Tor Stensola

Memory by a thousand rules: Automated discovery of functional multi-type plasticity rules reveals variety & degeneracy at the heart of learning Synaptic plasticity is the basis of learning and memory, but the link between synaptic changes and neural function remains elusive. Here, we used automated search algorithms to obtain thousands of str...

We just pushed “Memory by a 1000 rules” onto bioRxiv, where we use clever #ML to find #plasticity quadruplets (EE, EI, IE, II) that learn basic stability in spiking nets. Why is it cool? We find 1000s!! of solutions, and they don’t just stabilise. They #memorise! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Absolutely! I should have been clear about my comment only relating to their use of EQ

Cortical volume, neuron density and several other measures are of course very important. But I object to continuing the propagation of the EQ as a valid measure. It's highly ad-hoc and not relevant

What's so special about the human brain? Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.

This seems surprisingly outdated. Aren't we done with encephalization quotients...?

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...