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

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• 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

424 papers, page 7 of 9

301. NeurIPS 2024Exploring the trade-off between deep-learning and explainable models for brain-machine interfaces
302. NeurIPS 2024FasMe: Fast and Sample-efficient Meta Estimator for Precision Matrix Learning in Small Sample Settings
303. NeurIPS 2024FastSurvival: Hidden Computational Blessings in Training Cox Proportional Hazards Models
304. NeurIPS 2024Feedback control guides credit assignment in recurrent neural networks
305. NeurIPS 2024FEEL-SNN: Robust Spiking Neural Networks with Frequency Encoding and Evolutionary Leak Factor
306. NeurIPS 2024Flexible Context-Driven Sensory Processing in Dynamical Vision Models
307. NeurIPS 2024Flexible mapping of abstract domains by grid cells via self-supervised extraction and projection of generalized velocity signals
308. NeurIPS 2024Flexible task abstractions emerge in linear networks with fast and bounded units
309. NeurIPS 2024Flow Snapshot Neurons in Action: Deep Neural Networks Generalize to Biological Motion Perception
310. NeurIPS 2024fMRI predictors based on language models of increasing complexity recover brain left lateralization
311. NeurIPS 2024From Linear to Linearizable Optimization: A Novel Framework with Applications to Stationary and Non-stationary DR-submodular Optimization
312. NeurIPS 2024Gaussian Approximation and Multiplier Bootstrap for Polyak-Ruppert Averaged Linear Stochastic Approximation with Applications to TD Learning
313. NeurIPS 2024GENOT: Entropic (Gromov) Wasserstein Flow Matching with Applications to Single-Cell Genomics
314. NeurIPS 2024Geodesic Optimization for Predictive Shift Adaptation on EEG data
315. NeurIPS 2024Geometric Analysis of Nonlinear Manifold Clustering
316. NeurIPS 2024Geometry of naturalistic object representations in recurrent neural network models of working memory
317. NeurIPS 2024GeSS: Benchmarking Geometric Deep Learning under Scientific Applications with Distribution Shifts
318. NeurIPS 2024Global Distortions from Local Rewards: Neural Coding Strategies in Path-Integrating Neural Systems
319. NeurIPS 2024Goal Reduction with Loop-Removal Accelerates RL and Models Human Brain Activity in Goal-Directed Learning
320. NeurIPS 2024GV-Rep: A Large-Scale Dataset for Genetic Variant Representation Learning
321. NeurIPS 2024Identifying Spatio-Temporal Drivers of Extreme Events
322. NeurIPS 2024Idiographic Personality Gaussian Process for Psychological Assessment
323. NeurIPS 2024Inference of Neural Dynamics Using Switching Recurrent Neural Networks
324. NeurIPS 2024Inferring stochastic low-rank recurrent neural networks from neural data
325. NeurIPS 2024Large Language Models Must Be Taught to Know What They Don’t Know
326. NeurIPS 2024Latent Diffusion for Neural Spiking Data
327. NeurIPS 2024Latent Learning Progress Drives Autonomous Goal Selection in Human Reinforcement Learning
328. NeurIPS 2024Latent Representation Matters: Human-like Sketches in One-shot Drawing Tasks
329. NeurIPS 2024Learning Cortico-Muscular Dependence through Orthonormal Decomposition of Density Ratios
330. NeurIPS 2024Learning Macroscopic Dynamics from Partial Microscopic Observations
331. NeurIPS 2024Learning Place Cell Representations and Context-Dependent Remapping
332. NeurIPS 2024Learning predictable and robust neural representations by straightening image sequences
333. NeurIPS 2024Learning to compute Gröbner bases
334. NeurIPS 2024Learning-Augmented Priority Queues
335. NeurIPS 2024Linking In-context Learning in Transformers to Human Episodic Memory
336. NeurIPS 2024LM-HT SNN: Enhancing the Performance of SNN to ANN Counterpart through Learnable Multi-hierarchical Threshold Model
337. NeurIPS 2024Long-Range Feedback Spiking Network Captures Dynamic and Static Representations of the Visual Cortex under Movie Stimuli
338. NeurIPS 2024Marrying Causal Representation Learning with Dynamical Systems for Science
339. NeurIPS 2024Mirror and Preconditioned Gradient Descent in Wasserstein Space
340. NeurIPS 2024MiSO: Optimizing brain stimulation to create neural activity states
341. NeurIPS 2024Model Based Inference of Synaptic Plasticity Rules
342. NeurIPS 2024MonkeySee: Space-time-resolved reconstructions of natural images from macaque multi-unit activity
343. NeurIPS 2024Multivariate Stochastic Dominance via Optimal Transport and Applications to Models Benchmarking
344. NeurIPS 2024Nearly Optimal Approximation of Matrix Functions by the Lanczos Method
345. NeurIPS 2024NeuMA: Neural Material Adaptor for Visual Grounding of Intrinsic Dynamics
346. NeurIPS 2024Neural decoding from stereotactic EEG: accounting for electrode variability across subjects
347. NeurIPS 2024Neural Embeddings Rank: Aligning 3D latent dynamics with movements
348. NeurIPS 2024Neural Pfaffians: Solving Many Many-Electron Schrödinger Equations
349. NeurIPS 2024Neuro-Vision to Language: Enhancing Brain Recording-based Visual Reconstruction and Language Interaction
350. NeurIPS 2024NeuroBOLT: Resting-state EEG-to-fMRI Synthesis with Multi-dimensional Feature Mapping

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.