The structures and functions of correlations in neural population codes

S Panzeri, M Moroni, H Safaai… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The collective activity of a population of neurons, beyond the properties of individual cells, is
crucial for many brain functions. A fundamental question is how activity correlations between …

A common probabilistic framework for perceptual and statistical learning

J Fiser, G Lengyel - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Methods and results of Perceptual (PL) and Statistical Learning (SL) are
converging.•A Hierarchical Bayesian framework can unify the treatment of PL and SL.•We …

Coherent resonance in the distributed cortical network during sensory information processing

AN Pisarchik, VA Maksimenko, AV Andreev… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Neuronal brain network is a distributed computing system, whose architecture is dynamically
adjusted to provide optimal performance of sensory processing. A small amount of visual …

Perceptual learning as a result of concerted changes in prefrontal and visual cortex

R Jing, C Yang, X Huang, W Li - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Our perceptual ability remarkably improves with training. Some studies on visual perceptual
learning have shown refined neural representation of the trained stimulus in the visual …

An essential role for the latero-medial secondary visual cortex in the acquisition and retention of visual perceptual learning in mice

A Consorti, G Sansevero, I Di Marco, S Floridia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Perceptual learning refers to any change in discrimination abilities as a result of practice, a
fundamental process that improves the organism's response to the external environment …

Cholinergic neuromodulation of prefrontal attractor dynamics controls performance in spatial working memory

A Mahrach, D Bestue, XL Qi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
The behavioral and neural effects of the endogenous release of acetylcholine following
stimulation of the nucleus basalis (NB) of Meynert have been recently examined in two male …

Nucleus basalis stimulation enhances working memory by stabilizing stimulus representations in primate prefrontal cortical activity

XL Qi, R Liu, B Singh, D Bestue, A Compte… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Acetylcholine plays a critical role in the neocortex. Cholinergic agonists and
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can enhance cognitive functioning, as does intermittent …

Improving visual working memory with cholinergic deep brain stimulation

JM Bava, Z Wang, SK Bick, DJ Englot, C Constantinidis - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acetylcholine is a critical modulatory neurotransmitter for cognitive function. Cholinergic
drugs improve cognitive performance and enhance neuronal activity in the sensory and …

Learning nonnative speech sounds changes local encoding in the adult human cortex

HG Yi, B Chandrasekaran, KV Nourski… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Adults can learn to identify nonnative speech sounds with training, albeit with substantial
variability in learning behavior. Increases in behavioral accuracy are associated with …

Stimulation of the ventral tegmental area induces visual cortical plasticity at the neuronal level

J Herpers, JT Arsenault, W Vanduffel, R Vogels - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Summary fMRI studies have shown that pairing a task-irrelevant visual feature with electrical
micro-stimulation of the ventral tegmental area (VTA-EM) is sufficient to increase the sensory …