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PLOS Biology<p>Lateral <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> is involved in executive functions, but what roles do distinct anatomical subregions play? This study shows that caudal VLPF specializes in visual input processing, while middle areas support context-based behavioral planning <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> <a href="https://plos.io/4ljEz9W" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4ljEz9W</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PLOS Biology<p>What role do cortical regions play in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/mathematical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathematical</span></a> learning? This study reveals the causal role of dorsolateral <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/frontoparietal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frontoparietal</span></a> network in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> learning using <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/transcranial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcranial</span></a> neuromodulation in human participants <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> <a href="https://plos.io/45SyMUI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/45SyMUI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>New Genius AI Thinks Like a Human Brain—Could It Read Your Mind? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1093228/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1093228/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> #300+30 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ActiveInference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveInference</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BiomimeticAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiomimeticAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveFunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveFunction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreeEnergyPrinciple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeEnergyPrinciple</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GabrielRen%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GabrielRené</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeniusAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeniusAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanBrain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KarlFriston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarlFriston</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LargeLanguageModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SmartCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartCities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SmartPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartPC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SmartTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SustainableAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VersesAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VersesAI</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/122753/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/122753/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Potassium Channel Drug Offers New Hope for Treating Depression <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrainResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainResearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CingulateCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CingulateCortex</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ezogabine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ezogabine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MajorDepressiveDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MajorDepressiveDisorder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/neurobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurobiology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/psychopharmacology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychopharmacology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VentralTegmentalArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VentralTegmentalArea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VTA</span></a></p>
PLOS Biology<p>The medial <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> (mPFC) is a key brain area for pain sensation &amp; <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ChronicPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicPain</span></a>. This study shows that modulation of a circuit projecting from nucleus reuniens of the thalamus to mPFC improves neural &amp; behavioral indicators of chronic pain in mice <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> <a href="https://plos.io/4mpMuEj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4mpMuEj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
El Duvelle Neuro<p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PostdocJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostdocJob</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> </p><blockquote><p>"For a collaborative project with Brice Bathellier (Institut Pasteur), we are looking for a postdoc studying <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> network activity combined with computational approaches during memory consolidation in a mouse model of <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> Disease. Please see <a href="https://www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr/post-doctoral-position-in-cortical-plasticity-team/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this link</a>"</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Bordeaux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bordeaux</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a></p>
El Duvelle Neuro<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@mick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mick</span></a></span> <br>Cool stuff, congrats!!<br>Were there no connections between Nucleus Reuniens and Dentate Gyrus or CA3? </p><p>I also wonder what you think of this commentary on Ito et al., 2015, by Blake Porter: <a href="https://www.blakeporterneuro.com/writing/science-writing/commentary/ito_et_al_2015_commentary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">blakeporterneuro.com/writing/s</span><span class="invisible">cience-writing/commentary/ito_et_al_2015_commentary/</span></a> 👀 </p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Hippocampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hippocampus</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/NucleusReuniens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NucleusReuniens</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a></p>
Redish Lab<p>Updated <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/bioRxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bioRxiv</span></a> preprint: </p><p>Comparing representations of planning and habit in <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/hippocampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hippocampus</span></a>, <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/PrefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrefrontalCortex</span></a>, and dorsolateral <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/striatum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>striatum</span></a> as rats navigate complex and simple environments.</p><p><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.11.584503v2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">24.03.11.584503v2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a></p>
Roger Herikstad<p>Really interesting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> preprint from researchers at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brandeis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brandeis</span></a> on characterising <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neural</span></a> activity in shared communication <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subspaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subspaces</span></a> between the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hippocampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hippocampus</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prefrontalcortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prefrontalcortex</span></a>. I found it particularly intriguing that theta power appeared to decrease subspace dimensions and increase subspace predictability, while theta <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coherence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coherence</span></a> had much less of an effect. <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.08.601617v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">24.07.08.601617v1</span></a></p>
Serhii Nazarovets<p>Ravens and parrots with brains of 5–20 grams demonstrate cognitive abilities similar to those of great apes, whose brains weigh approximately 400 grams. 😮 An interesting article about why birds can support complex cognition with such small brains + a hypothesis about the minimum neurological requirements for this:</p><p>🦜 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.002" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.11</span><span class="invisible">.002</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/neuron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuron</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/prefrontalcortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prefrontalcortex</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognition</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Ida Momennejad (<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> Research) presents "A rubric for human-like agents and NeuroAI"</p><p>The main take-away reinforces a recurring message at the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> of <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/DeepLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepLearning</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> at <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nyu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyu</span></a> </p><p>What <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> needs to be more like humans is<br>- <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/system2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system2</span></a><br>- <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/attention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attention</span></a> <br>- <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a></p><p>In this case, the claim is that it <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> need a <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/prefrontalCortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prefrontalCortex</span></a> (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0446" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0446</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p>See also Russell, O'Reilly, and Bengio, 2020: <a href="https://baicsworkshop.github.io/pdf/BAICS_10.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">baicsworkshop.github.io/pdf/BA</span><span class="invisible">ICS_10.pdf</span></a></p>