The state of the brain and body constantly varies on rapid and slow timescales. These
variations contribute to the apparent noisiness of sensory responses at both the neural and …

This review focuses on covert attention and how it alters early vision. I explain why attention
is considered a selective process, the constructs of covert attention, spatial endogenous and …

Contemporary neural networks still fall short of human-level generalization, which extends
far beyond our direct experiences. In this paper, we argue that the underlying cause for this …

Neuroscience has focused on the detailed implementation of computation, studying neural
codes, dynamics and circuits. In machine learning, however, artificial neural networks tend …

A key element of the European Union's Human Brain Project (HBP) and other large-scale
brain research projects is the simulation of large-scale model networks of neurons. Here, we …

Five important trends have emerged from recent work on computational models of focal
visual attention that emphasize the bottom-up, image-based control of attentional …

Most of our knowledge about the functional organization of neuronal systems is based on
the analysis of the firing patterns of individual neurons that have been recorded one by one …

Following the discovery of context-dependent synchronization of oscillatory neuronal
responses in the visual system, the role of neural synchrony in cortical networks has been …

Theories of binding have recently come into the focus of the consciousness debate. In this
review, we discuss the potential relevance of temporal binding mechanisms for sensory …

Perceptual events derive their significance to an animal from their meaning about the world,
that is from the information they carry about their causes. The brain should thus be able to …