The neuroconnectionist research programme

A Doerig, RP Sommers, K Seeliger… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) inspired by biology are beginning to be widely used to
model behavioural and neural data, an approach we call 'neuroconnectionism'. ANNs have …

Decoding the brain: From neural representations to mechanistic models

MW Mathis, AP Rotondo, EF Chang, AS Tolias… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
A central principle in neuroscience is that neurons within the brain act in concert to produce
perception, cognition, and adaptive behavior. Neurons are organized into specialized brain …

Recurrent neural networks with explicit representation of dynamic latent variables can mimic behavioral patterns in a physical inference task

R Rajalingham, A Piccato, M Jazayeri - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Primates can richly parse sensory inputs to infer latent information. This ability is
hypothesized to rely on establishing mental models of the external world and running mental …

Dynamical flexible inference of nonlinear latent factors and structures in neural population activity

H Abbaspourazad, E Erturk, B Pesaran… - Nature Biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Modelling the spatiotemporal dynamics in the activity of neural populations while also
enabling their flexible inference is hindered by the complexity and noisiness of neural …

From observed action identity to social affordances

GA Orban, M Lanzilotto, L Bonini - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Others' observed actions cause continuously changing retinal images, making it challenging
to build neural representations of action identity. The monkey anterior intraparietal area …

Modulation of neural co-firing to enhance network transmission and improve motor function after stroke

K Ganguly, P Khanna, RJ Morecraft, DJ Lin - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Stroke is a leading cause of disability. While neurotechnology has shown promise for
improving upper limb recovery after stroke, efficacy in clinical trials has been variable. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring and modeling the motor system with machine learning

SB Hausmann, AM Vargas, A Mathis… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The utility of machine learning in understanding the motor system is promising a revolution
in how to collect, measure, and analyze data. The field of movement science already …

Towards the next generation of recurrent network models for cognitive neuroscience

GR Yang, M Molano-Mazón - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) trained with machine learning techniques on cognitive
tasks have become a widely accepted tool for neuroscientists. In this short opinion piece, we …

Information-processing dynamics in neural networks of macaque cerebral cortex reflect cognitive state and behavior

TF Varley, O Sporns, S Schaffelhofer… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
One of the essential functions of biological neural networks is the processing of information.
This includes everything from processing sensory information to perceive the environment …

Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement

JD Marshall, T Li, JH Wu, TW Dunn - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Animals move in three dimensions (3D). Thus, 3D measurement is necessary to report the
true kinematics of animal movement. Existing 3D measurement techniques draw on …