Large language models and the reverse turing test

TJ Sejnowski - Neural computation, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Large language models (LLMs) have been transformative. They are pretrained foundational
models that are self-supervised and can be adapted with fine-tuning to a wide range of …

The mediodorsal thalamus in executive control

M Wolff, MM Halassa - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Executive control, the ability to organize thoughts and action plans in real time, is a defining
feature of higher cognition. Classical theories have emphasized cortical contributions to this …

Flexible multitask computation in recurrent networks utilizes shared dynamical motifs

L Driscoll, K Shenoy, D Sussillo - Biorxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Flexible computation is a hallmark of intelligent behavior. Yet, little is known about how
neural networks contextually reconfigure for different computations. Humans are able to …

Single-neuron analysis of dendrites and axons reveals the network organization in mouse prefrontal cortex

L Gao, S Liu, Y Wang, Q Wu, L Gou, J Yan - Nature Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
The structures of dendrites and axons form the basis for the connectivity of neural network,
but their precise relationship at single-neuron level remains unclear. Here we report the …

Grid codes underlie multiple cognitive maps in the human brain

D Chen, N Axmacher, L Wang - Progress in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Grid cells fire at multiple positions that organize the vertices of equilateral triangles tiling a
2D space and are well studied in rodents. The last decade witnessed rapid progress in two …

Cell type-specific connectome predicts distributed working memory activity in the mouse brain

X Ding, S Froudist-Walsh, J Jaramillo, J Jiang… - elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Recent advances in connectomics and neurophysiology make it possible to probe whole-
brain mechanisms of cognition and behavior. We developed a large-scale model of the …

Multi-region calcium imaging in freely behaving mice with ultra-compact head-mounted fluorescence microscopes

F Xue, F Li, K Zhang, L Ding, Y Wang… - National Science …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
To investigate the circuit-level neural mechanisms of behavior, simultaneous imaging of
neuronal activity in multiple cortical and subcortical regions is highly desired. Miniature head …

Downstream network transformations dissociate neural activity from causal functional contributions

K Fakhar, S Dixit, F Hadaeghi, KP Kording… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Neuroscientists rely on distributed spatio-temporal patterns of neural activity to understand
how neural units contribute to cognitive functions and behavior. However, the extent to …

Routing states transition during oscillatory bursts and attentional selection

KB Boroujeni, T Womelsdorf - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Brain-wide information routing relies on the spatio-temporal dynamics of neural activity, but it
remains unclear how routing states emerge at fast spiking timescales and relate to slower …

Flexible sensory-motor mapping rules manifest in correlated variability of stimulus and action codes across the brain

RL van den Brink, K Hagena, N Wilming, PR Murphy… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Humans and non-human primates can flexibly switch between different arbitrary mappings
from sensation to action to solve a cognitive task. It has remained unknown how the brain …