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Michael N. Shadlen

Michael N. Shadlen

Columbia University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
75
Citations
47801
World Ranking
1968
National Ranking
942

Michael N. Shadlen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael N. Shadlen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 152 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Michael N. Shadlen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael N. Shadlen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society in recognition of his pioneering experimental and theoretical studies of decision-making, identifying neural mechanisms that accumulate and convert sensory information toward behavioral choices
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2012 - Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation
  • 2009 - W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Overview

Michael N. Shadlen is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with extensive work in Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics encompass various aspects of neural function and behavior, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Michael N. Shadlen has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with the most publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Neuron
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Low-dimensional dynamics for working memory and time encoding" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics" (2020), Neuron
  • "Flexible neural control of motor units" (2022), Nature Neuroscience
  • "Context-Dependent Decision Making in a Premotor Circuit" (2020), Neuron
  • "Differentiating between integration and non-integration strategies in perceptual decision making" (2020), eLife

The scientist regularly collaborates with several co-authors, among whom the most frequent are:

  • Ariel Zylberberg
  • Eric M. Trautmann
  • Gabriel M Stine
  • Daniel M. Wolpert
  • Mark M. Churchland

Michael N. Shadlen has received the following awards:

  • Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society (2017), in recognition of pioneering experimental and theoretical studies of decision-making, identifying neural mechanisms that accumulate and convert sensory information toward behavioral choices
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2015)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2014)
  • Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation (2012)
  • W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons (2009)

Best Publications

  • The Neural Basis of Decision Making

    Joshua I. Gold;Michael N. Shadlen

  • The variable discharge of cortical neurons: implications for connectivity, computation, and information coding

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • The analysis of visual motion: a comparison of neuronal and psychophysical performance.

    KH Britten;MN Shadlen;WT Newsome;JA Movshon

  • Neural Basis of a Perceptual Decision in the Parietal Cortex (Area LIP) of the Rhesus Monkey

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • Response of Neurons in the Lateral Intraparietal Area during a Combined Visual Discrimination Reaction Time Task

    Jamie D. Roitman;Michael N. Shadlen

  • Noise, neural codes and cortical organization

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • Correlated neuronal discharge rate and its implications for psychophysical performance

    Ehud Zohary;Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • A relationship between behavioral choice and the visual responses of neurons in macaque MT

    K. H. Britten;W. T. Newsome;M. N. Shadlen;S. Celebrini

  • fMRI of human visual cortex

    Stephen A. Engel;David E. Rumelhart;Brian A. Wandell;Adrian T. Lee

  • Representation of Confidence Associated with a Decision by Neurons in the Parietal Cortex

    Roozbeh Kiani;Michael N. Shadlen

  • Neural correlates of a decision in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the macaque

    Jong-Nam Kim;Michael N. Shadlen

  • Neural computations that underlie decisions about sensory stimuli

    Joshua I. Gold;Michael N. Shadlen

  • A computational analysis of the relationship between neuronal and behavioral responses to visual motion

    MN Shadlen;KH Britten;WT Newsome;JA Movshon

  • Temporal context calibrates interval timing.

    Mehrdad Jazayeri;Michael N Shadlen

  • Motion perception: seeing and deciding.

    Michael N. Shadlen;William T. Newsome

  • The effect of stimulus strength on the speed and accuracy of a perceptual decision

    John Palmer;Alexander C. Huk;Michael N. Shadlen

  • Decision-making with multiple alternatives.

    Anne K Churchland;Roozbeh Kiani;Michael N Shadlen

  • Probabilistic Population Codes for Bayesian Decision Making

    Jeffrey M. Beck;Wei Ji Ma;Wei Ji Ma;Roozbeh Kiani;Timothy Hanks

  • Responses of neurons in macaque MT to stochastic motion signals.

    Britten Kh;Shadlen Mn;Newsome Wt;Movshon Ja

  • Changes of mind in decision-making

    Arbora Resulaj;Roozbeh Kiani;Daniel M. Wolpert;Michael N. Shadlen

  • The Influence of Behavioral Context on the Representation of a Perceptual Decision in Developing Oculomotor Commands

    Joshua I. Gold;Michael N. Shadlen

Frequent Co-Authors

Roozbeh Kiani
Roozbeh Kiani New York University
William T. Newsome
William T. Newsome Stanford University
Daniel M. Wolpert
Daniel M. Wolpert Columbia University
Anne K. Churchland
Anne K. Churchland University of California, Los Angeles
Daphna Shohamy
Daphna Shohamy Columbia University
Joshua I. Gold
Joshua I. Gold University of Pennsylvania
Richard Axel
Richard Axel Columbia University
Alexandre Pouget
Alexandre Pouget University of Geneva
J. Anthony Movshon
J. Anthony Movshon New York University
Michael L. Platt
Michael L. Platt University of Pennsylvania

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