From word models to world models: Translating from natural language to the probabilistic language of thought

L Wong, G Grand, AK Lew, ND Goodman… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
How does language inform our downstream thinking? In particular, how do humans make
meaning from language--and how can we leverage a theory of linguistic meaning to build …

Neural circuit control of innate behaviors

W Xiao, ZL Jiao, E Senol, J Yao, M Zhao… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
All animals possess a plethora of innate behaviors that do not require extensive learning
and are fundamental for their survival and propagation. With the advent of newly-developed …

From perception to behavior: The neural circuits underlying prey hunting in larval zebrafish

SI Zhu, GJ Goodhill - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A key challenge for neural systems is to extract relevant information from the environment
and make appropriate behavioral responses. The larval zebrafish offers an exciting …

Gigapixel imaging with a novel multi-camera array microscope

EE Thomson, M Harfouche, K Kim, PC Konda… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
The dynamics of living organisms are organized across many spatial scales. However,
current cost-effective imaging systems can measure only a subset of these scales at once …

[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic models of larval zebrafish behavior reveal structure on many scales

RE Johnson, S Linderman, T Panier, CL Wee, E Song… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Nervous systems have evolved to combine environmental information with internal state to
select and generate adaptive behavioral sequences. To better understand these …

Kinematically distinct saccades are used in a context-dependent manner by larval zebrafish

CK Dowell, JYN Lau, P Antinucci, IH Bianco - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Saccades are rapid eye movements that are used by all species with good vision. In this
study, we set out to characterize the complete repertoire of larval zebrafish horizontal …

[HTML][HTML] Parallelized computational 3D video microscopy of freely moving organisms at multiple gigapixels per second

KC Zhou, M Harfouche, CL Cooke, J Park, PC Konda… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Wide-field-of-view microscopy that can resolve three-dimensional (3D) information at high
speed and spatial resolution is particularly desirable for studying the behaviour of freely …

Visual motion perception as online hierarchical inference

J Bill, SJ Gershman, J Drugowitsch - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Identifying the structure of motion relations in the environment is critical for navigation,
tracking, prediction, and pursuit. Yet, little is known about the mental and neural …

Precise visuomotor transformations underlying collective behavior in larval zebrafish

R Harpaz, MN Nguyen, A Bahl, F Engert - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Complex schooling behaviors result from local interactions among individuals. Yet, how
sensory signals from neighbors are analyzed in the visuomotor stream of animals is poorly …

SPPL: probabilistic programming with fast exact symbolic inference

FA Saad, MC Rinard, VK Mansinghka - Proceedings of the 42nd acm …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We present the Sum-Product Probabilistic Language (SPPL), a new probabilistic
programming language that automatically delivers exact solutions to a broad range of …