[HTML][HTML] Flexible multitask computation in recurrent networks utilizes shared dynamical motifs

LN Driscoll, K Shenoy, D Sussillo - Nature Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Flexible computation is a hallmark of intelligent behavior. However, little is known about how
neural networks contextually reconfigure for different computations. In the present work, we …

How 'visual'is the visual cortex? The interactions between the visual cortex and other sensory, motivational and motor systems as enabling factors for visual perception

CMA Pennartz, MN Oude Lohuis… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The definition of the visual cortex is primarily based on the evidence that lesions of this area
impair visual perception. However, this does not exclude that the visual cortex may process …

The role of motor cortex in motor sequence execution depends on demands for flexibility

KGC Mizes, J Lindsey, GS Escola, BP Ölveczky - Nature Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The role of the motor cortex in executing motor sequences is widely debated, with studies
supporting disparate views. Here we probe the degree to which the motor cortex's …

Single neuron responses to perceptual difficulty in the mouse auditory cortex

B Haimson, OD Gilday, A Lavi-Rudel, H Sagi… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Perceptual learning leads to improvement in behavioral performance, yet how the brain
supports challenging perceptual demands is unknown. We used two photon imaging in the …

Circuit mechanisms of navigation strategy learning in mice

M Parrini, G Tricot, P Caroni, M Spolidoro - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Navigation tasks involve the gradual selection and deployment of increasingly effective
searching procedures to reach targets. The brain mechanisms underlying such complex …

A multi-region recurrent circuit for evidence accumulation in rats

D Gupta, CD Kopec, AG Bondy, TZ Luo, VA Elliott… - BioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Decision-making based on noisy evidence requires accumulating evidence and
categorizing it to form a choice. Here we evaluate a proposed feedforward and modular …

[HTML][HTML] Strain Gauge Measuring System for Subsensory Micromotions Analysis as an Element of a Hybrid Human–Machine Interface

O Bureneva, N Safyannikov - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The human central nervous system is the integrative basis for the functioning of the
organism. The basis of such integration is provided by the fact that the same neurons are …

Cortex-wide characterization of decision-making neural dynamics during spatial navigation

SP Haley, DA Surinach, AK Nietz, RE Carter, LS Zecker… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Decision-making during freely moving behaviors involves complex interactions among many
cortical and subcortical regions. However, the spatiotemporal coordination across regions to …

Curriculum learning inspired by behavioral sha** trains neural networks to adopt animal-like decision making strategies

D Hocker, CM Constantinople, C Savin - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Recurrent neural networks (RNN) are ubiquitously used in neuroscience to capture both
neural dynamics and behaviors of living systems. However, when it comes to complex …

Determination of Neuronal Activity and Its Meaning for the Processes of Learning and Memory

YI Alexandrov, AA Sozinov, OE Svarnik, AG Gorkin… - Systems …, 2024 - Springer
Despite the years of studies in the field of systems neuroscience, the functions of neural
circuits and behavior-related systems are still not entirely understood. The systems …