Peer-reviewed pre-registrations

F Ohmann, Z Ahmed, S Isbaner, S Eiteljörge, N Mani (2026). Exploration and Learning during Free Play. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/49P6Q 

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S Venkatesan, N Mani, Z Ahmed (2026). The Influence of Inferred Popularity on Children’s Exploration. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UHDWJ

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Papers

R Vogg, M Nuske, M Weis, T Lüddecke, E Karakoç, Z Ahmed, SM Pereira, S Malaivijitnond, S Meesawat, F Wörgötter, PM Kappeler, A Gail, J Ostner, O Schülke, C Fichtel, AS Ecker (in print in PlosOne). PriMAT: A robust multi-animal tracking model for primates in the wild, biorxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.21.607881

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N Shahidi,, Z Ahmed, Y Badayeva,  I Lacal, A Gail (2025 ). Freely foraging macaques value information in ambiguous terrains, Scientific Reports, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-32879-x.​​​​

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​Z Ahmed, NS Agha, A Trunk, M Berger, A Gail (2022). Universal guide for skull  extraction and custom-fitting of implants to continuous and discontinuous skulls, eNeuro,

doi:  https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0028-22.2022

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Published Conference Abstracts

C da Silva, V Ivanov, Z Ahmed, I Lacal, A Gail, F Sinz (2025): An encoding model to study the sensorimotor cortex of freely-behaving monkeys. COSYNE, Montreal, Canada

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N Shahidi, Z Ahmed, Y Badayeva, I Lacal, A Gail (2024): Spatial pattern of macaques' solo and dyadic foraging in an experimentally controlled terrain. Journal of Computational Neuroscience

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M. Nuske, R. Vogg, Z. Ahmed, A. Gail, AS Ecker, F. Wörgötter (2023). Joint tracking and classification model for behavioural analysis of freely moving primates. Bernstein Conference, Berlin, Germany.​

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A Trende, Z Ahmed, S Meiser, G Ashida, J Kretzberg (2017). Which abstraction level to  choose for the leech local bend network, Bernstein Conference, Goettingen, Germany. 

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Unpublished Conference Posters

Z. Ahmed, I Lacal, M Nuske, R Vogg, F Wörgötter, AS Ecker, A Gail (2025). Same Dynamics, Different Embeddings - Neural encoding of natural arm reaches in freely moving rhesus macaques. I-Move, Lübeck, Germany.

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J Grunwald*, Z. Ahmed*, I Lacal, A Nakahashi, J Hainke, A Gail (2025).  Social Context shapes behavioral and neural dynamics of foraging and decision-making in freely moving rhesus macaques. Göttingen Cognition Forum, Göttingen, Germany.

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J Grunwald*, Z. Ahmed*, I Lacal, A Nakahashi, J Hainke, A Gail (2025).  Social Context shapes behavioral and neural dynamics of foraging and decision-making in freely moving rhesus macaques. Primate Neurobiology Meeting, Göttingen, Germany.

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J Hainke, Z. Ahmed, I Lacal, J Grunwald, A Gail (2025).  Estimation of head gazes in freely moving rhesus macaques. Primate Neurobiology Meeting, Göttingen, Germany.

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I Lacal, Z. Ahmed, A Gail (2025).  Deciding while acting – the planning horizon
of primate sensorimtor cortex. Primate Neurobiology Meeting, Göttingen, Germany.

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J Grunwald*, Z. Ahmed*, I Lacal, J Hainke, A Nakahashi, A Gail (2024).  Social Context shapes behavioral dynamics of foraging and decision-making infreely moving rhesus macaques. Foraging and Information Seeking Conference, Lyon, France.

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N Shahidi, Z Ahmed, Y Badayeva, R Burghardt, I Lacal (2024). Freely foraging macaques value information in ambiguous terrain. Foraging and Information Seeking Conference, Lyon, France.

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Z. Ahmed, I Lacal, M Nuske, R Vogg, N Shahidi, F Wörgötter, AS Ecker, A Gail (2024). Neural correlates of complex arm reaches during different full-body contexts in freely moving rhesus macaques. NCM, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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I Lacal, Z Ahmed, A Gail (2024). Neural dynamics of sensorimotor decision-making in freely walking rhesus macaques. NCM, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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Z Ahmed, I Lacal, A Nakahashi, A Gail (2024). Change in the foraging strategies in freely moving rhesus monkey dyads. Society for Social Neuroscience, Tsukuba,Japan.

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Z. Ahmed, I Lacal, M Nuske, R Vogg, F Wörgötter, AS Ecker, A Gail (2023). Full-body actions beyond walking: the Playground Experiment for free solo and dyadic foraging combined with FairMOT-based action classification in rhesus macaques. SfN, San Diego, USA.

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Z. Ahmed, I Lacal, M Nuske, R Vogg, F Wörgötter, AS Ecker, A Gail (2023). The Playground Experiment for free solo and dyadic foraging  in rhesus macaques. SimianCollective, Chicago, USA.

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N Shahidi , Z Ahmed, Y Badayeva, R Burghardt, I Lacal, A Gail (2023). Spatial pattern of macaques’ solo and dyadic foraging in an experimentally controlled terrain. Primate Neurobiology Conference, Goettingen, Germany.

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Z Ahmed, A Gail (2019). Neural correlates of action effect anticipation. Summerschool  for Primate Cognitive Neuroscience, Bad Bevensen, Germany. 

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Z Ahmed, N Agha, A Trunk, M Berger, A Gail (2019). Universal guide for skull extraction  and custom-fitting of implants to continuous and discontinuous skulls. Primate Neurobiology Conference, Goettingen, Germany. 

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D Gonschorek, Z Ahmed, J Kreuzberg (2017). Electrophysiology and computational  modelling of leech Retzius cells, Bernstein Conference, Goettingen, Germany.