A brain in the evidence cone
Follow an animal through sensing, learning, memory, clocks, and movement.
Explore the survey 13 min All fields By Field · Life & mind Survey · 3 interactive demos Survey · 2 interactive demos Survey · 3 interactive demos Keep crossing boundaries
Neuroscience
What can a nervous system keep besides its current answer?
Explore how nervous systems sense, learn, remember, and act.
8 readings · 7 subfieldsTake the guided tour
Cells & synapses
How can the same voltage conceal a different response?
Conductance · Excitation and inhibition · Synapses · Synaptic physiology · Membranes
Senses & behavior
How does an animal move to ask a better question?
Perception · Active sensing · Sensory integration · Animal behavior · Neuroethology
Systems
What does a population know that its average leaves out?
Population codes · Correlations · Recurrent dynamics · Navigation · Temporal coding · Variability
A compass can hide two destinations
Compare directional populations that share one average but tell different stories.
Explore the survey 10 minβ-Vale networks: one state, many ways to compute
Explore two pools of neural drive through static, episodic, and spiking networks.
Explore the survey 14 minLearning & memory
How does a memory change what the next experience can teach?
Learning rates · Malleability · Plasticity · Adaptation · Forgetting · Replay · Consolidation · Context
Neural networks
How many ways can the same internal state compute?
Computational neuroscience · Normalization · Neural architectures · β-Vale networks · Beta Valence Networks · Episodic memory · Spiking networks
Rhythms & clocks
What happens when strong clocks disagree about the time?
Circadian rhythms · Phase · Synchrony · Sleep · Oscillators · Delayed feedback
Neuroengineering
How can a hand reach the same place with a different firmness?
Neuroengineering · Movement · Co-contraction · Brain-computer interfaces · Prosthetics · Feedback