Schedule:Date | Presenter | Topic | Reading |
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5 Jul '11 |
External seminar - Chrisantha Fernando
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Darwinian Neurodynamics
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12 Jul '11 |
Joint meeting w Imperial - at Gatsby - Shabnam Kadir
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Inhibitory Stabilization of the Cortical Network
Underlies Visual Surround Suppression
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Ozeki et al. 2009
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19 Jul '11 |
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Summer break until September
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| past presentations: | | |
30 Oct. '07 | group
meeting | to decide on topics / papers / presenters | |
6 Nov. '07 | no meeting (SfN) | | |
13 Nov. '07 | Amit Miller | Motor learning with unstable neural representations. By Rokni, Richardson, Bizzi, Seung. | Rokni et al, Neuron '07 supplementary material |
20 Nov. '07 | SfN attendees | SfN review Alex: 931.11/VV5 Misha: 383.18/XX23, 303.21/XX26 Jonathan: Haslinger and Shalizi [poster PDF] | |
27 Nov. '07 | Misha
Ahrens | Exact quantification of free behaviour of simple
organisms | [Stephens, Bialek:
C. Elegans] [Cowan and Fortune:
electric fish] [Reiser and
Dickinson: Drosophyla]
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4 Dec. '07 | no meeting (NIPS) | | |
11 Dec. '07 | Yasser Roudi | Trade-Off between Object Selectivity and Tolerance in Monkey
Inferotemporal Cortex. By Davide Zoccolan, Minjoon Kouh, Tomaso
Poggio, and James J. DiCarlo | Zoccolan et al., J Neurosci 2007 |
18 Dec. '07 | Deb Ray | Matching Behaviour and the Representation of Value in the Parietal
Cortex. Sugrue, Corrardo, Newsome. Science 2004> | Surgrue, Corrado, Newsome, Science '04 |
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15 Jan. '08 | Adam
Sanborn | Edge co-occurrence in natural images predicts contour
grouping performance. Geisler, Perry, Super and Gallogly | Geisler et
al., Vision Research, 2001 |
22 Jan. '08 | Kai Krueger | MOSAIC model for sensorimotor learning and control, by Haruno, Wolpert and Kawato | Haruno et al., 2001 |
29 Jan. '08 | Mani
Ahmadi | Adaptive temporal integration of motion in direction
selective neurons in macaque visual cortex. Bair W, Movshon JA (2004),
Journal of Neuroscience 247305--7323 | Bair and Movshon '04 |
5 Feb. '08 | No JC - Columbia meeting | | |
12 Feb. '08 | Alex
Lerchner | Action selection and refinement in subcortical
loops through basal ganglia and cerebellum. Houk, JC, Bastianen C,
Fansler D, Fishbach A, Fraser D, Reber PJ, Roy SA, Simo LS
(2007). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society- B 362:
September issue. | Houk et
al. 2007 |
19 Feb. '08 | No JC - PhD interviews | | |
26 Feb. '08 | Cosyne preview | | |
4 March '08 | Cosyne - no meeting | | |
11 March '08 | Cosyne review | Cosyne review | |
18 March '08 | 1 PM: Joshua Young | Cortical reorganisation (see email) | Young et al. '07 |
25 March '08 | Vinayak
Rao | Persistent Activity in Neural Networks with Dynamic
Synapses | Main paper: Barak
& Tsodyks, PLoS Comp. Biol., 2007 See also: Mongillo et al., Science,
2008 |
1 April '08 | Phillipp
Hehrmann | Somatotopic representation of action words in human
motor and premotor cortex | Hauk,
Johnsrude and Pulvermueller, Neuron '04 |
8 April '08 | Zhaoping
Li | Theoretical Understanding of the early visual processes by
data compression and data selection | Link
to Zhaoping's paper, Network 2006 |
15 April
'08 | Peter Dayan | Hierarchical
reinforcement learning | Botvinick, TICS, in press Botvinick, Niv, Barto |
22 April '08: different venue (see above) | Reza Maozzezi | Adaptive coding of visual information in neural populations | Gutnisky and Dragoi, Nature '08 |
29 April '08 | Bahador Bahrami | Noise-dependent interhemispheric integration of motion | abstract |
6 May '08 | Pietro Berkes | Xu Miao, Rajesh P.N. Rao (2007) Learning Lie groups of visual
invariance. Neural Computation 19(10), 2665-2693. | Miao and Rao, 2007 |
13 May '08 | Peter
Latham | Instantaneous correlation of excitation and inhibition
during ongoing and sensory-evoked activities. | Okun and Lampl, Nature Neuroscience,
2008 |
20 May '08 | Ulrik Beierholm | Learning stochastic reward distributions in a speeded pointing task | Seydell, McCann, Trommershauser, Knill, J. Neurosci. '08 |
27 May '08 | Jonathan Pillow | The role of correlations in direction and contrast coding in the primary visual cortex | Montani, Kohn, Smith, Schultz, J.Neurosci, 2007 Also see the erratum. |
3 June '08 | no jc - NIPS | | |
10 June '08 | no jc | | |
17 June '08 | Richard Turner | A theory of cortical responses | Karl Friston, Philos. Trans. R. Roc. Lond. 2005 |
24 June '08 | Maneesh Sahani | Decision-making with multiple alternatives | Churchland, Kiani, Shadlen, Nature Neuroscience '08 |
1 July '08 | Misha Ahrens | The hemo-neural hypothesis | Chris Moore and Rosa Cao, 2007, J. Neurophysiol. |
8 July '08 | no jc - local systems meeting | | |
15 July '08 | Adam
Sanborn | Characterizing observer states using external noise
and observer models: Assessing internal representations with external
noise | Lu and Dosher, Psych
Review, 2008 |
22 July '08 | Ross Williamson | Level dependence of contextual modulation in auditory cortex | Scholl, Gao, Wehr, J Neurophys '08. |
29 July '08 | Kai
Krueger | Reconciling Reinforcement Learning Models with
behavioural Extinction and Renewal: Implications for Addiction,
Relapse and Problem Gambling | Redish, Jensen, Johnson, and Kurth-Nelson,
Psych Review '08 |
2 Sept '08 | Mani Ahmadi | Retinal ganglion cells can rapidly change polarity from Off to On | Geffen et al '08 |
9 Sept '08 | Alex
Lerchner | Decoupling through synchrony in neuronal circuits with
propagation delays | Lubenov and Siapas, Neuron '08 |
16 Sept '08 | David Barrett | Optimal information storage in noisy synapses under resource constraints | Varshney, Sjostrom, Chklovskii, 2006 |
23 Sept '08 | Peter Dayan | Reinforcement learning from a neuroscience perspective | |
30 Sept '08 | cancelled | | |
7 Oct '08 | Phillipp
Hehrmann | Synaptic depression may underly ITD stimulus adaptation in the
inferior colliculus, Hehrmann et al. | |
21 Oct '08 | Reza
Maozzezi | Task difficulty modulates the activity of specific neuronal
populations in primary visual cortex | Chen et
al. Nat Neuro 08 |
28 Oct '08 | Ulrik
Beierholm | Divergence of fMRI and neural signals in V1 during perceptual
suppression in the awake monkey | Maier et
al. Nat. Neuro 08 |
4 Nov '08 | Ulrik
Beierholm | fMRI discussion | Logothetis review paper 2008 Logothetis etal 2001 |
11 Nov '08 | Amit Miller | Dynamics of Memory Representations in Networks with Novelty-Facilitated Synaptic Plasticity | Blumenfield et al, Neuron 2006 |
18 Nov '08 | No Meeting (SFN) | | |
25 Nov '08 | No Meeting (Seminar series) | | |
2 Dec '08 | SFN Review | | |
9 Dec '08 | No Meeting (NIPS) | | |
13 Jan '09 | Kai
Krueger |
Dopamine's role in incentive salience |
Berridge
Review, Psychopharmacology 07
McClure, Daw &
Montague, TINS 03 |
20 Jan '09 | Maneesh
Sahani | Emergence of complex cell
properties by learning to generalize in natural scenes | Karklin & Lewicki Nature 2008 |
27 Jan '09 | No meeting due to exams | | |
3 Feb '09 | Peter
Latham | Memory traces in dynamical systems | Ganguli, Huh & Sompolinsky., Proc Natl
Acad Sci, 2008 Supplementary info |
10 Feb '09 | Adam Sanborn | A
Hierarchy of Temporal Receptive Windows in Human Cortex | Hasson et al. 09, JNeurosci, March 2008 |
17 Feb. '09 | Mani
Ahmadi | Decision Making in Recurrent Neuronal Circuits | Wang, Neuron 2008 |
24 Feb '09 | No meeting (Preparation
for Cosyne) | | |
3 Mar '09 | No meeting (Cosyne) | | |
13 Mar '09 | Cosyne
discussion | Friday at Noon! | |
18 Mar '09 | Cosyne discussion
2 | Wednesday at 2.30 pm. | |
24 Mar '09 | Quentin
Huys | Priors and Desires: A Model of Payoff-Dependent Beliefs | Mayraz: Priors and Desires |
31 Mar '09 | Phillipp Hehrmann | Decision-Theoretic Saliency: Computational Principles, Biological Plausibility, and Implications for Neurophysiology and Psychophysics | Gao & Vasconcelos 09 |
7 Apr '09 | Amit
Miller | Effects of correlations on memory capacity (own work) | Suggested
reading:Fusi, Drew & Abbott
05 Amit & Fusi 94 |
15 Apr '09 | Ross
Williamson | Music perception | McDermot et al 08 |
21 Apr '09 | Peter
Dayan | Debating new version of Dayan & Abbott textbook | |
28 Apr '09 | Alex
Lerchner | Functional connectivity in visual cortex | Nauhaus et
al. 09 |
5 May '09 | No meeting
(Columbia) | | |
12 May '09 | David Barrett | Field-theoretic approach to fluctuation effects in neural
networks | Buice & Cowan, PRE 07 |
19 May '09 | David Barrett | Field theoretic etc. part 2 | |
26 May '09 | Christoph
Kolodziejski | Towards a General Theory of Neural Computation Based on Prediction by Single Neurons | Fiorillo, PLOS One 09 |
2 Jun '09 | No Jclub -
NIPS | | |
9 Jun '09 | External Seminar: Annie Collins | | |
16 Jun '09 | Jeff Beck
| | Seo, Barraclough & Lee J Neuro 09 |
23 Jun '09 | External Seminar: Alanna
Watt | | |
30 Jun '09 | Ulrik
Beierholm | Representation of Confidence Associated with a Decision by Neurons in the Parietal Cortex | Kiani
& Shadlen 09 |
7 Jul '09 | External Seminar: Dan
Goodmann - Network Demo | | |
14 Jul '09 | Audio topic - Maneesh Sahani | | |
21 Jul '09 | Summer break until
september | | |
1 Sep '09 | Peter Dayan
| Prefrontal and striatal dopaminergic genes predict individual
differences in exploration and exploitation | |
8 Sep '09 | Shane Legg
| Hierarchically organized behavior and its neural foundations:
A reinforcement learning perspective |
Botvinick, Niv, Barto TICS09 |
15 Sep '09 | Mani Ahmadi
| Middle Temporal Visual Area Microstimulation Influences Veridical
Judgments of Motion Direction | Nichols & Newsome J. Neur. 2002 |
22 Sep '09 | No Meeting
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29 Sep '09 | Phillipp
Hehrmann | Audio topic - Pitch perception | |
6 Oct '09 | Ross
Williamson | Audio topic - Plasticity in auditory cortex | |
13 Oct '09 | No Meeting - Annual
review | | |
20 Oct '09 | No Meeting -
SFN |
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27 Oct '09 | SFN
Discussion | |
3 Nov '09 | Joint meeting w Imperial
| Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance
cortical circuit
performance | Sohal et al., Nature 09 |
10 Nov '09 |
Ulrik Beierholm
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Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma
rhythm and controls sensory responses
| Cardin et al. Nature 09 |
17 Nov '09 |
External seminar - Arno Onken
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24 Nov '09 |
Peter Latham
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Network topic
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1 Dec '09 |
Peter Latham
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Network Topic
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8 Dec '09 |
NIPS break
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15 Dec '09 |
Joint meeting w Imperial - Jeff Beck
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Attention improves performance primarily by reducing interneuronal correlations
| Cohen & Maunsell 09 |
12 Jan '10 | Adam
Sanborn | Cognitive topic - Structural learning
| Kemp & Tenenbaum 08 |
19 Jan '10 | Kai
Kruger | Cognitive topic - Structural
learning | Kemp & Tenenbaum
09 | \
26 Jan '10 | Joint meeting w Imperial
at Gastby - Aman Saleem | Basal forebrain activation enhances
cortical coding of natural
scenes | Goard & Dan, Nt Neuro 09 |
2 Feb '10 | Alex
Lerchner | A simple model of cortical dynamics explains variability
and state dependence of sensory responses in urethane-anesthetized
auditory cortex | Curto et al. J. Neurosc. 09 |
9 Feb '10 | External speaker: Keith
Langley | | |
16 Feb '10 | David
Barrett | The Asynchronous State in Cortical
Circuits | Renart
et al. 2010 |
23 Feb '10 | No meeting due to COSYNE | | |
2 Mar '10 | No meeting due to COSYNE | | |
9 Mar '10 | No meeting due to interviews | | |
16 Mar '10 | Joint meeting w
Imperial | Cosyne discussion | |
23 Mar '10 | No meeting due to
Quinquennial review | | |
30 Mar '10 | External seminar -
Brandon Rohrer | Submovements grow larger, fewer, and more blended
during stroke recovery | |
6 Apr. '10 | Gatsby closed for
easter | | |
13 Apr. '10 | Zhaoping
Li | Topic - The visual system beyond
V1 | Zhaoping et al
09 |
20 Apr. '10 | No meeting due to
Edinburgh meeting |
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27 Apr. '10 | David
Schulz | Topic - The visual system beyond V1 | |
4 May '10 | Joint meeting w
Imperial - Dan Cook | Dendritic organization of sensory input to
cortical neurons in vivo | Jia et
al 2010 |
11 May '10 | No meeting due to
external seminar | | |
18 May '10 | Demis
Hassabis | Hippocampal replay is not a simple function of
experience. | Gupta et al. 2010 |
25 May '10 | Internal Seminar: Arno Onken | Modeling Dependent Spike Trains as
Intensity-Coupled Point Processes | |
1 June '10 | No meeting due to
external seminar | | | |
8 June '10 | No meeting due to PostDoc interviews
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15 June '10 |
No meeting due to Hebrew University meeting | | | |
22 June '10 |
Maneesh Sahani
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AREADNE review
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29 June '10 |
Joint meeting at Imperial - Ross Williamson
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Contribution of Inhibition to Stimulus Selectivity in Primary
Auditory Cortex of Awake Primates
| Sadagopan & Wang 2010 |
6 July '10 |
Peter Dayan
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Topic - RL and attention
| Holland 1988 |
13 July '10 |
Ulrik Beierholm
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Topic - RL and attention
| Dayan, Kakade & Montague
2000 |
7 Sep '10 |
Organizational meeting
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14 Sep '10 |
Shane Legg
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Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto
|
Tononi 2008
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21 Sep '10 |
Internal seminar - Romain Brette |
Coincidence detection in noisy neurons |
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28 Sep '10 |
Joint Meeting w Imperial - at Gatsby - Michael Okun
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STDP enables spiking neurons to
detect hidden causes of their inputs
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Nessler, Pfeiffer & Mass 09
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5 Oct '10 |
Phillipp Hehrmann
| Neural Correlates of Auditory Scene Analysis Based on
Inharmonicity in Monkey Primary Auditory Cortex
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Fishman & Steinschneider 2010
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12 Oct '10 |
Internal seminar - Duncan Mortimer
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19 Oct '10 |
Bjorn Christianson
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Topic - Auditory localization
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26 Oct '10 |
Joint Meeting w Imperial - at Imperial - Alex Lerchner
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Sparse and powerful cortical spikes
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Wolfe & Brecht 2010
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2 Nov '10 |
Jannis Hildebrandt
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Topic - Auditory localization |
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9 Nov '10 |
No meeting due to SFN
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16 Nov '10 |
No meeting due to SFN
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23 Nov '10 |
SFN discussion
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30 Nov '10 |
Joint Meeting w Imperial - at Gatsby - Ken Harris
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A review of several papers on cortical state and attention
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7 Dec '10 |
No meeting due to NIPS
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14 Dec '10 |
James Kilner
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Mini Topic - Mirror neurons
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4 Jan '11 |
No meeting
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11 Jan '11 |
Ulrik Beierholm
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A selective role for dopamine in stimulus-reward learning
|
Flagel et al. 2011.
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18 Jan '11 |
Jeff Beck
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Spontaneous Cortical Activity Reveals Hallmarks of an Optimal Internal Model
of the Environment
|
Berkes et al. 2011
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25 Jan '11 |
Joint meeting w Imperial - at Imperial - Jakob Macke
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Ephaptic coupling of cortical neurons
|
Anastassiou et al. 2011 |
1 Feb '11 |
Peter Latham
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Mini Topic - Liquid State Machines
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8 Feb '11 |
Loic Matthey |
Echo State Networks |
Sussillo & Abbott 09
Busing et al. 09
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15 Feb '11 |
Ritwik Niyogi
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Delays Conferred by Escalating Costs Modulate Dopamine Release to Rewards But
Not Their Predictors
| Wanat et al. 10
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22 Feb '11 |
No meeting due to Cosyne
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1 Mar '11 |
No meeting due to Cosyne
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8 Mar '11 |
Cosyne discussion
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15 Mar '11 |
Internal seminar - Ben Huh
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22 Mar '11 |
External seminar -Thomas Akam
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Task dependent changes in inter-region oscillatory activity; dynamics and
possible function
|
Pasaran et al. 08
Gregoriou et al. 09
Benchenane et al. 10
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29 Mar '11 |
Mandana Ahmadi
|
Prefrontal cortex, cognitive control, and the registration of decision costs.
|
McGuire & Botvinick 2010
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5 Apr '11 |
Joint meeting w Imperial - at Gatsby - Ken Harris
| A neural circuit mechanism integrating motivational state with memory
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expression in Drosophila
|
Krashes et al. 09
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12 Apr '11 |
David Barrett
| Spike Based Population Coding and Working Memory
| Boerlin
and Deneve 2011
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19 Apr '11 |
No meeting due to BNA meeting
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26 Apr '11 |
No meeting due to easter closure
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3 May '11 |
No meeting
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10 May '11 |
Internal seminar - Mathieu Galtier
| Hebbian learning of recurrent connections: a geometrical
perspective
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17 May '11 |
Lars Buesing
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Hidden Markov Models for the Stimulus-Response Relationships of
Multistate Neural Systems
|
Escola et al. 2011
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24 May '11 |
Maneesh Sahani
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Motor topic - Motor Cortex
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31 May '11 |
Biljana Petreska
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Motor topic - Theories of behavioural motor control
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7 Jun '11 |
Joint meeting with Imperial - at Imperial - Zhaoping Li
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A review of collected literature findings on retinotopy
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14 Jun '11 |
Agnieszka Grabska-Barwinska
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Retinal origin of orientation maps in visual cortex
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21 Jun '11 |
Marius Pachitariu
| Normalization
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Reynolds & Heeger 09,
Ohshiro, Angelaki & DeAngelis 11
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28 Jun '11 |
Arthur Guez
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Instructional control of reinforcement learning: A behavioral
and neurocomputational investigation
|
Doll et al. 09
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