Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Importance of prefrontal meta control in human-like reinforcement learning

Recent investigation on reinforcement learning (RL) has demonstrated considerable flexibility in dealing with various problems. However, such models often experience difficulty learning seemingly easy tasks for humans. To reconcile the discrepancy, our paper is focused on the computational benefits of the brain's RL. We examine the brain's ability to combine complementary learning strategies to resolve the trade-off between prediction performance, computational costs, and time constraints. The...
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On the similarities of representations in artificial and brain neural networks for speech recognition

INTRODUCTION: In recent years, machines powered by deep learning have achieved near-human levels of performance in speech recognition. The fields of artificial intelligence and cognitive neuroscience have finally reached a similar level of performance, despite their huge differences in implementation, and so deep learning models can-in principle-serve as candidates for mechanistic models of the human auditory system.
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Geometric algebra based recurrent neural network for multi-dimensional time-series prediction

Recent RNN models deal with various dimensions of MTS as independent channels, which may lead to the loss of dependencies between different dimensions or the loss of associated information between each dimension and the global. To process MTS in a holistic way without losing the inter-relationship among dimensions, this paper proposes a novel Long-and Short-term Time-series network based on geometric algebra (GA), dubbed GA-LSTNet. Specifically, taking advantage of GA, multi-dimensional data at...
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Cerebellum as a kernel machine: A novel perspective on expansion recoding in granule cell layer

Sensorimotor information provided by mossy fibers (MF) is mapped to high-dimensional space by a huge number of granule cells (GrC) in the cerebellar cortex's input layer. Significant studies have demonstrated the computational advantages and primary contributor of this expansion recoding. Here, we propose a novel perspective on the expansion recoding where each GrC serve as a kernel basis function, thereby the cerebellum can operate like a kernel machine that implicitly use high dimensional...
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Learning with few samples in deep learning for image classification, a mini-review

Deep learning has achieved enormous success in various computer tasks. The excellent performance depends heavily on adequate training datasets, however, it is difficult to obtain abundant samples in practical applications. Few-shot learning is proposed to address the data limitation problem in the training process, which can perform rapid learning with few samples by utilizing prior knowledge. In this paper, we focus on few-shot classification to conduct a survey about the recent methods. First,...
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Survival prediction for patients with glioblastoma multiforme using a Cox proportional hazards denoising autoencoder network

CONCLUSION: The survival prediction model, which combines the DAE and the Cox proportional hazard regression model, can effectively predict the prognosis of patients with GBM.
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Research on the network handoff strategy based on the best access point name decision

To improve the network switching performance and efficiency of mobile phone terminals and establish an efficient mobile communication network connection, this paper constructs the SDN+MPTCP+CP (Software Defined Network, Multi-Path TCP, and Mobile Terminal) mobile communication network model and designs a network switching algorithm with a preselected available access point name (APN) based on the potential game method. The constructed network model integrates a 5G mobile communication network,...
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A computational approach based on weighted gene co-expression network analysis for biomarkers analysis of Parkinson's disease and construction of diagnostic model

CONCLUSION: The 7-gene panel (LILRB1, LSP1, SIPA1, SLC15A3, MBOAT7, RNF24, and TLE3) will serve as a potential diagnostic signature for PD.
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Research on the spatial layout optimization strategy of Huaihe Road Commercial Block in Hefei city based on space syntax theory

Commercial block not only serves as a public space for the consumption, entertainment, and recreation of residents but also witnesses the history of urban commercial development. With the urban development and the improvement of people's living standards, most commercial blocks are faced with such problems as traffic congestion, simple commercial form, and unreasonable spatial layout. By taking the commercial block of Huaihe Commercial Pedestrian Street as an example and combining the axis and...
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A comprehensive neural simulation of slow-wave sleep and highly responsive wakefulness dynamics

Hallmarks of neural dynamics during healthy human brain states span spatial scales from neuromodulators acting on microscopic ion channels to macroscopic changes in communication between brain regions. Developing a scale-integrated understanding of neural dynamics has therefore remained challenging. Here, we perform the integration across scales using mean-field modeling of Adaptive Exponential (AdEx) neurons, explicitly incorporating intrinsic properties of excitatory and inhibitory neurons....
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A spiking network model for clustering report in a visual working memory task

CONCLUSION: Our model provides a new perspective on the phenomenon of visual WM in experiments.
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Tuning curves vs. population responses, and perceptual consequences of receptive-field remapping

Sensory processing is often studied by examining how a given neuron responds to a parameterized set of stimuli (tuning curve) or how a given stimulus evokes responses from a parameterized set of neurons (population response). Although tuning curves and the corresponding population responses contain the same information, they can have different properties. These differences are known to be important because the perception of a stimulus should be decoded from its population response, not from any...
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Editorial: Neuro-inspired sensing and computing: Novel materials, devices, and systems

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Toward a causal model of chronic back pain: Challenges and opportunities

Chronic low back pain (cLBP) afflicts 8. 2% of adults in the United States, and is the leading global cause of disability. Neuropsychiatric co-morbidities including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse- are common in cLBP patients. In particular, cLBP is a risk factor for opioid addiction, as more than 50% of opioid prescriptions in the United States are for cLBP. Misuse of these prescriptions is a common precursor to addiction. While associations between cLBP and neuropsychiatric disorders...
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Status of deep learning for EEG-based brain-computer interface applications

In the previous decade, breakthroughs in the central nervous system bioinformatics and computational innovation have prompted significant developments in brain-computer interface (BCI), elevating it to the forefront of applied science and research. BCI revitalization enables neurorehabilitation strategies for physically disabled patients (e.g., disabled patients and hemiplegia) and patients with brain injury (e.g., patients with stroke). Different methods have been developed for...
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Editorial: Computational modeling methods for naturalistic neuroimaging data

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Editorial: Functional microcircuits in the brain and in artificial intelligent systems

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Degeneracy and stability in neural circuits of dopamine and serotonin neuromodulators: A theoretical consideration

Degenerate neural circuits perform the same function despite being structurally different. However, it is unclear whether neural circuits with interacting neuromodulator sources can themselves degenerate while maintaining the same neuromodulatory function. Here, we address this by computationally modeling the neural circuits of neuromodulators serotonin and dopamine, local glutamatergic and GABAergic interneurons, and their possible interactions, under reward/punishment-based conditioning tasks....
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Approximations of algorithmic and structural complexity validate cognitive-behavioral experimental results

Being able to objectively characterize the intrinsic complexity of behavioral patterns resulting from human or animal decisions is fundamental for deconvolving cognition and designing autonomous artificial intelligence systems. Yet complexity is difficult in practice, particularly when strings are short. By numerically approximating algorithmic (Kolmogorov) complexity (K), we establish an objective tool to characterize behavioral complexity. Next, we approximate structural (Bennett's Logical...
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Biophysical parameters control signal transfer in spiking network

INTRODUCTION: Information transmission and representation in both natural and artificial networks is dependent on connectivity between units. Biological neurons, in addition, modulate synaptic dynamics and post-synaptic membrane properties, but how these relate to information transmission in a population of neurons is still poorly understood. A recent study investigated local learning rules and showed how a spiking neural network can learn to represent continuous signals. Our study builds on...
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