In well-established first-order conditioning experiments, the concurrence of a sensory cue with
reinforcement forms an association, allowing the cue to predict future reinforcement. In the …

Animal nervous systems are highly efficient in processing sensory input. The neuromorphic
computing paradigm aims at the hardware implementation of neural network computations to …

The Drosophila larva is extensively used as model species in experiments where behavior is
recorded via tracking equipment and evaluated via population-level metrics. Although larva …

Previous research has found that stimulating inattentive people with auditory white noise
induces enhancement in cognitive performance. This enhancement is believed to occur due to …

Predicting reinforcement from sensory cues is beneficial for goal-directed behavior. In insect
brains, underlying associations between cues and reinforcement, encoded by …

Predicting positive or negative reinforcement from environmental clues is essential to guide
decision making and goal-directed behavior. In insect brains the mushroom body is a central …

Goal-directed behavior is crucial for survival in complex, dynamic environments. It requires
the detection of relevant sensory stimuli and the formation of separable neuronal …

We consider the Watts-Strogatz small-world network (SWN) consisting of inhibitory fast
spiking Izhikevich interneurons. This inhibitory neuronal population has adaptive dynamic …

Renaissance counterpoint was for a long time a mainstay of university and conservatoire
music degrees, aimed primarily at the composer and musicologist: a time-intensive subject, it …

Background: The circulating level of the peptide hormone insulin-like factor 3 (INSL3) is a
promising diagnostic marker reflecting Leydig cell function in the male. Few commercial …