[HTML][HTML] An integrative, multiscale view on neural theories of consciousness

JF Storm, PC Klink, J Aru, W Senn, R Goebel… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
How is conscious experience related to material brain processes? A variety of theories
aiming to answer this age-old question have emerged from the recent surge in …

Silences, spikes and bursts: Three‐part knot of the neural code

Z Friedenberger, E Harkin, K Tóth… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When a neuron breaks silence, it can emit action potentials in a number of patterns. Some
responses are so sudden and intense that electrophysiologists felt the need to single them …

Inferring neural activity before plasticity as a foundation for learning beyond backpropagation

Y Song, B Millidge, T Salvatori, T Lukasiewicz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
For both humans and machines, the essence of learning is to pinpoint which components in
its information processing pipeline are responsible for an error in its output, a challenge that …

Hierarchy of prediction errors shapes the learning of context-dependent sensory representations

MC Tsai, J Teutsch, WAM Wybo, F Helmchen… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
How sensory information is interpreted depends on context. Yet, how context shapes
sensory processing in the brain remains elusive. To investigate this question, we combined …

Modeling saccade reaction time in marmosets: the contribution of earlier visual response and variable inhibition

W Amly, CY Chen, T Isa - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Marmosets are expected to serve as a valuable model for studying the primate visuomotor
system due to their similar oculomotor behaviors to humans and macaques. Despite these …

Neural Underpinnings of Fine Motor Skills Under Stress and Anxiety: A Review.

LA Martins, A Schiavo, LV Paz, LL Xavier… - Physiology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review offers a comprehensive examination of how stress and anxiety affect motor
behavior, particularly focusing on fine motor skills and gait adaptability. We explore the role …

The conductor model of consciousness, our neuromorphic twins, and the human-AI deal

F Benitez, C Pennartz, W Senn - AI and Ethics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Critics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) posit that artificial agents cannot achieve
consciousness even in principle, because they lack certain necessary pre-conditions …

Plastic Arbor: a modern simulation framework for synaptic plasticity $\unicode {x2013} $ from single synapses to networks of morphological neurons

J Luboeinski, S Schmitt, SS Kamalabad, T Hater… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Arbor is a software library designed for efficient simulation of large-scale networks of
biological neurons with detailed morphological structures. It combines customizable …

A ternary neural code resolves error and sharpening signals

R Naud, X Wang, Z Friedenberger, A Payeur, JN Shin… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Theories of attention and learning have hypothesized a central role for high-frequency
bursting in cognitive functions, but experimental reports of burstmediated representations in …

[PDF][PDF] Plastic Arbor: a modern simulation framework for synaptic plasticity–from single synapses to networks of morphological neurons

T Hater, F Bösch, C Tetzlaff - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16445, 2024 - researchgate.net
Arbor is a software library designed for efficient simulation of large-scale networks of
biological neurons with detailed morphological structures. It combines customizable …