The direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia are classically thought to promote and
suppress action, respectively. However, the observed co-activation of striatal direct and …

We use efficient coding principles borrowed from sensory neuroscience to derive the optimal
neural population to encode a reward distribution. We show that the responses of …

Cognitive and behavioral rigidity are observed in various psychiatric diseases, including in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the underlying mechanism remains to be …

Neural networks, whether artificial in a computer or natural in the brain, could represent
information either using discrete symbols or continuous vector spaces. In this thesis, I …

Introduction (...) in the same way that each plant is a terrestrial star gazing at the sky, so also
every star is a celestial plant in spiritual form, which only differs from the terrestrial ones by …

The basal ganglia are thought to contribute to decision-making and motor control. These
functions are critically dependent on timing information, which can be extracted from the …

A capacidade de adaptar o comportamento é uma das principais marcas da inteligência
animal e as áreas do cérebro de ordem superior, tais como o córtex préfrontal, são …