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Ben LansdellLead Machine Learning Engineer @ Stealth Health Verified email at stjude.org Cited by 957 |
Three aspects of representation in neuroscience
Neuroscientists often describe neural activity as a representation of something, or claim to
have found evidence for a neural representation, but there is considerable ambiguity about …
have found evidence for a neural representation, but there is considerable ambiguity about …
[PDF][PDF] Analysis of neuronal spike trains, deconstructed
… (B) Here we illustrate how an example visual stimulus is reformatted as a time-dependent
vector. Each stimulus frame has two spatial coordinates and a total of NX pixels. First, the …
vector. Each stimulus frame has two spatial coordinates and a total of NX pixels. First, the …
[HTML][HTML] Efficient spike-driven learning with dendritic event-based processing
…, B Deng, B Lansdell, B Linares-Barranco - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… The variables V 0 , V 0 a , and V 0 b represent the membrane potentials of soma, apical
dendrite and basal dendrite, respectively. The dendritic compartments are defined as weighted …
dendrite and basal dendrite, respectively. The dendritic compartments are defined as weighted …
[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development
Background We present the genome sequence of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii,
which is a member of the kangaroo family and the first representative of the iconic hopping …
which is a member of the kangaroo family and the first representative of the iconic hopping …
[PDF][PDF] The architecture and evolution of cancer neochromosomes
… and deletion (or INDEL) variation of significance (Supplemental Experimental Procedures),
extreme structural rearrangement and copy number variation was apparent (Figure 2B). …
extreme structural rearrangement and copy number variation was apparent (Figure 2B). …
Towards learning-to-learn
BJ Lansdell, KP Kording - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights • Learning-to-learn makes learning better. • Over many tasks a learner can
develop learning strategies (learn to optimize). • And it can discover structure that is common …
develop learning strategies (learn to optimize). • And it can discover structure that is common …
[PDF][PDF] Dimensionality reduction in neuroscience
… (B) The PCs are computed by finding the eigenvectors of the original covariance matrix (top).
When viewed in the reference frame of the PCs, all off-diagonal covariances become zero (…
When viewed in the reference frame of the PCs, all off-diagonal covariances become zero (…
Learning to solve the credit assignment problem
… B through node perturbation then we converge to W. Validation that the method learns to
approximate W, for fixed W, is provided in the supplementary material. In practice, we update B …
approximate W, for fixed W, is provided in the supplementary material. In practice, we update B …
[HTML][HTML] Neural spiking for causal inference and learning
BJ Lansdell, KP Kording - PLOS Computational Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
When a neuron is driven beyond its threshold, it spikes. The fact that it does not communicate
its continuous membrane potential is usually seen as a computational liability. Here we …
its continuous membrane potential is usually seen as a computational liability. Here we …
[PDF][PDF] Innate frequency-discrimination hyperacuity in Williams-Beuren syndrome mice
… (B and C) (B) Images of L4 excitatory cells responding to sound with changes in GCaMP6f
fluorescence in the ACx. (C) Segmented ROIs representing individual excitatory neurons. …
fluorescence in the ACx. (C) Segmented ROIs representing individual excitatory neurons. …