Perspectives on the computational approach to cognition
Holton, E., et al. (2025). "Perspectives on the computational approach to cognition." Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Published online October 28, 2025.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- Github University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- Github University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- Github University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
Disentangling the Component Processes in Complex Planning Impairments Following Ventromedial Prefrontal Lesions
Holton, E., Grohn, J., van Opheusden, B., Ma, W.J., Kolling, N. & Rushworth, M.F.S. (2025). "Disentangling the Component Processes in Complex Planning Impairments Following Ventromedial Prefrontal Lesions." Journal of Neuroscience. 45(12), e1814242025.
Goal commitment is supported by vmPFC through selective attention
Holton, E., Grohn, J., Ward, H., et al. (2024). "Goal commitment is supported by vmPFC through selective attention." Nature Human Behaviour. 8, 1351–1365.
Humans and neural networks show similar patterns of transfer and interference during continual learning
Holton, E., Braun, L., Thompson, J.A., Saxe, A. & Summerfield, C. (2025). "Humans and neural networks show similar patterns of transfer and interference during continual learning." Nature Human Behaviour.
Talks
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, California
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams