Computation and theory neuroscience combines principles from neuroscience, computer science, and mathematics to understand how the brain processes information and performs complex computations. It aims to develop theoretical models and computational frameworks that can explain and predict the functions of the nervous system. 

This field seeks to understand the principles and algorithms that underlie cognitive processes and behavior, it explores how the brain integrates sensory inputs, forms representations of the external world, and generates appropriate behavioral responses. 

Faculty

Michael Berry
Associate Professor
Carlos Brody
Wilbur H. Gantz III '59 Professor of Neuroscience
Timothy Buschman
Associate Professor
Jonathan Cohen
Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professor in Neuroscience
Nathaniel Daw
Huo Professor in Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience
Bradley H. Dickerson
Assistant Professor
Tatiana Engel
Assistant Professor
Asif Ghazanfar
Professor
Uri Hasson
Professor
Sabine Kastner
Professor
Mala Murthy
Karol and Marnie Marcin ’96 Professor of Neuroscience. Director of PNI
Yael Niv
Professor
Kenneth Norman
Huo Professor in Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience
Jonathan Pillow
Professor
H. Sebastian Seung
Evnin Professor in Neuroscience
David Tank
Henry L. Hillman Professor of Neuroscience