Attractor and integrator networks in the brain

M Khona, IR Fiete - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
In this Review, we describe the singular success of attractor neural network models in
describing how the brain maintains persistent activity states for working memory, corrects …

[HTML][HTML] The influences of emotion on learning and memory

CM Tyng, HU Amin, MNM Saad, AS Malik - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including
perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem solving. Emotion has a …

Brain network dynamics are hierarchically organized in time

D Vidaurre, SM Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The brain recruits neuronal populations in a temporally coordinated manner in task and at
rest. However, the extent to which large-scale networks exhibit their own organized temporal …

The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for speech and language processing

I Hertrich, S Dietrich, C Blum… - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review article summarizes various functions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
(DLPFC) that are related to language processing. To this end, its connectivity with the left …

Artificial sensory memory

C Wan, P Cai, M Wang, Y Qian, W Huang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sensory memory, formed at the beginning while perceiving and interacting with the
environment, is considered a primary source of intelligence. Transferring such biological …

Dynamic hidden states underlying working-memory-guided behavior

MJ Wolff, J Jochim, EG Akyürek, MG Stokes - Nature neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Recent theoretical models propose that working memory is mediated by rapid transitions
in'activity-silent'neural states (for example, short-term synaptic plasticity). According to the …

The geometry of abstraction in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex

S Bernardi, MK Benna, M Rigotti, J Munuera, S Fusi… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The curse of dimensionality plagues models of reinforcement learning and decision making.
The process of abstraction solves this by constructing variables describing features shared …

Planning in the brain

MG Mattar, M Lengyel - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled machines to plan in tasks
previously thought to be uniquely human. Meanwhile, the planning algorithms implemented …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitive periods of substance abuse: Early risk for the transition to dependence

CJ Jordan, SL Andersen - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Early adolescent substance use dramatically increases the risk of lifelong substance use
disorder (SUD). An adolescent sensitive period evolved to allow the development of risk …

[HTML][HTML] 'Activity-silent'working memory in prefrontal cortex: a dynamic coding framework

MG Stokes - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Working memory (WM) provides the functional backbone to high-level cognition.
Maintenance in WM is often assumed to depend on the stationary persistence of neural …