When predict can also explain: Few-shot prediction to select better neural latents

Kabir V. Dabholkar; Omri Barak

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013789

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When predict can also explain: Few-shot prediction to select better neural latents

Kabir V. Dabholkar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kabir@campus.technion.ac.il

Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6842-5156

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Omri Barak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Network Biology Research Laboratory, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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When predict can also explain: Few-shot prediction to select better neural latents

Kabir V. Dabholkar,
Omri Barak

Published: December 30, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013789

About the Authors

Kabir V. Dabholkar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kabir@campus.technion.ac.il

Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6842-5156

Omri Barak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Network Biology Research Laboratory, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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