Backpropagation and the brain

TP Lillicrap, A Santoro, L Marris, CJ Akerman… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
During learning, the brain modifies synapses to improve behaviour. In the cortex, synapses
are embedded within multilayered networks, making it difficult to determine the effect of an …

Bridging biological and artificial neural networks with emerging neuromorphic devices: fundamentals, progress, and challenges

J Tang, F Yuan, X Shen, Z Wang, M Rao… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As the research on artificial intelligence booms, there is broad interest in brain‐inspired
computing using novel neuromorphic devices. The potential of various emerging materials …

Towards artificial general intelligence with hybrid Tianjic chip architecture

J Pei, L Deng, S Song, M Zhao, Y Zhang, S Wu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
There are two general approaches to develo** artificial general intelligence (AGI):
computer-science-oriented and neuroscience-oriented. Because of the fundamental …

Synaptic plasticity forms and functions

JC Magee, C Grienberger - Annual review of neuroscience, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Synaptic plasticity, the activity-dependent change in neuronal connection strength, has long
been considered an important component of learning and memory. Computational and …

A deep learning framework for neuroscience

BA Richards, TP Lillicrap, P Beaudoin, Y Bengio… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Systems neuroscience seeks explanations for how the brain implements a wide
variety of perceptual, cognitive and motor tasks. Conversely, artificial intelligence attempts to …

Predictive processing: a canonical cortical computation

GB Keller, TD Mrsic-Flogel - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
This perspective describes predictive processing as a computational framework for
understanding cortical function in the context of emerging evidence, with a focus on sensory …

A solution to the learning dilemma for recurrent networks of spiking neurons

G Bellec, F Scherr, A Subramoney, E Hajek… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Recurrently connected networks of spiking neurons underlie the astounding information
processing capabilities of the brain. Yet in spite of extensive research, how they can learn …

[HTML][HTML] Theories of error back-propagation in the brain

JCR Whittington, R Bogacz - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2019 - cell.com
This review article summarises recently proposed theories on how neural circuits in the
brain could approximate the error back-propagation algorithm used by artificial neural …

Artificial neural networks for neuroscientists: a primer

GR Yang, XJ Wang - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are essential tools in machine learning that have drawn
increasing attention in neuroscience. Besides offering powerful techniques for data analysis …

Dendritic cortical microcircuits approximate the backpropagation algorithm

J Sacramento, R Ponte Costa… - Advances in neural …, 2018 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Deep learning has seen remarkable developments over the last years, many of them
inspired by neuroscience. However, the main learning mechanism behind these advances …