How episodic memories are formed in the brain is a continuing puzzle for the neuroscience community. The brain areas that are critical for episodic learning (e.g., the hippocampus) are characterized by recurrent connectivity and generate frequent off...
Typical reservoir networks are based on random connectivity patterns that differ from brain circuits in two important ways. First, traditional reservoir networks lack synaptic plasticity among recurrent units, whereas cortical networks exhibit plasti...
This research explores the potential of combining Meta Reinforcement Learning (MRL) with Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) to enhance the performance and adaptability of AI agents in Atari game settings. Our methodology leverages MRL to swiftl...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Jan 1, 2025
Closed-loop electricalstimulation of brain structures is one of the most promising techniques to suppress epileptic seizures in drug-resistant refractory patients who are also ineligible to ablative neurosurgery. In this work, an intelligent controll...
Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves via implanted electrodes has been shown to be a promising approach to restore sensation, movement, and autonomic functions across a wide range of illnesses and injuries. While in principle computational mod...
In this issue of Neuron, Chiappa et al. describe how neural networks can be trained to perform complex hand motor skills. A key to their approach is curriculum learning, breaking learning into stages, leading to good control.
The sparse coding model posits that the visual system has evolved to efficiently code natural stimuli using a sparse set of features from an overcomplete dictionary. The original sparse coding model suffered from two key limitations; however: (1) com...
It has been an open question in deep learning if fault-tolerant computation is possible: can arbitrarily reliable computation be achieved using only unreliable neurons? In the grid cells of the mammalian cortex, analog error correction codes have bee...
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are the next-generation neural networks composed of biologically plausible neurons that communicate through trains of spikes. By modifying the plastic parameters of SNNs, including weights and time delays, SNNs can be t...
The process of inference on networks of spiking neurons is essential to decipher the underlying mechanisms of brain computation and function. In this study, we conduct inference on parameters and dynamics of a mean-field approximation, simplifying th...
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