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Cheng Tang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Compositional computations in the primate frontal cortex

Cheng Tang, Mehrdad Jazayeri

The paper investigates how neural circuits in the primate frontal cortex support compositional generalization by separating computations into spatial and temporal components and identifying biases when these components are misaligned.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 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