Engineering a less artificial intelligence

FH Sinz, X Pitkow, J Reimer, M Bethge, AS Tolias - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Despite enormous progress in machine learning, artificial neural networks still lag behind
brains in their ability to generalize to new situations. Given identical training data …

Neural processing of natural sounds

FE Theunissen, JE Elie - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
We might be forced to listen to a high-frequency tone at our audiologist's office or we might
enjoy falling asleep with a white-noise machine, but the sounds that really matter to us are …

A comparison of regularization methods in forward and backward models for auditory attention decoding

DDE Wong, SA Fuglsang, J Hjortkjær… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The decoding of selective auditory attention from noninvasive electroencephalogram (EEG)
data is of interest in brain computer interface and auditory perception research. The current …

Human superior temporal gyrus organization of spectrotemporal modulation tuning derived from speech stimuli

PW Hullett, LS Hamilton, N Mesgarani… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
The human superior temporal gyrus (STG) is critical for speech perception, yet the
organization of spectrotemporal processing of speech within the STG is not well understood …

Inferring nonlinear neuronal computation based on physiologically plausible inputs

JM McFarland, Y Cui, DA Butts - PLoS computational biology, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The computation represented by a sensory neuron's response to stimuli is constructed from
an array of physiological processes both belonging to that neuron and inherited from its …

Dynamic sensory cues shape song structure in Drosophila

P Coen, J Clemens, AJ Weinstein, DA Pacheco… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The generation of acoustic communication signals is widespread across the animal
kingdom,, and males of many species, including Drosophilidae, produce patterned courtship …

Mechanisms of noise robust representation of speech in primary auditory cortex

N Mesgarani, SV David, JB Fritz… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Humans and animals can reliably perceive behaviorally relevant sounds in noisy and
reverberant environments, yet the neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon are largely …

Sparse and background-invariant coding of vocalizations in auditory scenes

DM Schneider, SMN Woolley - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Vocal communicators such as humans and songbirds readily recognize individual
vocalizations, even in distracting auditory environments. This perceptual ability is likely …

Coding principles of the canonical cortical microcircuit in the avian brain

A Calabrese, SMN Woolley - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Mammalian neocortex is characterized by a layered architecture and a common or
“canonical” microcircuit governing information flow among layers. This microcircuit is thought …

Capturing the dynamical repertoire of single neurons with generalized linear models

AI Weber, JW Pillow - Neural computation, 2017 - direct.mit.edu
A key problem in computational neuroscience is to find simple, tractable models that are
nevertheless flexible enough to capture the response properties of real neurons. Here we …