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ArticleNature2025

A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition.

Marcel Binz, Elif Akata, Matthias Bethge, Franziska Brändle, Fred Callaway, Julian Coda-Forno, Peter Dayan, Can Demircan, Maria K Eckstein, Noémi Éltető and 30 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

40 authors.

Marcel BinzInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany. marcel.binz@helmholtz-munich.de.ORCID 0000-0001-8872-8386
Elif AkataInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Matthias BethgeUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Franziska BrändleUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Fred CallawayNew York University, New York, NY, USA.
Julian Coda-FornoInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Peter DayanUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3476-1839
Can DemircanInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Maria K EcksteinGoogle DeepMind, London, UK.
Noémi ÉltetőMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.
Thomas L GriffithsPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5138-7255
Susanne HaridiInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Akshay K JagadishInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Li Ji-AnUniversity of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Alexander KipnisInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Sreejan KumarPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1769-5147
Tobias LudwigUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Marvin MathonyInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Marcelo MattarNew York University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3303-2490
Alireza ModirshanechiInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7870-8602
Surabhi S NathUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Joshua C PetersonBoston University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6713-1353
Milena RmusInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Evan M RussekPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2929-6912
Tankred SaanumInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Johannes A SchubertMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.
Luca M Schulze BuschoffInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Nishad SinghiTU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Xin SuiUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Mirko ThalmannInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Fabian J TheisInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2419-1943
Vuong TruongMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1412-498X
Vishaal UdandaraoUniversity of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Konstantinos VoudourisInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Robert WilsonGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kristin WitteInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-8574-7472
Shuchen WuInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.
Dirk U WulffUniversity of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Huadong XiongGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Eric SchulzInstitute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishing a unified theory of cognition has been an important goal in psychology

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CognitionComputer SimulationModels, PsychologicalChoice BehaviorHumansLanguageMale

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PMID40604288
PMCPMC12390832

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