Adaptively navigating affordance landscapes: how interactions between the superior colliculus and thalamus coordinate complex, adaptive behaviour
JM Shine - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The thalamus plays a crucial role in higher-order emergent functions of the brain, including
working memory, attention and conscious awareness. How this small subcortical structure …
working memory, attention and conscious awareness. How this small subcortical structure …
Modelling continual learning in humans with Hebbian context gating and exponentially decaying task signals
Humans can learn several tasks in succession with minimal mutual interference but perform
more poorly when trained on multiple tasks at once. The opposite is true for standard deep …
more poorly when trained on multiple tasks at once. The opposite is true for standard deep …
A transient high-dimensional geometry affords stable conjunctive subspaces for efficient action selection
Flexible action selection requires cognitive control mechanisms capable of map** the
same inputs to different output actions depending on the context. From a neural state-space …
same inputs to different output actions depending on the context. From a neural state-space …
Investigating the intrinsic top-down dynamics of deep generative models
Hierarchical generative models can produce data samples based on the statistical structure
of their training distribution. This capability can be linked to current theories in computational …
of their training distribution. This capability can be linked to current theories in computational …
Hierarchy of prediction errors shapes the learning of context-dependent sensory representations
How sensory information is interpreted depends on context. Yet, how context shapes
sensory processing in the brain remains elusive. To investigate this question, we combined …
sensory processing in the brain remains elusive. To investigate this question, we combined …
Instruction-induced modulation of the visual stream during gesture observation.
B Tomasino, C Canderan, RI Rumiati - Neuropsychologia, 2025 - Elsevier
Although gesture observation tasks are believed to invariably activate the action-observation
network (AON), we investigated whether the activation of different cognitive mechanisms …
network (AON), we investigated whether the activation of different cognitive mechanisms …
An information-theoretic approach to reward rate optimization in the tradeoff between controlled and automatic processing in neural network architectures
This article introduces a quantitative approach to modeling the cost of control in a neural
network architecture when it is required to execute one or more simultaneous tasks, and its …
network architecture when it is required to execute one or more simultaneous tasks, and its …
Novel verbal instructions recruit abstract neural patterns of time-variable information dimensionality
P Pena, AF Palenciano, C González-García, M Ruz - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Human performance is endowed by neural representations of information that is relevant for
behavior, some of which are also activated in a preparatory fashion to optimize later …
behavior, some of which are also activated in a preparatory fashion to optimize later …
[HTML][HTML] Computational investigations of learning and synchronization in cognitive control
Complex cognition requires binding together of stimulus, action, and other features, across
different time scales. Several implementations of such binding have been proposed in the …
different time scales. Several implementations of such binding have been proposed in the …
Representation learning for continual task performance
T Flesch - 2022 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Humans have the remarkable ability to learn continually without forgetting, and adapt their
behaviour to changing situational demands. While previous work has focussed on …
behaviour to changing situational demands. While previous work has focussed on …