Enhancing the Output Feature
1722. NeurIPS 2024Entropy testing and its application to testing Bayesian networks
1723. NeurIPS 2024Evaluating alignment between humans and neural network representations in image-based learning tasks
1724. NeurIPS 2024Evaluating Numerical Reasoning in Text-to-Image Models
1725. NeurIPS 2024Exact Gradients for Stochastic Spiking Neural Networks Driven by Rough Signals
1726. NeurIPS 2024Exploring Behavior-Relevant and Disentangled Neural Dynamics with Generative Diffusion Models
1727. NeurIPS 2024Exploring the trade-off between deep-learning and explainable models for brain-machine interfaces
1728. NeurIPS 2024FasMe: Fast and Sample-efficient Meta Estimator for Precision Matrix Learning in Small Sample Settings
1729. NeurIPS 2024FastSurvival: Hidden Computational Blessings in Training Cox Proportional Hazards Models
1730. NeurIPS 2024Feedback control guides credit assignment in recurrent neural networks
1731. NeurIPS 2024FEEL-SNN: Robust Spiking Neural Networks with Frequency Encoding and Evolutionary Leak Factor
1732. NeurIPS 2024Flexible Context-Driven Sensory Processing in Dynamical Vision Models
1733. NeurIPS 2024Flexible mapping of abstract domains by grid cells via self-supervised extraction and projection of generalized velocity signals
1734. NeurIPS 2024Flexible task abstractions emerge in linear networks with fast and bounded units
1735. NeurIPS 2024Flow Snapshot Neurons in Action: Deep Neural Networks Generalize to Biological Motion Perception
1736. NeurIPS 2024fMRI predictors based on language models of increasing complexity recover brain left lateralization
1737. NeurIPS 2024From Linear to Linearizable Optimization: A Novel Framework with Applications to Stationary and Non-stationary DR-submodular Optimization
1738. NeurIPS 2024Gaussian Approximation and Multiplier Bootstrap for Polyak-Ruppert Averaged Linear Stochastic Approximation with Applications to TD Learning
1739. NeurIPS 2024GENOT: Entropic (Gromov) Wasserstein Flow Matching with Applications to Single-Cell Genomics
1740. NeurIPS 2024Geodesic Optimization for Predictive Shift Adaptation on EEG data
1741. NeurIPS 2024Geometric Analysis of Nonlinear Manifold Clustering
1742. NeurIPS 2024Geometry of naturalistic object representations in recurrent neural network models of working memory
1743. NeurIPS 2024GeSS: Benchmarking Geometric Deep Learning under Scientific Applications with Distribution Shifts
1744. NeurIPS 2024Global Distortions from Local Rewards: Neural Coding Strategies in Path-Integrating Neural Systems
1745. NeurIPS 2024Goal Reduction with Loop-Removal Accelerates RL and Models Human Brain Activity in Goal-Directed Learning
1746. NeurIPS 2024GV-Rep: A Large-Scale Dataset for Genetic Variant Representation Learning
1747. NeurIPS 2024Identifying Spatio-Temporal Drivers of Extreme Events
1748. NeurIPS 2024Idiographic Personality Gaussian Process for Psychological Assessment
1749. NeurIPS 2024Inference of Neural Dynamics Using Switching Recurrent Neural Networks
1750. NeurIPS 2024Inferring stochastic low-rank recurrent neural networks from neural data

FAQ

How many Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

2,033 in total: 183 in 2023, 424 in 2024, 673 in 2025, 753 in 2026.

How many Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 227 Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers, versus 342 the year before.

How many Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 229 Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers, versus 151 the year before.

How many Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 263 Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers, versus 157 the year before.

How many Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 34 Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers, versus 23 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Applications · neuroscience and cognitive science papers?

NeurIPS, with 824 papers from 2023 to 2026.