[HTML][HTML] Neural knowledge assembly in humans and neural networks

S Nelli, L Braun, T Dumbalska, A Saxe, C Summerfield - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Human understanding of the world can change rapidly when new information comes to light,
such as when a plot twist occurs in a work of fiction. This flexible" knowledge assembly" …

Neural evidence for the successor representation in choice evaluation

EM Russek, I Momennejad, MM Botvinick… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Evaluating choices in multi-step tasks is thought to involve mentally simulating trajectories.
Recent theories propose that the brain simplifies these laborious computations using …

Are grid-like representations a component of all perception and cognition?

ZS Chen, X Zhang, X Long, SJ Zhang - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Grid cells or grid-like responses have been reported in the rodent, bat and human brains
during various spatial and non-spatial tasks. However, the functions of grid-like …

Excitatory-inhibitory recurrent dynamics produce robust visual grids and stable attractors

X Zhang, X Long, SJ Zhang, ZS Chen - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Spatially modulated grid cells have been recently found in the rat secondary visual cortex
(V2) during active navigation. However, the computational mechanism and functional …

A spiking neural network model of rodent head direction calibrated with landmark free learning

R Stentiford, TC Knowles, MJ Pearson - Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Maintaining a stable estimate of head direction requires both self-motion (idiothetic)
information and environmental (allothetic) anchoring. In unfamiliar or dark environments …