Writings

Papers, preprints, and workshop contributions, organized by topic.

Writing list

CoT Control: The Word Disappears, but the Thought Does Not

Pranjal Garg

LessWrong

  • Blogpost
  • AI
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BibTeX
@misc{garg2026cotcontrol,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 27},
	publisher = {LessWrong},
	title = {CoT {Control}: The {Word} {Disappears}, but the {Thought} {Does} {Not}},
	url = {https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CWecvQoLDGWt6d35v/cot-control-the-word-disappears-but-the-thought-does-not},
}

How High Is 0.6? Floors, Ceilings, and Headroom in Interpretability Probing

Pranjal Garg

arXiv preprint arXiv:2610.08544

  • AI
  • Mechanistic Interpretability
BibTeX
@article{garg2026high,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal},
	journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2610.08544},
	year = {2026},
	title = {How {High} {Is} 0.6? {Floors}, {Ceilings}, and {Headroom} in {Interpretability} {Probing}},
}

Spontaneous Context Restoration: How Language Models Recover from Corrupted Inputs

Pranjal Garg, Jacob Beck

arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.35475

  • AI
  • Mechanistic Interpretability
BibTeX
@article{garg2026spontaneous,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Beck, Jacob},
	journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.35475},
	year = {2026},
	title = {Spontaneous {Context} {Restoration}: How {Language} {Models} {Recover} from {Corrupted} {Inputs}},
}

Spontaneous verbal evidence synthesis in LLMs

Pranjal Garg

LessWrong

  • Blogpost
  • AI
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BibTeX
@misc{garg2026evidence,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal},
	year = {2026},
	month = {10},
	publisher = {LessWrong},
	title = {Spontaneous verbal evidence synthesis in {LLMs}},
	url = {https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZWNruQZnrH4Yeusj5/spontaneous-verbal-evidence-synthesis-in-llms},
}

A Control-Theoretic Account of Cognitive Effort in Language Models

Pranjal Garg

First Workshop on CogInterp: Interpreting Cognition in Deep Learning Models

  • AI
  • Mechanistic Interpretability
BibTeX
@inproceedings{gargcontrol,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal},
	booktitle = {First {Workshop} on {CogInterp}: Interpreting {Cognition} in {Deep} {Learning} {Models}},
	year = {2025},
	title = {A {Control}-{Theoretic} {Account} of {Cognitive} {Effort} in {Language} {Models}},
}

Identifying patterns differing between high-dimensional datasets with generalized contrastive PCA

Eliezyer Fermino Oliveira, Pranjal Garg, Jens Hjerling-Leffler, Renata Batista-Brito, Lucas Sjulson

PLOS Computational Biology

  • Neuroscience
  • AI
BibTeX
@article{de2025identifying,
	author = {de Oliveira, Eliezyer Fermino and Garg, Pranjal and Hjerling-Leffler, Jens and Batista-Brito, Renata and Sjulson, Lucas},
	journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
	number = {2},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {e1012747},
	publisher = {Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA},
	title = {Identifying patterns differing between high-dimensional datasets with generalized contrastive {PCA}},
	volume = {21},
}

Modeling Neural Dynamics Using Periodic Structured State-Space Models

Pranjal Garg, V. Nema

NeurIPS 2024 Workshop on Women in Machine Learning (WiML)

  • Neuroscience
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{garg2024modeling,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Nema, V.},
	booktitle = {NeurIPS 2024 {Workshop} on {Women} in {Machine} {Learning} ({WiML})},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Modeling {Neural} {Dynamics} {Using} {Periodic} {Structured} {State}-{Space} {Models}},
	url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/109052},
	howpublished = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/109052},
}

The Mind Gala Science Writing Mentorship Program: Time-Constrained Online Matched Group Mentoring Approach to Writing a Popular Science Book

P. Garg, J. Trisal, A. Krishnamurthy, R. Chunduri, D. Satav, S. Muthiah, H. J. Anand, P. Thakur

Neuroscience 2024 Abstracts

  • Neuroscience
  • Humanities
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{garg2024mindgala,
	address = {Chicago, Illinois},
	author = {Garg, P. and Trisal, J. and Krishnamurthy, A. and Chunduri, R. and Satav, D. and Muthiah, S. and Anand, H. J. and Thakur, P.},
	booktitle = {Neuroscience 2024 {Abstracts}},
	year = {2024},
	month = {10},
	organization = {Society for Neuroscience},
	title = {The {Mind} {Gala} {Science} {Writing} {Mentorship} {Program}: Time-{Constrained} {Online} {Matched} {Group} {Mentoring} {Approach} to {Writing} a {Popular} {Science} {Book}},
	url = {https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/presentation/25589},
}

Computational Modeling of Hyperpolarizing Astrocytic Influence on Cortical Up-Down State Transitions

Jay Verma, Pranjal Garg

bioRxiv

  • Neuroscience
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BibTeX
@article{verma2023computational,
	author = {Verma, Jay and Garg, Pranjal},
	journal = {bioRxiv},
	doi = {10.1101/2023.10.16.562461},
	year = {2023},
	publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
	title = {Computational {Modeling} of {Hyperpolarizing} {Astrocytic} {Influence} on {Cortical} {Up}-{Down} {State} {Transitions}},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.16.562461},
}

Exploring the relationship between popular culture and perceptions of social standing in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) careers: a pilot study using path analysis

Pranjal Garg, Rithika Chunduri, Chinmayi Balusu

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

  • Humanities
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BibTeX
@article{garg2023exploring,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Chunduri, Rithika and Balusu, Chinmayi},
	journal = {Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Exploring the relationship between popular culture and perceptions of social standing in {Science}, {Technology}, {Engineering}, {Mathematics}, and {Medicine} ({STEMM}) careers: a pilot study using path analysis},
	url = {https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05m8h9t1},
	howpublished = {https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05m8h9t1},
	volume = {45},
}

Mixed signatures for subcritical dynamics in rodent hippocampus during sleep and awake epochs

Pranjal Garg

bioRxiv

  • Neuroscience
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BibTeX
@article{garg2023mixed,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal},
	journal = {bioRxiv},
	doi = {10.1101/2023.10.30.564597},
	year = {2023},
	publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
	title = {Mixed signatures for subcritical dynamics in rodent hippocampus during sleep and awake epochs},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.30.564597},
}

Tales of Neuroscience

Edited by P. Garg

The Mind Gala

  • Neuroscience
  • Humanities
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@book{garg2023tales,
	editor = {Garg, P.},
	year = {2023},
	publisher = {The Mind Gala},
	title = {Tales of {Neuroscience}},
	url = {https://books.google.com/books?id=zkq8EAAAQBAJ},
}

Awareness of the malaria vaccine in India

Chinar Singhal, Taiwo O Aremu, Pranjal Garg, Kunal Shah, Olihe N Okoro

Cureus

  • Medicine
BibTeX
@article{singhal2022awareness,
	author = {Singhal, Chinar and Aremu, Taiwo O and Garg, Pranjal and Shah, Kunal and Okoro, Olihe N},
	journal = {Cureus},
	number = {9},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {e29210},
	title = {Awareness of the malaria vaccine in {India}},
	volume = {14},
}

Basic and clinical neuroscience: a tale of dreadful trade in India

Saidharshini Muthiah, Shreshth Shekhar, Pranjal Garg

Neurological Sciences

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Perspectives
BibTeX
@article{muthiah2022basic,
	author = {Muthiah, Saidharshini and Shekhar, Shreshth and Garg, Pranjal},
	journal = {Neurological Sciences},
	number = {6},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {3995--3996},
	publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
	title = {Basic and clinical neuroscience: a tale of dreadful trade in {India}},
	volume = {43},
}

Chasing engrams in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Pranjal Garg, Sumedha Sengupta

Journal of Neuroscience Research

  • Neuroscience
  • Perspectives
BibTeX
@article{garg2022chasing,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Sengupta, Sumedha},
	journal = {Journal of Neuroscience Research},
	year = {2022},
	title = {Chasing engrams in zebrafish ({Danio} rerio)},
}

DiI staining of sensory neurons in the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum

Pranjal Garg, Chieh-Hsiang Tan, Paul W Sternberg

microPublication biology

  • Neuroscience
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BibTeX
@article{garg2022dii,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Tan, Chieh-Hsiang and Sternberg, Paul W},
	journal = {microPublication biology},
	doi = {10.17912/micropub.biology.000516},
	year = {2022},
	title = {DiI staining of sensory neurons in the entomopathogenic nematode {Steinernema} hermaphroditum},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000516},
	howpublished = {https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000516},
	volume = {2022},
}

Introducing stimulogenetics, unraveling pertinent semantic ambiguity, and determining clinical relevance among novel neuromodulation strategies

Pranjal Garg, Saidharshini Muthiah, Sumedha Sengupta

Biology Methods and Protocols

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Perspectives
BibTeX
@article{garg2022introducing,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Muthiah, Saidharshini and Sengupta, Sumedha},
	journal = {Biology Methods and Protocols},
	number = {1},
	year = {2022},
	title = {Introducing stimulogenetics, unraveling pertinent semantic ambiguity, and determining clinical relevance among novel neuromodulation strategies},
	volume = {7},
}

IoT-based disease prediction

Pranjal Garg, Sejal Gupta

Smart and Secure Internet of Healthcare Things

  • Medicine
BibTeX
@inbook{garg2022iot,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Gupta, Sejal},
	booktitle = {Smart and {Secure} {Internet} of {Healthcare} {Things}},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {17--30},
	publisher = {CRC Press},
	title = {IoT-based disease prediction},
}

Issue of poor student-faculty relationship in Indian medical education

Pranjal Garg, Saidharshini Muthiah, Chirag Singla

Canadian Medical Education Journal

  • Medicine
  • Perspectives
BibTeX
@article{garg2022issue,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Muthiah, Saidharshini and Singla, Chirag},
	journal = {Canadian Medical Education Journal},
	number = {5},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {114},
	title = {Issue of poor student-faculty relationship in {Indian} medical education},
	volume = {13},
}

Is maintaining sleep hygiene enough for good sleep? A socioeconomic correlation study in north India.

Pranjal Garg, Rajesh Kathrotia, Ashwini A Mahadule, Annu Kumari, Arun Goel

European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine (EJMCM)

  • Medicine
BibTeX
@article{garg2020maintaining,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal and Kathrotia, Rajesh and Mahadule, Ashwini A and Kumari, Annu and Goel, Arun},
	journal = {European Journal of Molecular \& Clinical Medicine (EJMCM)},
	number = {09},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {3621--3629},
	title = {Is maintaining sleep hygiene enough for good sleep? {A} socioeconomic correlation study in north {India}.},
	volume = {7},
}

My ideal medical college

Pranjal Garg

Journal of Medical Evidence

  • Medicine
  • Perspectives
BibTeX
@article{garg2020my,
	author = {Garg, Pranjal},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Evidence},
	number = {1},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {61--64},
	publisher = {Medknow},
	title = {My ideal medical college},
	volume = {1},
}