Recent studies reveal striking representational alignment between artificial neural networks (ANNs) and biological brains, leading to proposals that all sufficiently capable systems converge on univer...

In this issue of Neuron, Pezon et al. introduce neural circuit models with flexible connectivity structure that can generate low-dimensional population dynamics with different distributions of single-...

Past work has documented the importance of formal collaboration, particularly coauthorship, in increasing research productivity and innovation. How...

Dorsoventral epithelial position induces graded expression of a transcriptional program that maps each of the 1,100 olfactory sensory neuron subtypes to stereotyped spatial distributions in the epithe...

Nouri et al., (2025). TranCIT: Transient Causal Interaction Toolbox. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(116), 9302, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09302

We review computations that are engaged in ecological contexts, including active sensing, motion processing, scene analysis, distance estimation, and spatial perception.

Nature - Parsimonious deep neural network models can be used for prediction of visual neuron responses.

Using phylogenetic comparative methods across 237 species from disparate phyla, the authors show that species with fast-paced ecologies have higher temporal resolution of perception.

Neuronal firing patterns have significant spatiotemporal variability with no agreed-upon theoretical framework. Using a combined experimental and mode…

Author summary Electric brain stimulation is widely used in neuroscience and medicine, from mapping brain function during surgery to treating disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and depression. Yet ...

Can your AI visually navigate better than a mouse?

Can your AI visually navigate better than a mouse?

Visual robustness under real-world conditions remains a critical bottleneck for modern reinforcement learning agents. In contrast, biological systems such as mice show remarkable resilience to environ...

Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo summer school in Cape Town, South Africa

Here, the authors created a virtual reality task for monkeys and mice to explore if internal states like attention are similar across species. Their facial expressions during the task were similar, su...

A foundation model trained on neural activity of visual cortex from multiple mice accurately predicts responses to video stimuli and cell types, dendritic features and connectivity within the MICrONS ...

Neural firing-rate responses to sensory stimuli show progressive changes both within and across sessions, raising the question of how the brain mainta…